UPDATED: MAR 10, 2022 Can. Nose is pronounced treacle, between sugar, malt. Taste is treacle, lots of licorice, dark malts, light toffee. Very nice

UPDATED: JAN 5, 2022 2/1/2022. Can at the New Year beer share. From Beers of Europe. Pours clear deep amber bronze with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of malt, molasses, liquorice, dried fruit, caramac bar. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Light body, watery texture, average carbonation. Good looking beer, fair overall.

UPDATED: JUL 29, 2021 Thousand thanks Simon. Fantastic mild smooth beginning. Caramel, hints of roast. easy to drink, very soft and creamy. Long malty soft creamy dry caramelly aftertaste, great stuff.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2021 440ml can from Home Bargains. Dark brown pour with moderate sized beige head, leaves nice top and lacing Aroma has sweet malts, toffee, molasses, some liquorice; all subtle aromas but pleasant. Taste is sweet with light roasted notes which run through, chocolate, liquorice, some metal. Light to medium bodied. More flavoursome than I was expecting for a cheap 4 pack from Home Bargains. However, it has a rising sweetness with not enough bitter notes in the finish to offset and therefore at times was a bit sickly. I have images of teens in parks drinking this for the sugar effect. I know CAMRA are worried about the style dying out, maybe they could encourage it. The Alco-Mild, its the future!

UPDATED: MAY 7, 2020 Canned, 500ml from Home Bargains in Banbury, Oxon. Dark Brown with beige head. Much sweeter than I remember on cask and with a metallic hint. There are dark roasted malt notes and sweet liquorice flavours. Some toasty hints. Not at its best in a can methinks.Average.

UPDATED: APR 5, 2020 Aroma : Medium roasted dark maltiness, merest hints of caramel & liquorice, dob of sweet black treacle with a light burnt dust note. Taste : As aroma. Thin body. Mellow roasty bittersweetness throughout. A slight artificial sweet metallic note in the finish. Drinkable but below average!

UPDATED: JAN 5, 2020 500ml can from Tesco’s, Watford and drunk on 14/04/2006. So, to confess - this was my beer of choice when I was young and we wanted a few more beers after the pubs had closed. A four pack was dirt cheap, and it was really not so terrible. I’m probably warping the quality of this slightly, but for the cost I did quite enjoy it as a decent mild that still had a good body and depth of flavour.

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2019 Can from Beers of Europe. Appearance - opaque black with a fawn head. Though there are some orange chinks. Nose - nuts and molasses. Taste - more nuts, light toffee and a hint of metal. Palate - close to medium bodied with a dry finish. Overall - very quaffable indeed.

Can at ash's. Pours deep brown, nose is liquorice, toffee, some berries, taste is nutty, sweet, liquorice, thin finish, slightly metallic.

UPDATED: MAY 7, 2019 Can shared with Stuu666 and Ashton McCobb. Pours clear dark red-brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of nuts and coffee. Taste is dark chocolate, light metallic note. Didn't disappoint!