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Highgate Black Pig

Highgate Black Pig

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A Mild Ale brewed by
Highgate (Global Star)

Walsall, England

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113.37/5.03.29/5.04.4%81.1 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cask; Status uncertain.
Originally born out of a local custom of mixing Highgate Mild with Highgate Old Ale, Black Pig is a beautifully crafted and well-balanced beer, using East Anglia grown pale crystal and black malts, complemented with Herefordshire Fuggle and Progress hops. The nose has warming notes of fruit and malt. The palate is a complex blend of malt, fruit, chocolate and liquorice, balanced perfectly by a satisfying bitter finish.

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 FatPhil (2102), Espoo, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 13, 2007  
Cask Dark brown, thin head. Sweet burnt malt aroma. Surprisingly hoppy for a mild. More like a porter, but that’s not a perfect match either. Very well-rounded combination of burnt and roasted malts - sweet and a little spicy - with subtle, but quite emphatic, hoppiness. Great mild.


 DJMonarch (4091), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 5, 2006  
1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 31/10/2001 Dark coloured smooth on the palate with earthy aromas. Very bitter. Dry hop finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 12/05/2003 Dark red and sugary sweet. Slightly dry roast finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 15/10/2004 Dark coloured and fruity. Slightly dry pleasant malt finish.


 Mungo (2474), Southampton, Hampshire, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Feb 21, 2005  
Cask Conditioned @ JDW, Soton. MAlt liqourice and nut against a faint fruity background. Falls between refreshingly dry and sumptuously sweet and fails to satisfy on either count.


 Daniel_Brown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Nov 10, 2004  
Hand pulled at the Red Lion, Shirley, West Mids. Deliciously smooth, subtle and gently tasty Mild. Enough flavour to be interesting and active around the back of the throat. Refreshing and addictive.


 duff (5405), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Oct 24, 2004  
Cask@Crosse Keys(JDW), London. Thin, lightly acidic mpouthfeel, i stryggled to any dark malt at all, syruppy and grainy, not that good.




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