Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild

Brewed by Sarah Hughes
Style: Mild Ale
Dudley, England

Definitely the world's best beer... very little to fault ever...brewed on my door step. Would have more if it wasn't for stupid drink/driving laws...

Cask, various places. Colour is exactly as you’d expect given its name. Lovely dark colour complemented by an off-white head. Malt and fruit in the aroma - slight hint of berries. Smooth, sweet chocolate gives way to an unexpected sourness. Unbelievably strong for a mild at 6% it packs a fair bit of body. Always on my list of targets at beer festivals and I’ve never been disappointed.

Cask at Keele univerity postgrad bar. Lovely dark ruby appearance, possible hint of berries. long after taste and full of body. one of the best!

Ruby my butt - this is near pitch. None of the foam problems - a fast thin tan head. Apricot, plum/prune with something weird and wicked in the nose. Strange fruit -- near citrus -- then flat across the tongue, sharp sweetness and ending in grapefruit sour. This is closer to a faro gueze and not like anything I’ve tasted. It’s challenging, complex and rewarding. A delicate something to let warm as you go and listen again and again...

Bottle. An adorable old lady. Deep, dark, delicious and just bursting with heady, fruity, complex flavours. Mild beers are designed to be refreshing - therefore they have a light body and almost no hop bitterness. The alcohol is normally low, but can be high if it is used to enhance the complex malt body rather than give an alcohol kick - this mild does just that. This is a splendid example of a classic English mild. This is a brilliant beer in its own right. Dark Ruby? Damn right! [4.2]
Re-rate. Gravity Cask, Kent Beer Festival, with Duff & Nuffield. Muddy brown colour. Sweet up front followed by a complex journey of leather, rancid bacon, wood, red wine, all sorts of stuff. [4.2]

Very dark, almost opaque, brown color with a medium tan head. The aroma was dominated by raisins...but also had some nice woody, malty, alcohol tones. The flavor was very earthy, woody, lots of grapes/raisins, other dark fruits (plums mostly) and a slight alcohol kick...a touch of sourness in the aftertaste. The feel was extremely soft...not much crispness in this at all...mildly thick, semi-dry finish. Wonderful mild!

A long awaited tasting - it didn’t disappoint. Half pint gravity fed from the cask at the Ealing Beer Festival, a dark dark black with a bubbly beige head. A strong molasses aroma, with plenty of alcohol - whiskey notes. Very smooth in the mouth at first, but becomes more spicy and tangy through the swallow. A bit of coffee and a bit of chocolate in the malty flavour. Delicious.

Cask at the GBBF 05’, beautifull ruby colour, very fruity and pretty malty as well, sweet but not cloying, has more body then the usual mild but still easy to drink, i really love this beer,can’t wait to drink this again.