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Elusive Brewing in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
7.20
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To create this Dark Mild we grabbed all of our favourite malts from the malt store to give it plenty of sweet and toasty raisin character and layered notes of delicate blackcurrant using British Bramling Cross Hops.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home, picked up from an online peddler whom I can't recall, 18/03/24. Deep mahogany to chestnut brown with a good sized lasting light beige head ... a lively pour! Nose is hedgerow, fruit rinds, toasted malts, biscuit, grains, herb, stewed fruits. Taste comprises earthy fruits, toffee, toasted brown sugar, biscuit malts, brown bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with some background earthy hop bitterness. Tidy flavoursome mild.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2024
at 20:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours a slightly hazy copper brown with a big beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel, bready malt. Taste of dark malts, bready, caramel, a little roast, dried fruits, sweet with a light bitterness. Really nice mild.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2023
at 22:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Jar Bar. Cocoa nose, light licorice, nuts, caramel and toast. Earthy, toasty, herbal hops. Dark brown with a thick low head. Dry, toasty flavor, caramel and dark chocolate, peanut, light coffee. Nicely piny. Herbal, bitter hops finish. Good craft take on a mild.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2023
at 18:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can direct from the brewery. It pours deep red - brown with a small, bubbly beige head. The aroma is toasty grain, dried fruits, berry, fruit bread, malt loaf and a splash of Dr Pepper. The taste is dry and toasty upfront, smooth, bitter - sweet character, touch of caramel, cola, Dr Pepper, dried fruits, plum, date, dried fig ,fruit cake, brown bread and malt loaf with a smooth, toasty finish. Light+ body and fine, prickly carbonation. Nice fruit character. Good depth for the style. Moreish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2023
at 17:22
6/10
Tried
on 19 Aug 2022
at 16:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Beer Central Sheffield. Hazed chestnut brown. Super sticky pale beige froth. Nose has chocolate biscuit. Some vinous notes. Some earthy hop leaf. Taste is creamy sweet with a touch of vine fruit. Light and smooth on the palate with soft carbonation. Light dry vine fruit finish. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2022
at 18:15
7/10
cask at fyne fest 2022.. Light brown... thin tan lacing. soft sweet nutty malts nose... soft sweet caramel toffee fruit.. soft thin malt fruits
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2022
at 11:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home, 29th May 2022. Pours a mahogany brown. Aroma is caramel and malts. Taste is malty, caramel and bitter, butterscotch, light vanilla, it’s a great mild.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2022
at 17:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours a deep ruby red with minimal off-white head. Berry fruits are the mainstay of the aroma with some slight hoppiness, In the mouth it is juicy, fruity and slightly sweet, with cherries and malt flavouring plus some traces of floral hops and caramel. Finish is fruity. Reasonable, but lacking in oomph !
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2022
at 20:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Cask at the Nags Head, Reading.] A pale chestnut pour with a rim of beige head; hedgerow hop aroma; earthy malt taste with some caramel and red fruit; and a tangy fruity finish. An unusual twist on a mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2022
at 14:34