Broad Ripple Red Bird Mild

This draft brew from the Mad Anthony Oktobeer Fest poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized off-white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a transparent uncarbonated dark orange colored body and a good lacing. The aroma was Irish Red malty. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of hops sweet and Irish red malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Draught at the pub. By far the biggest surprise of the bunch. Deep mahogany-amber body with a cream head. Deep chocolate and toffee nose! More of the same for flavor, a little cracker down in there with the toffee. Light fruit accents. Medium body, smooth and balanced. Surprisingly good, I need to try more milds if they’re going to be like this!

Date: April 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy amber, wispy off white head
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, nice bready character brought out by caramel sweetness, hint of spicyness, well balanced earthyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

tap at the brewpub - Pours clear red with a small white head. It has a mild malt aroma. The flavor is sweet caramel malt with some mild hops. It has a light to medium body and a sweet finish. It’s simple, but very quaff-able.

Clear amber with a tight white head. Nice aroma is caramel sweet with a whiff of roasted nuts. Medium body. Decent flavor melds a caramel sweetness with nutty roastiness. Some sweet spicy flavor adds a little depth. It tis what it tis. Very drinkable.

Draft at brewpub. Poured clear dark amber color an average fizzy white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate sweet roasted malt aroma. Medium body. Moderate roasted sweet flavor and medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Soft drinkable beer.

On tap.
Pours a clear light copper with good frothy head and lots of lacing on the sides of the glass. Good dose of caramel on the nose with a hint of mild hops. Flavor much the same though the hops take on a higher profile than in the aroma but without overwhelming the sweetish caramel-malt base. Some dry grain shows up later in the glass. Medium palate as suits the style. Not an overwhelming beer precisely because it’s done to style. A quite well-crafted mild and a good session brew.

Beautiful mild. Great session beer - light in alcohol, malty, bready, medium body despite low alcohol. Clean, rich maltiness with characteristic fruitiness. This brewpub is incredible and very rare - English ale from an English owner.