Dawn Patrol Dark Mild
Pizza Port (Solana Beach) in Solana Beach, California, United States 🇺🇸
Mild - Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.62
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap at Solana Beach. Pours dark brown with a golden deep amber glare with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted and dark malty. Smooth roasted and light breadish with a nice toffee roasted note. Dry and roasted malt finish. Vague bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Lost Abbey. Pours with a large tan head over a hazed brown body. Aroma is grainy with caramel and chocolate. Taste is toasty and chocolate with some grain and possibly some smoke. Fullish mouthfeel for a mild, light carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampler @ Pizza Port (Solana Beach) pours copper with off white head. Aroma and taste, light malts, some possible smoke malts? sweet with some dark fruits, light caramel touch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sample at the brewpub. This beer is a dark brown color with a thin, compact and creamy light beige head that diminishes steadily. Sheet of lacing. Aroma of malt, grain and dark fruit. Medium, smooth body with sweet malt, caramel and mild hops flavors. The finish is roasted malt with a touch of chocolate and lingering hops. Overall a decent session beer.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Should have seen this coming….in the land of IPAs, double IPAs, and more, I’m confronted by perhaps the most flavorful, but reserved mild ale I’ve ever tasted. On cask at PP Solana Beach on 3/23/2007
Dark mahogany brown body is accentuated with light maroon and chestnut hues. Medium-sized, dark beige head is very well-retained and laces moderately. Clarity is medium-high.
Very subtle in the nose, though still a fair bit of dry chocolate and well-attenuated, but very aromatic barley malt, it seems to produce a fine, almost creamy-like yeast essence that is soft, pleasantly bland and just immensely clean. Very elegant hazelnut and mild vanillla notes sit on the finish, with just a touch of light roast that never disturbs the balance or takes away from the mild character of the beer. Creamy malts continue on after the finish, with a soft, glowing fruitiness that is lightly apparent as well. Very strong aroma from a pint glass and at a crowded bar. No flaws.
If the aroma was well-done and lovely, then the flavor is just jaw-dropping. At the very first sip I was uttering expletives. How they worked this incredibly clean, but still very fresh and apparent yeastiness in to this beer, I’ll never know. It works hand-in-hand with the creamy pale malts, while the chocolate, hazelnuts and light vanilla dance about lightly through the middle, ending with very soft cherry-vanilla-like esters and light chocolate suggestions. Almost a wheat-like smoothness to the body which is held together by a surprisingly firm texture, despite the fact that the stuff never seems remotely "heavy" or "thick". Even the requisite wateriness, part of the style, which gives it its quenching drinkability is there, though the beer is so flavorful, you barely notice it. Coffee is perfectly done, no way else to describe it. Nips of caramel are glimpsed as well. A true masterpiece of subtle, low gravity brewing. This must have been very fresh. I want more......
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught at the brewpub. Nut brown. Dominated by roasty malt, but with a light soapy hop profile to accompany it. The mouthfeel is rounded and firm. A good, simple beer, but a mild would need softer mouthfeel to grab my attention.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
tap at Solana Beach - Dark brown, looks nice. Light roasted malts dominate, giving a smooth, sweet flavor. It’s a bit thin, but quite tastey. Drink up!