XL Mild
Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.25
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The first of the Mild's brewed by Burton Bridge Brewery, following on from the success of the XL Bitter, the brewery was asked for a darker beer
Adapting the recipe slightly with the inclusion of caramel to darken the beer and produce a smoother flavour, XL Mild proved an immediate favourite.
Adapting the recipe slightly with the inclusion of caramel to darken the beer and produce a smoother flavour, XL Mild proved an immediate favourite.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Large foamy off white head grew on a chestnut coloured body.
Toffee & roasted aroma.
Medium to thin bodied, foamy with a a carbonated back.
Roasted, toffee, malt & berry tastes with a tangy finish.
Decent Mild.
Toffee & roasted aroma.
Medium to thin bodied, foamy with a a carbonated back.
Roasted, toffee, malt & berry tastes with a tangy finish.
Decent Mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2025
at 17:33
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2023
at 15:47
16/02/2007. VAT & FIDDLE, 12-14 Queensbridge Road, NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, England
Tried
on 15 Nov 2022
at 12:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Broomfield Tavern, Coventry on 26th October 2022. Rich dark brown with tan foam and scant lacing. Roasty, nutty malts aroma and liquid pass with just the hint of dark chocolate. Toasty malt finish. Very smooth mouthfeel and light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2022
at 22:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a fairly dark reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head. Just some malts in the aroma. In the mouth it is light and rather watery. Flavour is strong but a bit odd. Malts, dark fruits and chocolate to commence with, plus later on liquorice and cream. Finish is rather dry. This is OK, but I’m not convinced about the overall flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2022
at 22:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the 4th Olds & Bolds Beer Festival, Footscray Rugby Club, 2018. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Nose of liquorice, dark malt, chocolate. Flavours of cocoa, caramel, creamy malt action.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2018
at 20:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Dove, Ipswich. Pours almost black with a small off white head. Aroma of light malt, chocolate, marzipan and coconut. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body. Finish is very dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2016
at 14:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft at GBBF 2013, day 4 - London. Pours clear, dark brown with a bubbly tan head. The nose holds burnt toast, some wet carpet. Light sweet flavor with notes of brown bread, faint dry and burnt toffee, dirt. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Bland finish, with more dirt, brunt brown bread, a little bit more carpet, faint dried dark fruits. Meh, pretty mediocre.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2015
at 18:10
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the rising sun berko. Deep reddy brown coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is spicy, cake. Tart apple, nutty malts, some solvent. Flavour is composed of harsh dish watery grains. Cake, spices, solvent. Hot. Palate us semi sweet, wishy washy, alcohol in the finish. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2015
at 16:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask in the Black Eagle, Hockley, Birmingham. Mid to dark purplish cola brown, translucent. Decent creamy head to remind me that I’m getting up north. Smells sulphurous with chocolate malt & some vinegar notes, perhaps this batch has seen better days. Tastes ok though, slight bittersweet with a chocolatey hint becoming more assertively bitter in the finish. Light body as you’d expect from a mild. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2014
at 07:10