Theakston Mild

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Mild Ale
Masham, England

Cask at GBBF 2006. A hazy deep red beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of roasted malt and berries. The flavor is very sweet and very malty, combined with lighter notes of berries. The body is thin. A bit like a berry juice, but good as a session beer.

Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft - flat. (190108)

Cask@GBBF2009. Deep ambery brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, nuts, roasted malts and mild coffeeish notes. Flavour is the same along with caramel, dark fruits and some mild notes of syrup.

At GBBF 2009. Amazed that I have never rated this before. Some caramel, some ok dark toffee. Inoffensive.

1. Cask Handpump at the Foresters Arms, Tarporley 26/01/2007 Some roast aroma. Thick white head. Dark and very fruity with some sourness. A little dryness in a crisp smooth roast finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Ring O Bells, Warrington 30/05/2009 Fruit and malt aromas. Dark red coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with some dryness in a crisp floral malt finish.

Cask@GBBF 2009 as "Traditional Mild". According to Beermad different beer than 3.6% mild ("Mild ale" in Bm and listed as "dead") in the database. Dark nut brown, beige creamy head. Coffee-chocolate aroma. Light pear-grass-caramel flavor. Light coffee too.

A Mes rate: Cask at The Phoenix in Canterbury. Almost akin to a flemish sour in the nose. Quite possibly in the flavour too. Very old ale-ish. Almost sour, almost salty and reasonably fruity. Swift drying finish.

Cask at peterborough beer fest. Alround rating: Tart, chocolate malts, thin yet full? Very drinkable stuff exactly what i would want in a session beer.