Black Swan
Vale Brewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.20
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Dark and smooth with hints of chocolate and coffee on the nose and
a soft rounded malt finish.
a soft rounded malt finish.
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6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Southampton Arms. Dark brown, almost black with pretty much no head. Aroma is fruity, but plummy. Taste is fruity with a grainy finish, maybe also a touch of cola. Dry and grainy at the end. Quite rich. Nice enough. --- Beer merged from original tick of Black Swan on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask at Southampton Arms. Dark brown, almost black with pretty much no head. Aroma is fruity, but plummy. Taste is fruity with a grainy finish, maybe also a touch of cola. Dry and grainy at the end. Quite rich. Nice enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Birmingham Beer Festival 2016; dark brown pour with a bubbly tan head, aroma has dark fruits and a hint of coffee, taste has coffee, some liquorice.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2016
at 06:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2016. Poured a very dark brown with a beige coloured head. Aroma is lightly roasted malt, chocolate and nut. Medium roasted bitterness. Body is fairly light, texture slick. Biscuity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2016
at 08:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF ’16, day one, 09/08/16. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent light tan cap. Nose is earthy fruit rinds, light spice, toffee, biscuit. Taste comprises brown bread, toffee, mild peppery spice, fruit cake. Medium body, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2016
at 15:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2016 09/08/2016. A nutty brown coloured pour with a a lasting beige head. Aroma is jammy fruit, berry. Flavour is composed of sweet nutty malts, jammy fruit, Palate is semi sweet, watery, thin, lowish carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2016
at 13:14
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at Black Door, Helsinki. Originally rated 24032012. Colour is dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Chocolate and roasted malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2014
at 11:37
6/10
Tried
on 08 Mar 2014
at 06:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Millets Farm Shop, Frilford, nr Abingdon. Deep brown with a lasting beige head and a light fizz. Maybe a little thin. Blackberries up front with a touch of smoke and a smidgen of cough mixture. Really quite fruity actually before chocolate and lightly roasted malt comes through in the dry, bittersweet finish. Surprisingly decent; much better than Vale’s usual offerings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2014
at 15:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark brown color. Chocolate, wood nose. Medium body, malty, with chocolate notes, but a bit too straightforward
Tried
on 25 Dec 2013
at 07:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at St Radegund, Cambridge on 4th June 2013. Deep red with almost no head or lacing. Malty sweet aroma. Rich malts, berries and coffee in-mouth, and a roasty, fruity finish. Engaging mouthfeel, light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2013
at 15:31