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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Lidl.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Some choclate
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Some choclate
Tried
from Bottle
from
Lidl (England)
on 30 Jul 2021
at 17:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Aldi Pours a very dark brown with a generous beige head that tends to linger. Sweet malts in the nose with hints of fruitiness. Some coffee in the mouth before it is swamped by damson fruit flavours, which remain in the finish. Nicely balanced – verging towards a stout rather than a mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2020
at 16:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Ocado. A Protz 300 tick I initially had before joining Ratebeer. Roasty chocolate aroma with an unfortunate sour edge. Dark and glossy. Bubbly beige head fades. Light bitter coffee and chocolate with a sour berry edge. Some creamy coffee sweetness in the finish. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Average-fizzy carbonation. Dry finish. It's not too bad. A roastiness and bitterness I'd associate more with a Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2019
at 20:45
6/10
Many thanks to Mark for this bottle!! Smooth malty beginning. Moderate roasted bitter, easy to drink with a nice malty roasted back. Very nicht balanced, a bit thin but round and dry roasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2019
at 20:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Duke of Wellington. Almost black, some light comes in through the bottom of the glass and presents mahogany and ruby hues. Silky, creamy head. Aroma is light roast. More roast in the taste, light nutty flavors. Creamy, velvety texture. So full of flavor at only 3.8%.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2019
at 14:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at Queen Bee, Bangkok. Dark brown with a thick nitro creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, dark malt and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2019
at 11:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Taster at the Craft Bar. Pours black, with a thin, beige head. The aroma is sherry, light balsamic, cocoa, bitter pecans, and vanilla. Sweet and oddly tart. Medium body, with a sticky, and kinda syrupy palate. Funky, but pretty nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2018
at 03:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 500 ml. Dark brown color, creamy foam. Caramel aroma: walnut, esters, roasted malt. Taste: caramel, watery, slightly nutty, a little bit cold coffee, soft and velvety, a bit of earthy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2017
at 12:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2017
at 13:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Morrisons, Caernarfon. Pours dark brown with a short-lived thin tan head. Aromas of chocolate and light liquorice. Taste is treacle, but not in a sticky way. Quite thin in fact. More chocolate and light coffee. Slightly burnt note on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2017
at 11:05