Felinfoel Dragon Dark

Brewed by Felinfoel
Style: Mild Ale
Llanelli, Dyfed, Wales

An opaque brown beer with a disappearing brown head. the arom ais sweet malty and roasty. The flavor is roasted malty combined with notes of roasted bread and a thin body.

Black. Evident and delicious aroma of madeira. Short, roasty, chocolatey flavour. Dry with empty finish, but what an aroma!

Name: Mild
Date: 01/19/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

Appearance: clear dark amber,
Aroma: slightly sweet malt aroma,
Flavor: strong ale flavor with a very bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
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Bottled, 500ml, pasteurised from Beers of Europe, Norfolk. Black with slight head. Is it a Mild is it a Stout? Borderline, overriding impression of dark roasted malts in quite a thin body, a little nutty to woody. Quite tart and a little wet paper from the carbonisation. It’s ok but nothing to return to.

500 ml bottle (4.1% ABV) courtesy of geth_in_beer. Dark brown beer with a thick light brown head. Sweet chocolatey aroma, caramel, toast, and a lightly rummy note throughout. Flavour is quite nice... thin bodies but with good malt development. Bittersweet dark chocolate and a light roasty astringency which helps bulk up the body a bit. Lightly rummy/raisiny sweet malts over the toasty chocolatey character. Earthy hop finish and good bitterness.

Bottled, label said 4.1% ABV. Aroma of prune, black currant, dough and lots of yeast. Black color, light brown small creamy head, very nice lace. Light sweet, light sour, dough, yeast, bitter finish, coffeebeans. Thin and a long lasting dry finish. Very typical combination of flavors which I never encountered before and hope I never will again.

I wasn’t expecting a lot from this beer, but I have to say i was pleasantly surprised. Its an intriguing, if rather odd, brew hovering in the grey area between a mild, a stout and an old ale. And, like most low strength pasteurised beers, it can’t entirely shrug off those characteristic taints of wet carboard and metal, but it has enough going on to limit their impact. It’s very dark in colour, almost black, with a ruby tinge. No creamy head in the bottled version. The aroma is a bit vinous and woody, with chocolate malt in the background. Lots of roast chocolate malt in the flavour, with a sort of sweet and sour thing going on - dry malt and jammy fruit combined. Becomes drier, with distinct acidity on the finish and a slightly astringent aftertaste. The overall impression is a bit wrinkly and dried out (sorry, slipping into SilkTork’s old lady analogies) but, in the end, I kind of liked it. 500ml pasteurised bottle from Brecon Welsh Food Store (I forget the name of it).

Bottled. Aroma reminds me a bit of cointreau but in a darker chocolate malt kind of way. The colour is almost black and thankfully the head is nothing like that which cream flow dispense would provide as per the blurb. Taste is on the thin side; again there is a sort of orange taste but also some chocolate and coal. A bit odd really!