Dark
Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.45
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A true classic Brains Dark has been brewed continuously since the 1920s and is still winning awards today. For many years it was our biggest selling beer and it remains one of our most popular and recognisable pints.
Chocolate malts help create this distinctive treacle coloured yet easy-drinking ale with its distinctive creamy head.
Chocolate malts help create this distinctive treacle coloured yet easy-drinking ale with its distinctive creamy head.
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6.5/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2024
at 10:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On cask at City Arms, pours a deep dark brown with an amber tinge and a medium tan head. Aroma is very subdued, with gentle toasted bready, not much else. Flavour is smooth and clean, with lightly toasted bready. Not much else to speak of. It's clean and drinkable, but with little character. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2023
at 14:29
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint at The Old Arcade, Cardiff. A very dark, bright, almost black hazy brown pour with a finger of tight, tan head. Visually reminds me of a Guinness. Nose is also somewhat reminiscent of Guinness, but it tends more towards a stranger (and better) ale: Black Acid, a strange co-op between Lervig and Oud Beersel. So we have licorice and chocolate, but also lambic-y tinges of green apple and wild yeast. Cool. Mouth is dry, never full (nor even close), quite crisp but not tart. Bitterness is quite evident in the long finish. Best Brain's so far.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2023
at 20:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Roast and nut. A little coffee. Black pour with great head on cask. Light bitter end. Creamy consistency. Cask at City Arms.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2023
at 17:27
08/04/1978. ROYAL OAK, 200 Broadway, Roath, CARDIFF, South Glamorgan, Wales (BRAINS)
Tried
on 04 Mar 2023
at 06:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown/black sporting a good beide head. Aroma of malts and dried fruits. Taste of chocolate, malts, raisins, molasses and dried fruits with tiny hints of liquorice. Distinct bitterness. Low carbonation. Thin but also creamy mouthfeel. Very neat and a little bit more tasteful than the cask version I reckon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2022
at 17:50
6/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2022
at 17:48
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at Alexandra Hotel, Derby. Served through a sparkler. Pours deep brown with a beige towards tan cap. Aroma: toasted bread, caramel, also liquorice & chocolate hints. Taste: light sweet & bitter, dry, light roasted malts, bread, caramel. Light body with fine carbonation. Spot on, delicious!
Tried
from Cask
at
Alexandra Hotel
on 28 Feb 2022
at 23:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 30/08/21. Light black with a good sized tan head that stays for the show. Nose is cocoa powder, toffee, dried fruits, brown bread, nutty tones. Taste comprises brown bread, fruit slice, cocoa sprinkle, brown sugar dusting, raisins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid flavoursome mild.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2021
at 17:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Sarky: Poured a deep brown black with a creamy light brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, hint of chocolate, ashy. Taste is bitter forward, then the thick chocolate roasted malts roll in. A good drinking mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2021
at 14:38