North Cotswold Mayfair Mild

Brewed by North Cotswold
Style: Mild Ale
Moreton-in-Marsh, England

Bottle. Dark and poured very flat. Port like flavours and slightly acidic. Maltiness lingers for some time.Would have been higher rated if it was better bottled.

Cask-conditioned at the Raven, Bath 18/5/08. Near black with no head. Aroma of bitter chocolate with a hint of savoury and roast malt. Flavour began with some coffee and bitter chocolate before a slightly salty, dry finish. A bit subdued all round.

Gravity, Banbury Beer Festival. Sawdust roast aroma, a bit of swamp. Tingely sweet roast flavor, light fruit. Clean finish, decent body. Not a standout, but a fine enough half.

BCA from The Woolpack, Banbury, 30-12-07 Poured muddy brown with tiny rim of white bubbles, I really struggle to say anything positive about this beer, it was pretty poor, I’m suprised as I’ve had some good beers from North Cotswold before, but this was thin watery, a touch of sourness on the nose, I poured it away, not great.

A mild with attitude: dark brown with a beige head. Interesting smoked, nutty aroma. After the merest hint of sweetness, the taste is dark chocolate with a pronounced ashy sourness and a dry finish. Very good.

Cask (gravity dispense), Cambridge Beer Festival, May 2006. Oak brown colour - quite light for a "dark" mild. Conspicuous roast malt and chocolate aroma. More roast malt and hints of coffee/chocolate in the flavour. Some sweetness in the middle palate but a touch of bitterness comes through on the finish. An engaging and characterfil mild.

Dark and slightly cloudy with a short head. Smoked and roasted nuts were the overall aromas but the beer is much more complex in this sour beer. Smooth and not too fizzy.

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Harbury BF. Black as night with wispish white head and lacing. The aroma is on the thin side but there is some roasted malt and a little smokiness. The taste is very dry (almost Stout like) with some light roast and smoke again. A pretty good mild.