Arbor Big Ben House Mild

Brewed by Arbor Brewing Company Pub & Eatery
Style: Mild Ale
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

This was a little boring. I got that right from looking at it in the pint glass, very flat and lifeless. I actually thought it was a little too hoppy. Kind of tastes like my own homebrew, which, for the most part, isn’t a good thing.

Cloudy amber pour with a ring of white lace. Solid aroma of citrusy hops and caramel. Good and well-balanced flavor of citrusy hops and caramel. The body is full with an oily texture and soft carbonation. This feels more like an APA than a mild but what the heck, it’s good.

The body was medium yellow. The aroma was oranges with a hint of tea. The body was smooth and light. The taste was light apple with some caramel. This is a good version of a style I woudl like to see more often.

An orange-yellow pour, with no head. Light orange and cascade arom. Very light and very watery. Light bitter flavor, with light resin. Palate is light grassyness. Finish is sweet and a little puckery. Drinkable.

Semi-translucent and glowing, muted orange in color with a creamy, thin white head and washing machine lace. Aroma takes on cotton, linen spray, Fabreeze and the carpet from a dentist’s office. Flavor has a scaled back lemon anatomy with a mild touch of cream. Contained sourdough crust. Mild bitterness from potential explorations of pils malt. Does what it aims to achieve, finishing with baguettes and lemon crusted something.

Draft at Arbor Brewing. Golden amber with medium white head that diminished quickly. Medium citrus aroma. Light body. Medium flavor with small citus finish. Refreshing and drinkable.

Hazy golden with a lasting whitre head. Grainy sweet aroma. Grass and biscuit flavor, with faint sweetness. Light palate, drinkable. Not bad.

Tap: litlle hop aroma and flavor with a little skunk to it. Slightly watery. Just o.k. overall.