Cubed

Beak Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Boxcar Brewery
Mild - Dark Special

Score

7.41

ABV: 6.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

When London brewing legends Boxcar Brewery closed their doors three years ago, a collective sigh rippled through the UK brewing scene. One of the country’s finest independent producers was gone. But all was not lost. Last month, we coaxed former head brewer Sam Dickison out of retirement to help us brew CUBED, a one-off re-release of Boxcar’s iconic Dark Mild. Built on the same beautifully complex roasted malt bill, but dialled up to a higher ABV, this is a proper winter warmer: creamy and comforting, with notes of plum, raisins, bourbon and fresh coffee.

This huge Mild was brewed with our good friend Sam Dickison to celebrate Boxcar’s legacy of excellence in this style. Expect big hits of complex malts, plums and raisins, a smooth creamy body, and a touch of roast for balance.

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LazyPyro (10170) reviewed Cubed from Beak Brewery 1 week ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Pours a very dark brown with a beige/tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, plum, chocolate, raisins, treacle. Taste is rich and malty, sweet, chocolate, plum, raisin, toffee, molasses, some roast malt adding just a touch of bitterness. Medium bodied, creamy and smooth.
Great to see Boxcar's mild back again, if only for a one off.

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 20 Mar 2026 at 22:16

6.5

Finn (18241) ticked Cubed from Beak Brewery 1 week ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tried from Draft at Balthazar on 19 Mar 2026 at 14:28

gave a cheers!

8.4

LordAlwold1970 (9933) reviewed Cubed from Beak Brewery 3 weeks ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Can from N&R News, Blackheath Royal Standard. Nose is plum jam, liquorice toffee, dark chocolate, prunes,raisin, coffee, cola. Taste is chocolate raisin, coffee, prunes, molasses, liquorice toffee, more plum jam. Malty sweet finish. Exceedingly smooth. Very pleasant.

Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2026 at 14:00

8.5

jamestulloch (9727) reviewed Cubed from Beak Brewery 4 weeks ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can from The Beerhive. Dark brown body with ruby highlights and a thick beige head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of Twiglets and dumpling. Flavour of dark chocolate, caramel and blueberries. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Rich and interesting.

Tried from Can from Beerhive on 02 Mar 2026 at 21:06

7.8

BeardedAvenger (9338) reviewed Cubed from Beak Brewery 1 month ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Takeaway can from From Beer To Eternity, Havant. Dark with a brown tint. Thin foamy beige head. Aroma has coffee and berries with a nutty element. Bitter (coffee, liqourice) with a light berry streak over a creamy and nutty base. Light-medium bodied. Slick to oily. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Definitely no trad mild but good stuff.

Tried from Can at From Beer To Eternity on 22 Feb 2026 at 21:23