Welland Valley Mild
Great Oakley Brewery in Tiffield, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
7.14
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A dark and flavoursome mild with a slight roast taste and a frothy off white head. It has aromas of chocolate, caramel, coffee, and dark fruits. It tastes, smooth and semi-dry with a chocolate brownie bitterness and hints of vanilla.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at GBBF 2015 day 2. Mahogany brown caramel coloured with a halo of light cream head. Flavour is composed of nutty toasted grains, semi sweet, dried fruits, slight grainstore. Flavour is composed of nutty, semi sweet, light liquorice, choc. Dried fruit. Palate is eatery. Light semi sweet sugars.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 15:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keighley Beer Festival 2014. Dark with a reddish-brown glow and a thin head. Despite its low strength it feels full-bodied with plenty of roasted malt in both aroma and taste and a subdued but lingering aftertaste.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 04:19
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 15:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Live and Let Live, Cambridge. Tar brown in colour with a loose beige head and a striking cherry red colour when held to the light; aroma of roasted malt with smoke and tar mingling; dry in the mouth with a solid chocolate malt body and a light peppery bitterness; then a touch of caramel to finish. Excellent - if only all milds were as good as this.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2009
at 13:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Handpulled cask at the Pembury Tavern on 15th July 2009, during beer festival. Deep brown-black with a small cream-coloured head. For such a low strength this mild was bursting with flavour. A sharp scent of roasted malts are in the forefront with strong coffee and chocolate notes abounding. A little sophisticated smoke too. First pint at the festival, and absolutely delicious.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2009
at 11:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[Gravity cask at Milton Keynes beerfest] Vicious foretaste of plums and coffee mellows into the usual dry, toasty mild, but the sour overtones of the plum keep hanging around. Interesting, and good depth of flavour, but ultimately it didn’t work very well for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2008
at 09:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium red brown color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter (malt burnt bitter) with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (020508)
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2008
at 06:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask gravity at Nottingham BF 2007. Very dark brown with thin beige head. Decent bitter choc, roasted malts. Nice creamy chocolate, really good mild, choccy grainyness is superb, lots of flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2007
at 02:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask conditioned at the Alexandra Arms, Kettering, Northants’, 25-05-07. Poured black with very little head. This was stunning, the aroma was nice and roasty with maybe a touch of woodiness and these key characteristics carried on through into the taste which finished with a nice smoothness, it was simplicity itself but wonderful for it. This beer should really be put up as a benchmark for how a good English Mild should be. There are some great Milds around with Potbelly Beijing Black being one of most memorable of recent years, but it is rare that I’ve stumbled across a new mild at the more usual low abv that has had such an impact on me, simply superb. [i] [b] Updated again at Merton Winter Beer Fesatival Feb’ 08 [/i] [/b] This little mild still tastes great, and as Mild’s go it sets quite a high benchmark, but it isn’t quite the force that it was last time out so I’m going to have to knock it don a point or two.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2007
at 01:51