 beastiefan2k (1590), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
Jan 14, 2009 Tap @ the brewpub. Color is a very dark brown, looks black. On top sits a khaki head. Aroma is light roast with faint tobacco slickness. Overall the aroma is fumy and full. Taste is a light mineral, dark chocolate, and roast. As advertised, its totally sessionable yet full of flavor. However, it is really more like a stout then a Mild Ale (from my ideas of the styles).
Brigadier (1212), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
Dec 23, 2008 On tap at brewpub
**Aroma / Appearance** - Deep black and fluid it is darker than some other milds. Filled to the brim there was no head when it came to the table. Roasted coffee and chocolate gave it a light porter feel without the thickness.
**Flavor / Palate** - Coffee, dark chocolate, and barley it goes down easily. A hoppy residual finish wraps up an excellent and sessionable experience. This could be a daily drinker if it was not tap only.
Sammy (3934), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nov 26, 2008 Dark with a white head. Enjoyed on-tap at the brewpub. A good effort, complex with chocolate malt, decent IBU. Drying. Like the brown without the wild rice,a slightly more bitter dunkelweizen. A good effort of the style and one I could drink at any meal.
robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
Jul 20, 2004 Dark Black Coloring. Roasts. Some Malt. Bitterness. Definitly a Mild Ale... Not my Favorite Offering.
badgerben (3584), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Jul 20, 2004 Nearly black color, quite odd and unusual for a mild. Very bitter taste with only light malts. The bitterness did not, however, seem to come from hops. Not their best effort.
muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Jul 14, 2004 Small sample at the brewpub. Chocolaty nose, near black. Dry, fairly hoppy, cardboard and light sour grapiness, mouthtickling, good late maltiness. Nope, still haven’t figured out milds.
Pigfoot (2226), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
May 17, 2004 Apperance: dark brown, nearing black, with a small tan head that slips away too soon...Aroma: some nuttiness, some malt, but very spare and clean.
Taste: more substance than many other milds I’ve had, a good burst of maltiness, with a sturdy mouthfeel. Very smooth, easy drinkability, a nice halfway beer, for those who like some kind of darker feel in flavor, but not enough to trouble the mind and tongue as it travels down the esophagus.
I liked it and admired it, but meanwhile, I leered at my companion’s Old No. 8 Porter and wished we could switch!
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