12th May 2012 saw me on a pub crawl of Shrewsbury: Mild in May is a CAMRA thing, so I had one every time I saw one (or tried too). Hand pulled pint in ‘The Coach and Horses’: dark brown body with a beige head. The aromas given off were of roasted/toasted malts, caramel and other semi-sweet molasses, almost burnt smell at times. Rich is the wrong word, but this was full of flavour: over cooked malts being the main taste, they in turn reminded me of ground coffee, dark chocolate and malt loaf. Another good beer from a fine brewery

cask at southampton arms ... coffee roast light malt nose ... light coffee roast .... little thin ... dark malts ok

[i] [b] Cask at the Lamb and Flag, Oxford, 01-06-08 [/i] [/b] Pours dark brown with slim white head a few ruby glints catch in the light of the window. I could smell the caramel as this was being poured so came as no surprise that the main aroma that I could sell was caramel. Some caramel and dark fruits blend together nicely in the mouth but to be honest it was a bit thin, also served slightly too warm which wasn’t so helpful, but ok.

Sampled cask conditioned at George Hotel, Eccleshall, Staffordshire.
Very dark brown. Lightly roasty. Dryish, a bit fruity, hint of raisin. Creamy mouthfeel and some late bitterness.