Magnolia Saras Ruby Mild

Brewed by Magnolia Pub and Brewery
Style: Mild Ale
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in English pint

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Dark amber pour with an off-white head. Nose is bread, toast, popcorn, and diacetyl. Somewhat floral and a hint of citrus, maybe some cocoa and coffee in there, too. The flavor is okay once you get past the butter. Sweet bread and toasted malt, some popcorn, and floral hops. Light citrus peel flavor and bitterness, mild cocoa and coffee, and a moderate malt sweetness. The butter character really ruins this beer.

Nice dark copper/red. Smooth and malty, but not too sweet. Stays on the tongue with a nice hint of hop at the end.

They pour this up in a big imperial pint glass at the brewery, great style for this serving size. It’s a pretty clear red brown w/ a long lasting head of mixed bubbles. It’s nice and light but creamy in texture but still rather full flavored. Very English in character, perhaps along the lines of a bitter. It’s malty w/o being sweet w/ earthy and herbal hops. There is some toasted malt and a touch of chocolate along w/ a very, very slight buttery note. I’m into it.

(Draught) Pours a clear golden body with a medium cream head. Aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, and raisins. Flavor of cocoa, roasted grain, caramel, and light coffee with a bitter finish.

Draft... Park clear copper., some amber, really nice tan head... Nose and taste are both and light boring, not much going on, easy enough to drink

on tap-pours a retaining foamy light tan head and copper color. Aroma is medium malt-bready. Taste is medium malt-bready/some caramel, some earthy hops (fuggles?). Easy session beer.

Small offwhite head. Brown body. Roasty caramelly earthy aroma with spicy notes. Dry earthy spicy wooden taste with caramelly notes. Mid-to-light body. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dry roasty earthy spicy aftertaste with cinnamon notes. (0.5l cask at brewpub.)

On tap at the source. Pours with a deep amber bronze body with a lasting, large, foamy off-white head. Aromas are fruity, bready, esters, pear, caramel, grainy, dry and toasty. Butterscotch, mint and a hint of pretzel. No hop aromas. Flavors are grainy, bready, cereal, medium bitter. Hard water, dry with light esters. All malt balance with a carbonic bite. Thin, but lively carbonation supports the light body. Dry finish.

On tap at the brewpub. Copper-coloured. Caramel, slightly earthy. Very British.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours reddish brown with a modest beige head and a nondescript aroma. There is a bitter smoked malt flavor with a dry finish.