Surly Mild

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: Mild Ale
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Served in a pint glass at Firkin. Arrived to the bar a dark brown with some garnet highlights and a dense creamy off-white head to top it. Aroma has a strong toasted malt note, reminiscent of cigar leaves, mild grassy hops and a strong biscuit malt ending. Flavor has a very strong cigar leaf-like toasted malt note, very low chocolate malt in the middle that adds a light sweetness, grassy hops in the middle and a biscuit flavor that finishes out the brew. Body is very thin, almost water, with low, fine carbonation that accentuates the mouth feel typically found in the styling. Very nice lacing is left on the glass from this brew as well. Overall a very interesting brew with a very unique tobacco toasted malt flavor. A very solid brew.

Piney hips dominate the aroma. Has a nice large head with a deep amber/red body. Mostly hops come through, buttering quite a bit. Decent, drinkable, but nit something I’d choose to session.

On Cask at Night of the Living Ales - had this after the Darkness so my taste buds were probably shot. Pours light brown - light aroma. Flavor of biscuit, caramel and some malt. Mild in flavor alright - but not bad.

Tap. Clear brown-red pour. All I smell is coffee. Taste is a little flat, with mild caramel and some roastiness. Decent.

Cask version at Night of the Living Ales 2010. Amber brown and a fairly big head for a cask ale (which means slightly more bubbles on top). I really enjoyed this one. Biscuity malt is really full in the nose and just a twinge of roastiness. Pleasantly light in flavor but not at all watery. This style does wonderfully on cask. More carbonation might make this come off as too thin. Finishes w/ a mild bitterness. At least at the festival, this stuff came off as way better than Surly Darkness both for their respective style and in general.

On tap at Stub & Herbs. Poured an amber brown with minimal head. Aroma was full of grain notes with a bit of toast and nuttiness. Flavor was very malty as well with a strong toasted flavor with a hint of chocolate and just a touch of hops.

Pours golden with white head at brewery, aroma is a bit of malt sweetness with bready malt overtones. Taste is a bit of sweetness up front that leads way into very bready and earthy malt, with little to no bitterness. The taste is a bit lacking, and it is certainly mild.

Draft. Brown hazy pour, medium carbonation and standard malt aroma. Mellow malt flavor/sweetness and finished very nice. An ok brew, but definitely not my favorite Surly offering.