Old Chimneys Military Mild

Brewed by Old Chimneys
Style: Mild Ale
Diss, England

Serve in English pint

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Gravity At The East Anglian Beer Festival 05.Auburn in colour with a small head,aroma is of light sulphur and malt,taste is of winter fruit and sweet malt with a dry finish.

Bottled (as Meadow Brown, thanks fonefan!). Very deep brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is nuts, dark dry fruits, some caramel malts as well as some notes of mild spices. Flavour is dark dry fruits, wood, and some slight earthyness. BBE was 2009, but is still in good condition.

Very dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of dried fruit, caramel and chocolate. Sweetish, clean malty flavour with toffee and dried fruit

Bottle. Tried as Meadow Brown. Dark with a malty aroma.Thin body and left no lacing. A reasonable example of this style.

Bottle round Chris_O’s house, after a day at GBBF 05. Slinky smooth, brown darkness. Sweetly blended, with some caramel. Some cereal too. I have only good memories of this Mild, and considering I was swigging the dregs, which had been hanging round Chris’ house for 24 English hours, this was not too bad at all. [To my knowledge, backlog is now no more - phew!]

Bottle, from the brewery, by way of Fin. Thanks! Dark brown, nice off-white cap. Dark toast aroma, varnish and something like beef stock. Briskly roasty flavor, plums and perked coffee. Lingering meaty quality. As much as the discriptors that come to mind seem less than complimentary, I actually rather enjoyed this. Seems more succeesful that most bottled milds, with a good flavor volume, and some funky rustic charm.

Birthday bottle of Keith’s, as Meadow Brown. Deep ruby with a white rim. Attractive coal, apple and milky coffee aroma. Gentle smoky chocolate, good ashy cocoa linger. Nice.

Bottle from Old Chimneys. Labelled ’Meadow Brown’. Pours very very dark brown/red and appears almost opaque black until held to light. Nose is malty, chocolatey. Taste is malty, chocolatey, quite carbonated, bit fo lactic. Finish is roasted malt, almost burnt charcoal there too, and some caramel. Body is very light.

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2008 (Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Comes as ’Old Chimneys Meadow Brown’. Pours a warm dark brown with a reddish hue and a small, beige head. Lightly burned malt aroma. Light-bodied with a heavy carbonation, lightly burned malts and a whiff of vanilla. Very subdued bitterness. Nice. 100908 and 031008

Bottle (as Dark Mild Ale). Dark brown with no head. Aromas are earthy light malts with berries and caramel. Flavours are chocolate malts with smooth coffee. Lightly fruity with a dry finish. A decent mild.