Falstaff Brewery Darkside

Darkside

 

Falstaff Brewery in Derby, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Mild - Dark Regular
Score
6.58
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Deep red in colour with dark chocolate and plum aromas. Fruity bitter chocolate flavours and finish.
 

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5.1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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