Bottle @ Royal Oak, 3.6%. Dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel and bread. Flavour is malt, caramel, bread, toasted, medium sweet, little dark fruits, little chocolate and a little bitter.

Rating from 2011: So - ein "Mild Ale". Ich bin gespannt. Laut Etikett seit 1952 regelmäßig prämiert - zum letzten Mal 1998 als «World’s Best Mild Ale». Tiefschwarz steht es im Glas, kaum beiger Schaum. Der Geruch ist aletypisch-malzig und leicht süßlich. Im Antrunk zeigt es nich trocken-malzig und durch die 3,6% auch recht leicht, gerade an der Grenze zum Wässrigen. Zum Hauptteil kommt eine malzbiertypische Süße hinzu, die aber gut mit der aufkommenden Herbe harmoniert. Röstaromen deutlich erkennbar, genauso wie milder (Malz)Zucker. Sehr harmonisch. Der Nachgeschmack ist mittellang, ale-typisch trocken und malzbiersüßlich-herb, aber ohne klebrig zu wirken. --> eine interessante Kombination. Mir vielleicht einen Tick zu süßlich, aber ich denke, "das muss so". Lecker und erfrischend! --> 12,10,13,10,12,10 - 10,75

275ml bottle from farm shop near Midhurst. Pours a flat brown with a large beige head. Metallics of pasteurization are evident in both aroma and aftertaste. In between though it’s pretty pleasant with rhubarb and apple crumble, caramel and some roasty malt. Generally mildly sweet, with just a little roasty bitterness in the finish. Was probably a decent beer before they killed it with pasteurization. Such a shame.

Bottle at home (Harveys Online) - 22/09/12. Pours a very dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head that soon dissipates. Malty nutty nose, slightly earthy, a little chocolate balsamic vinegar in the background. Toasted malts, barley, light toffee and nuts in the taste. Light to medium bodied, a little watery with soft carbonation present. An OK drinkable mild vergeing towards bland at times.

Bottle at the Copenhagen Beer Celebration Tune-Up, London. Thanks to...Duff, from RateBeer? Pours red-brown with a creamy, beige foam head. Some berries and toast in the nose. Medium sweet flavor with some berries, other ripe fruits, some bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, pretty basic, with some further ripe fruits and bread. Nice, easy-going ’old ale’. Pretty nice character for the low ABV.

Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, caramel, chocolate, licorice and wood notes, light vanilla. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20120113]

Bottle from the Bitter End Offie, Bromley. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Chocolate, raisin, caramel and toffee aroma. Licorice, toffee and figs in the flavour. Nice ’n’ sweet. Sweet, malty finish. Damn it I liked this one.

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275ml bottle. Beige head over a dark ruby coloured body. Black malty aroma followed by a sweet malty, almost candy sweet taste sustained by liquorice and slightly offset by the addition of spicy tartness. Weak and thin palate (Thanks to Wivi-Ann, 17.03.2008)

Small light beige head. Translucent dark red body. Sweet caramelly aroma with notes of cream. Mild sweetish caramel taste with more creaminess. Aftertaste is vaguely roasty. Interesting! (0.275 bottle.)