Bottle from Tomlinson’s, Inverness 091212
Ruby brown, clear, off white big frothy head, some lacing
Aroma - Dark caramel malts, dark fruity malts, soft aroma
Taste - Dark caramel malts, soft toffee malts, touch of toasted malts, some bready malts, touch of bitter earthy hops in the background, slight hint of port
Palate - soft carb, medium body, smooth texture. Finish as main flavour, smooth, some lingering mellow toasted dark malts
Overall - Good flavoured mild - I do like this 3.5 to 3.6

Cask @ Haymarket, Edinburgh 181012 7/4/7/3/14
Dark ruby brown, thin off white head, some lacing
Aroma - dark caramel, touch of chocolate, soft dark toffee malts
Taste as aroma, slight touch of port in there as well, fruity malts
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish has soft bitter roast with some bitter chocolate and soft dark toffee, bit thin on the finish
Overall - Tasty mild ale

On tap @ the Haymarket Bar, Pours opaque black with ruby tints and a nice head. The nose is of liquorice and smoke. The taste is more of the same. The palate is medium bodied and textured with an elegant clean finish. Overall, great.

500ml bottle - A dark mahogany body with lacy white head, smoky nose with a hit of espresso in there, a solid body with a malty after taste. One of the best milds I’ve had this year.

500ml Bottle: best before the end of August 2012, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on the last day of July 2012, one month before it’s BBD. Good looking brew: dark brown body with a full, deep tan coloured head on top. Coffee in the nose along with some roasted malty molasses (but without the sweetness). Chocolate notes arrived as the beer warmed. The taste was all malt with a hop bitterness always there in the mix. Fruit cake with chocolate and nutty hints: add a malt loaf and you’ve almost got the flavours I found. Smooth rather than creamy in the mouthfeel, a pleasant Mild all round.

50cl bottle from Beer City, batch#2734, BB 11/2012. Couleur acajou, col épais crémeux beige/café au lait. Arôme malté sur un léger bouquet de noisette, pointe de fruits rouges. En bouche, malt cara, grillé en retrait, note levure sur une amertume de fin de bouche. Malt pâle et amer et ce profile fruité rouge de fin de bouche. Reste correcte alternant un palais léger malt grillé sur une carbonation active.

30th January 2010
Clear dark brown beer. Whsiper of toffee malt on the nose. Light semi dry palate, quite airy. Nice hops - tangerine with a dash of lime. Underpinned by nutty malt. Finishes a little soft with a trace of bubblegum. A decent beer but that fact this was a GBBF winner tells you everything you need to know about the conservative nature of the British Camra beer scene.

Cask @ Haymarket Bar. Rudgate ruby mild. Ruby red colour, off-white head. Nose is fruity, light malted, little roastiness. Flavour is fruity, light malted, glue. Slightly roasty finish.

Cask at the Falcon, Claphm Junction. Deep ruby colour with a scummy looking cream head; aroma of deep roasted malts with a hint of chocolate; rich chocolate malt flavour with a floury body; a gentle but deep bitterness balances against the sweet purple fruit, before a long dry finish. An excellent mild.

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise. Pours a clear, ruby-brown with no head. A bit of roasty malts and dark fruits in the aroma. Very good, balaned flavor. Certainly dark, roasty malts, sweet toffee, brown sugar, mild coffee, some leafy bitterness. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Semi-dry, roasted malt finish with some nice sugars, slight bread, slight leafy bitterness. Solid beer.

Cask på Morpeth Arms, Pimlico 4 Okt 10. Dyp brun / sort. Nesten ikke skum. Sjokoladearoma. Litt vassen. Gjennomført smak av røstet malt.