Sharps Spring Mild

Brewed by Sharps
Style: Mild Ale
Wadebridge, England

A Mes rate. Cask handpull at the Market Porter.
This is an excellent mild. Quite light in colour with a good off white head and plenty of condition. Big roasted coffee beans and chocolate with hints of plums and molasses. Faint hints of sourness are nothing short of superb and give it a perfect hit of brightness to balance out all the tasty dark stuff. Bags of taste and plenty of depth for a mild. As drinkable as it should be but with more character than most milds. Rich and tasty finish with great length and lovely developing chocolate. Balanced and elegant and adorable. Love it.

Cask (handpump) @ The KIT (Kelham Island Tavern), 62 Russell Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S3 8RW.
Clear dark red brown color with a average, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, moderate to light heavy dark berry. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090417]

Cask handpull, The Crown, Nuneaton. Dark ruby with murky edges and plenty of lace. Flemish caramel and sour apple fruit aroma with a good musky hop note and a hint of strawberry jam as it warms. Apple fruit upfront, tang of sour, dusty choc, bit of mushy biscuit, maybe wheat in the finish. Odd gingery spice that could be the gorse. Tired and odd, but OK.

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 18/03/09. According to the pump clip, this is part of a seasonal series and contains gorse. Ruby red in colour with a slight, off white head. Slight aroma of red fruit and caramel. Flavour also began with some sweetness, plenty of fruit and a chewy herbal edge, which no doubt was the gorse. Ok as a one-off.