Dark Mild
Machine House Brewery in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
7.07
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A surprisingly light-bodied session ale with a rich roasted malt character. Incredible drinkable, the deliciously balanced chocolate and caramel malt character makes the Dark Mild a cult favorite.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Tavour: pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is nutty, toasty, definitely hopped more heavily than other examples of the style. Taste is lightly sweet, somewhat bitter. Hoppy aftertaste. Pretty good.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2026
at 19:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours clear dark brown with a darkish tan head. Aroma of dark toffee. Near med body. Fairly dry tho malty. Mildly bitter. Flavor is dark toffee with some chocolate and hop that might be floral. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 03 Sep 2026
at 01:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear, bright, dark amber brown color with a small beige head; aroma of milk chocolate, balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish, somewhat smooth palate
Tried
from Draft
at
Machine House Brewery - Hillman City
on 04 Apr 2026
at 22:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown, with a bubbly head. Toffee, fruity, light toastiness. Juicy, light body, and similar on the palate to the aroma.
Earlier Rating: 7/2/2017 Total Score: 3.5
Cask. Dark brown. Nice toasty and toffeeish nose. Palate is strongly toasty, light. I prefer more sugars but the complexity is appreciated.
Earlier Rating: 7/2/2017 Total Score: 3.5
Cask. Dark brown. Nice toasty and toffeeish nose. Palate is strongly toasty, light. I prefer more sugars but the complexity is appreciated.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2019
at 22:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Another terrific brew sent to me by andrewje41. Dark brown pour lovely head. Nose is roast and some rootbeer. Tastes similar rootbeer, earth, roasty malt, brown sugar, tweed fabric. Dry body. Right body and mouthfeel for style. Well done
Tried
on 11 Oct 2019
at 04:19
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
An excellent example of the style, especially when served cask conditioned. Smooth and quaffable, have more than one. Malt is forward, with chocolate, caramel and some fig notes. Light hops in the finish. When I encounter this with a bitter, I also have a mild and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2016
at 02:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Re-rate: had this on cask at Brouwers and I feel like it’s a much different beer. Toasted malts, chocolate, light earth, full of flavor throughout the pint. Thin bodied and easy to knock back but damn tasty. (Original rate: Bottle labeled "Dark Mild" but I’m pretty sure this is the same beer. Dark brown. Earth, light biscuit, toasted malt, some fruit notes. Not all that interesting and a bit watery. )
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2016
at 00:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask pour at Special Brews. About time I track this beer down. Mild ales are harder to track down than I expected. Seems like some mild ales are being classified as other things. Opinions I guess. Pours a near black color with a ton of tan cream head and lacing. Beautiful cask pour. Flavor is a little nutty, some chocolate malt, and some sweet caramel. Finishes a little on the plastic side, which was odd, but it didn’t ruin this for me at all. Good beer to session with. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2015
at 19:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint at brewery. Big cask head. Dark brown body. Aroma all light earthy with light chocolate. Musty wet malts. Flavor very light and dusty/musty and the main component of flavor comes in at the end with a bitter kick. In line with everything else at this brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jan 2015
at 14:46