Brains Dark (Bottle)

Dark (Bottle)
(Batch of Dark)

 

Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  Mild - Dark Regular
Score
6.52
ABV: 4.1% IBU: - Ticks: 104
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.
 

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7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours near jet black with a beige foamy head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, flora & roasted malt. Medium body. Creamy finish

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2025 at 10:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours black with moderate sized beige head, lovely lasting top with lacing. Aroma is light roast, coffee, treacle, fruity. Taste is sweet, coffee, nuts, fruity, some chocolate. Nice depth to this mild.

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:23


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Mørk uklar brun med kort beige topp som blir liggende som et tynt slør. Aroma; Malt, lett karamell, brødtoner, hint av sirup. Smak; Malt, karamell, brød, sirup, mørke urter. Kort. Kjøpt på qoop, på Riksgrensen.

Tried on 15 Jun 2024 at 17:30


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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Malt, chocolate, some liquorice, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, chocolate, some liquorice, caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2024 at 16:47


6.5

Tried on 08 Jun 2024 at 10:18


7
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

Tried on 06 Aug 2022 at 17:48


6.9
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
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


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle from Lidl.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Some choclate

Tried from Bottle from Lidl (England) on 30 Jul 2021 at 17:29