 Fin (2005), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
May 10, 2008
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester 09-05-08 Had this with my Farmhouse Breakfast; the breakfast was far superior it has to be said. Pours hazy brown with a white head, to be honest it looks distinctly unimpressive. Aroma caramel but little else. The taste sees this beer partially redeem itself but its a bit caramel heavy and other than some fruit you’re left wondering if there will be anything else. This used to be a damn good beer when I used to drink it regularly back in the early nineties at my local the Virgin Tavern, Worcester it was my beer of choice, but sadly today it seems a pale shadow of its former self.
SilkTork (3793), Rochester, Kent, England
May 24, 2008 JDW, Rochester. "A mild". A fairly bland, well attenuated but moderately sweet, low hopped session pale ale with a copper tone and the infamous "Burton snatch". The brewer calls it a mild though there is a distinct hop finish, and the product is fairly dry, pale and of a strength more associated with an ordinary bitter. There’s none of the features normally associated with a mild. I suspect this has been revived in order to take advantage of CAMRA’s May is Mild Month marketing campaign.
bobinlondon (207), Harrow, Greater London, England
May 22, 2008 Hand pulled at JDW Watford. Mid brown in colour, though I’m sure it used to be much darker back in the late 70s when I first tried it. Unmistakable Marstons house characture. Sulphuric smell and fruity tast. Not much hop characture as you’d expect with a mild, but still quite a harsh bitterness. Not too impressed.
DruncanVeasey (1533), Burbage, Germany
May 18, 2008 Nuneaton ’Spoons, in the midst of a terrifying alcopop and rusty nail lager crawl around Treacletown. Octo made me do it. Red. Smells of dog. Stinkbomb, caramel, wet dunked biscuit, watery apple fruit. OK.
dnas2 (522), Yelverton, Devon., Devon, England
May 12, 2008 Cask at the White Horse, Harborne, Birmingham. Not much to say about this. Copper with a short head. Sulphuric scent, watery. Some bitterness. Some straw comes through in the mouth, but mainly a metallic sulphur taste. Not great.
hughie (2054), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
May 10, 2008 Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Pumpclip said ’Premium Mild’. I thought it was a bitter in all but name. Dark amber. Sulphurous aroma. Malt and fruit in the taste. Mid bitter finish. Decent bitter; dubious mild.
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