Phoenix Monkeytown Mild

Brewed by Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.)
Style: Mild Ale
Heywood, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England

Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dark malt, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111206]

From cask at the Wharf. Pours dark brown to black with a small off white head. Aroma is roasted malty, breadish and light liqourice. Dry, bitter and dark malty. Chocolate and breadish roasted. Bitter and dark roasted malty finish.

Cask at Charlies. Clear red-brown coloured with a medium sized off-white ehad. Light roasted aroma of caramel and cocoa powder. Light roasted flavour of fruits, caramel and hops. Hoppy finish.

21st April: opening of the refurbished ‘Elephant and Castle’ in Dawley, Shropshire. Hand pulled pint: ruby red/brown body, the head well formed but thin was an off-white/cream colour. Nose is a roasted malty molasses mix with traces of both coffee and chocolate in the sweetness. The taste was also all malts: caramel and coffee flavours blending together, the coffee preventing it becoming too sweet. Thought it might have a stronger feel to it’s flavours but the mix works nicely even if it isn’t heavy or rich.

6th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark red - brown beer. Tiny little pale tan head. Light dry palate. Very mild dark malt, no roast or bitterness but it is dry. Mild tangy fruit - plum and raspberry. Okay.

Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is mild roasted malts, some toffee, dark fruits and mild wooden notes. Flavour is much the same. Quite a typical mild ale.

Cask at the Pigs Ear 2011, London. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a faint head. Weak nose, some dirt and dark malts. Lightly sweet flavor, light fruit, some dark malts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Subtly sweet finish, mild roastiness and earth. Average stuff.

On cask at Cloisters. Pours a dark red colour with a thin, light tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and yeast. Similar flavours with a long coffee and caramel linger. Light carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel.

Cask @ 3 Judges. Dark brown colour, thin off-white head. This mild is light roasted, and light fruit, with a hint of coffee. A bit light bodied.

Cask at the White Horse, Parsons Green, 22nd Sept 09. Very dark brown with little head. Very sweet, sugary caramel malt aroma. Rich caramel taste as expected. Soft palate. A simple mild that is an ok expression of the style but I could have done with more flavour and challenge.