Black Dog Freddy
Beckstones Brewery in Millom, Cumbria, England 🏴
Mild Regular|
Score
6.31
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Black Dog Freddy's (named after Dave's own dog) is a 3.9% mild with an absolutely smashing taste!
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05/08/2008. GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, SW5, England
Tried
on 09 Nov 2022
at 18:38
6/10
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 20:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF '18, day 3, 09/08/18. Dark mahogany brown with a decent beige head. Nose is dusty fruits, brown bread, biscuit crumbs, dried fruits, light ashen notes. Taste comprises fruit cake, tobacco, raisins, bourbon biscuit, brown bread, light charr. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2018
at 08:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
9/8/2018. Cask at the Great British Beer Festival. Pours mahogany brown with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of fruit, malt, milk chocolate and vanilla. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. A decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2018
at 15:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet, oily, brown bread, fruit cake, earth and leather. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy, tannin, leather, oily, resin, bark and spice with a drying finish. Light body and low carbonation. Ok aroma but lacking flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2018
at 14:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Half pint at Wainwright Pub. Pours a clear amber brown with a grayish brown head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has notes of bread and light roast with a nuttiness backing plus a hint of umami. Flavor has notes of bread and grains with some butterscotch and light roast backing.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2017
at 14:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2010. A brown beer with a red shine under a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt as well as lighter notes of soy sauce, leading to a dry and roasted finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2011
at 13:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
cask at GBBF 2010 ... deep black ... licorice roast ... light malt nose ... dry bitter toffee ... roast malts ... little thin but ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2010
at 08:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours clear and golden deep brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and light breadish. Roasted malty and slight bitter flavoured. Roasted and breadish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2010
at 06:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
6th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Very smooth mild fruit and very mild toasty malt. Slightly sour. A particularly mild mild! Agreeable.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2009
at 09:13