Felstar Good Knight

Brewed by Felstar
Style: Mild Ale
Felsted, Dunmow, England

Cask@Peterborough Beer Festival, 2008. Black beer with a very malty and herbal aroma. The flavour is herbal, malty and lightly dry. Overall a nice malty and herbal beer.

Cask Fluffy greige head, near black, but with ruby highlights. Lots of UK hops, dry, more than roasted notes. Grapey, lively flavours with especially retronasal roasted, and a bit of liquorice. More fresh grapey hops with every sip. In the aftertaste, I get stouty sourness. Light with some wheatlike slickness; not empty. Very close (as intented) to the original Entire Butt; as far as one can access that.

From A Bottle.Almost black in colour,small head,nice milk chocolate aroma,taste is roasted,sweet with a malty finish.

Cask Condtitioned at Oxford Beer Festival ’04. Dark brown / red hinted beer with a slight head. Dark smokey roasted flavours with an acidic sourness running throughout, more an old ale in my book, but maybe this is due to it being the last day of a Festival. Juicy and sweetish on the tongue..

Cask conditioned at the Ipswich Beer Festival 2004, gravity dispense. Listed as a cross between a mild and a porter, which indeed it is - an interesting one, too. Coffee and chocolate aroma. Quite sweet and malty flavour. Not bad at all.

It was getting rather late in the proceedings so my critical faculties were becoming impaired to say the least. However, I was compos mentis enough to note this down as an impressive, fruity beer with a smoky, coffee, aroma and a sweetish malty flavour. Very juicy. Certainly does come over as a cross between a mild and a porter. Cask (gravity dispense), Ipswich Beer Festival.

Beautiful mild. Irresistable texture. Lovely subtle rich chocolate flavour, with a touch of banana, raisin and wood. Silky smooth palate, with a long, ever so slightly roasty finish. Everything appeared to be in its right place, the mouthfeel was lovely and everything was in balance. Definitely the surprise and perhaps even the winner of the day, definitely 'mild' in flavour however (Cask- ChelmsfordBF 03')

A "mild" doesn't need to be mild in alcohol to be a mild. This is a mild you should go to some lengths to try. Very dark, deep brown/black color, hint of ruby at the edge, ring of head around it. The aroma has lots of complexity--plum, raisin, banana liquor. The flavor is quite woody with a subtle chocolate vein. Very smooth, rich body. A beautiful palate! Silky, no rough edges, soft carbonation, not unlike a great Belgian dubbel. Excellent beer, probably my winner for the beer festival. (gravity pour at 2003 Chelmsford Beer Festival)