Rother Valley Smild

Brewed by Rother Valley
Style: Mild Ale
Northiam, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Hand pulled at the Harp, Covent Garden. Very disappointed with this, and can’t decide whether it was hamstrung by the condition. A plainish Mild, without enough flavour (or anything) to compensate for the artificial plastic notes which emerge, especially on the finish.

15th July 2010. Chelmsford Beer Festival. Clear dark brown beer. No head. Dry palate. A dash of sulphur lingering in the undertone. A little porterish - dark malt but a light presence thereof. Some tangy hop. Dry finish. Okay.

Cask (gravity dispense) at the Great British Beer Festival Day 2, August 2009. One of those beers that I was sure I had rated before but turned out I hadn’t, so notes are rather scant. Very dark brown colour, but the emphasis is more on toffee and caramel malt than roastiness. Decent enough. Flagged for re-rate for a more thorough assessment.

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark brown color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, keller, sewer - drain, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090804]

Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of grass and sulphur. Thin sweetish malt flavour of caramel with a hint of chocolate

Cask at GBBF 2009 ...deep brown ... toffee smokey malt ... caramalised malts ... quite dry ... quite bitter... little woody

Cask in the market porter. Alround rating: Roasty malts, fairly thin, earthy sweetness, hay like hop character. An interesting and different mild due to the earthy character.

Cask@GBBF2009. Black colour, not much head. Aroma is wooden and grassy along with some quite dry smoked wooden notes and liquorice. Flavour quite the same with dark berries and chocolate as well.