Darkside
Falstaff Brewery in Derby, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.58
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Deep red in colour with dark chocolate and plum aromas. Fruity bitter chocolate flavours and finish.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 3.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Cask at the Corn Exchange (JDW), Leicester. Mid-brown and a little translucent with a scummy off-white head. Aroma of dark malts, some fruits. Sweet taste, a little bit of fruity sourness. Flat, watery body. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
at
Corn Exchange (JDW)
on 15 Jun 2025
at 17:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Loyds No 1 Nottingham. Deep brown to off black colour with a pale off white head. Aroma and taste are caramel sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2024
at 09:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington Birmingham. A clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a stodgy beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, plum jam, apricot, fruit, nutty malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet fruit and nut, plum and apricot.. Little artificial, Palate is medium sweet, rounded, moderate cask condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2019
at 19:05
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Creaky Floorboard, Derby Nose is a heady concoction of fruits and malts. Pours a very dark red with a small beige head. Very little carbonation. In the mouth there are plums and raspberries with just a hint of chocolate. A generally fruity finish. Not a typical mild, but strong and sweet. Very much like Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2019
at 21:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Bingoham, Cotts Convention V day, 08/06/19. Mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is lIght cocoa powder, dried red berries, charr, leather, light spice. Taste comprises dried fruits, chocolate notes, red berry skins, earthy, baking powder. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent flavoursome mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2019
at 14:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Wellington, Brum. Dark fruits. Almonds. Dark cola brown. Thin off-white head. Medium sweet with a sour edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick with a chalky residue. Flat carbonation. Dry. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2019
at 17:51
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Oldham Beer Festival 2017. Black-brown and overly sweet for a mild, but it’s higher than usual strength for this style accounts for this.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2017
at 16:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Wellington; extremely dark mahogany pout with a bubbly dark beige head, aroma has dark fruits and a hint of chocolate, taste has some nutty action, fairly roasty, a hint of chocolate, OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2016
at 04:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, half, shared with Finn at Thomas Leaper (JDW) . Deep rosewood coloured body. Fawn-coloured head. Spotty lacing down the glass. Mixed aromas of leafy hos and roasted dark malts. Flavour of dark fruits, woody chocolate, and dark berries. Roasted bitter ending. Fine bodied. Tasty and pleasing (Derby 17.02.2016).
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2016
at 14:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Fra fat på Thomas Leaper i Derby 17 Feb 16. Ultramørk rubinrød. Eg. svart. Lavt mokkafarget tett skum. Tett tynn lacing. God aroma av mørke plommer & sherry. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken har preg av nøtter. Blir litt syrlig etter hvert.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2016
at 04:46