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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle) Clear, dark amber colour with a short and tanned foamy head. Dark and mildly roasted malty aroma with notes of chocolate, marzipan and almonds. Roasted bitter flavour light but not watery body with an almost silky mouthfeel. Dry and roasted malt character with caramel, chocolate, again marzipan and almondy, nutty notes; almost lingering roasty bitter chocolatey finish. Good. 27.III.17
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2017
at 16:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ The Wellington, Brecon. Black with a very small head. Aroma of roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts with a hint of chocolate and liquorice. Very creamy mouthfeel but watery. Smooth. Low carbonation. All in all a very mild taste experience but what else to expect from a Mild? Nice and super duper sessionable.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2017
at 05:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Roast, cigar smoke, dust. Dark brown, off white head. Medium light body. Iodine roast start, overall pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2017
at 13:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black with little beige head. Aroma is coffee, nuts, coffee beans, roast. Taste is honey sweetness with lots of coffee bitterness. Full bodied and quite smooth. Good for its abv and the first mild ale, that I really enjoy.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2017
at 12:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, many thanks minutemat! Dark brown color with nice tan head. Aroma is milk chocolate. Taste is milk chocolate, dark malts, bready, a touch roasted. Silky and creamy mouthfeel. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2017
at 11:55
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Small head with short duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are grain, malt, bread, caramel and hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2017
at 07:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer festival. Pours very dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, toasted bread, light caramel little chocolate. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, bread, little licorice. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation. 160217
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2017
at 07:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Hazy dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and caramel. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 160217
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2017
at 07:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle that Dad shared- cheers! Black with a thick beige head. Tastes of sweet black coffee with roasty, almost charred notes. Some dates sneak in behind. Good rich mouthfeel. Felt like it was heading towards stout territory. Whatever style it is, it’s jolly nice- much better than I was expecting. Well done Brains! (Editors note: um... that sounds like something a cannibal might order in a restaurant... you might want to amend your rating here).
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2017
at 11:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle as a gift. Quite surprised I’ve not rated this as the cask version is one of my favourites. A good first rate for 2017. The pour is very dark brown and only slightly translucent. A lovely big khaki head sits on top but dissipates quite quickly. The scent is muted: there’s Ovaltine and coffee grounds, and a tinge of filtered-beer metallic artifice. The taste is where this beer comes into its own: sweet, milky and dotted with milky coffee, vanilla and chocolate malt notes. Smooth, creamy finish with a full body for the style and ABV. Not a patch on a well-conditioned pint of cask but still gorgeous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 15:59