4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tried it at Huddersfield beer festival a few weeks back (won all the awards there), and in other pubs around leeds since. An excellent dark mild with lovely sweet malt and soft palate. Stunning.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 2, 2012 Cask at cloisters edinburgh ... deep red ... light fruity licorish malt nose ... sweet juicy rich and darkberries... good hop backbone .... but a bit to hoppy for me.... man ive lost notes for this iknow i had it athe stockbridge tap... but again at cloisters ... darl red brown... sweet toffe malt nose ... soft gentle richdark fruity malt ... rich complex and delisious
cask at guilford ... dark red brown ... thin tan head ... sweet fruity caramel toffee nose ... rch malts ... dark fruit and toffee ... hint of puff candi ... not 4.3 today more like 3.9
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pint pulled at The Midnight Bell in Leeds, pours black. A rich malty aroma, nearly vinuous. But a light and sessionable palate, smokey with hints of coffee. Yum!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Gravity cask at the Wandsworth Halloween Beer Festival, 2010. Pours ruby-brown, dark, with a moderate, off-white head. Holds a dark malt aroma with brown sugar and faint roastiness. Lightly sweet flavor with some mild fruit notes. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Has a sweet finish, with understated roasted malts and chocolate syrup. Quite good overall.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I’d call it a porter, but apparently it’s considered a mild ale. I had this from a cask, somewhere in London. I forgot the name of the pub. Anyway, it has a very dark appearance that immediately grabbed my attention compared to the other cask ales in the place. The flavor is rich, bitter, roasted chocolate. Pretty tasty.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gravity cask at the Mallard Winter Beer Festival 2008. Pours a dark brown with no head. Aroma is sweet malts, coffee, raisins, chocolate. Flavors are chocolate, caramel, and a little roastiness.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Peterborough BF ’07. Dark red brown. Chocolate malt aroma. Sweet taste with a little bitterness. Strong but a very good mild. Top beer of the festival for me - by quite a long way.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled, Dark brown coloured beer with some average carbonation and a large brown head. Creamy roasted yeasty fruity sweet caramel coffee perfect aroma. Smouth creamy coffee palate. Finish is weet bitter with some light roasted touches and a longer dry ending with some yeasty caramel hints. Very nice one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Smithfest, Smithfield pub, Derby, 08-09-07 Poured dark brown, with some nice roasted and bitter notes. Bitter roasted taste, that swiftly faded to leave some lovely sweet maltiness, flavours really swirled around in this beer which really was an excellent mild.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at Merton Summer B.F ’08. Black, red with cream head. A fruity, slightly sweet mild with an earthy, fractionally fungal notes in the background. Major flavour is of plums with a roasted malt, coffee note within. A decent enough, heavier mild, pretty decent.
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