Dark Munro
Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.58
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A refreshing dark beer! Dark brown with a white head. Roast malt/coffee notes on the nose lead to chocolate-vanilla and prickly hops on the palate. Finish is cleansing and refreshing.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A mahogany brown coloured pour with reddy hues and a lasting loose dirty tan head. Aroma is sweet choc, nutty, praline, soft earthy roast. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty chocolate malts, earthy roast, dirty powdered choc. Palate is medium bodied, good cask condition. Rounded. Good characterful mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2016
at 15:38
7/10
Tried
on 25 Oct 2015
at 22:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 24 Apr 2015) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, coffee and black rye bread. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, milky coffee, black rye bread and a gentle roasty bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Well made and tasty mild. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2015
at 14:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell on 28th April 2015. Dark brown with thin off-white nonlacing head. Sweet caramel/toffee aroma. Malty in-mouth with berry fruits and caramel. A malty and somewhat nutty finish, with some upper-mouth bitterness. Light body and mouthfeel. 6-3-7-4-14 Re-rating: April 2024 Cask at the Southampton, London on 3rd April 2024. Deep, rich brown with dull foam affording full lacing. Malty aroma. Tangy fruits and maltiness in-mouth, and a finish of berries, oranges and caramel malts. Medium bodied with an engaging mouthfeel. 6-4-7-4-14
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2015
at 04:25
6/10
Tried
on 25 Apr 2015
at 14:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at SRAF. Pours deep brown, taste is sweet and thin, fruity blackcurrant.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2014
at 01:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (Crown Posada, Newcastle) - Dark brown in colour. Blackcurrant, roasted malt and chocolate in the aroma. Roasted and chocolatey taste with notes of blackcurrant being noticeable in the finish. Refreshing and moreish.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2014
at 13:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Wellington; mahogany brown pour with a thin beige head, fruity aroma, taste has light red fruit, a hint if chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2014
at 09:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein dunkelbrauens Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, fruchtig, Kaffee. Geschmack sehr röstmalzig, schokoladig, Kaffee, fruchtig.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2014
at 12:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The first beer in a trio of Orkney beers drank in The Plough, Shifnal during a CAMRA pub crawl on 14th Dec 13. Hand-pulled half-pint: dark brown with a red hue, on top an off-white blanket of foam. The nose and taste were over roasted, almost burnt malts that gave a dark chocolate and ground coffee bean aroma and flavour. Semi-bitter in the aftertaste this is a good traditional Mild and well worth seeking out. Full bodied and almost rich (for a Dark Mild) in texture.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2013
at 00:45