Dark Mild
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.35
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A creamy Mild with a fruity palate, some roast character and a hoppy finish. ’Mild of the Year’ at CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival 1999 and on 2 previous occasions.
Hops Goldings, Challenger, Liberty.
Hops Goldings, Challenger, Liberty.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2025
at 10:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wooden cask at the Lincoln Beer Festival 2024. At 3.4%abv. Black colour with a thin head that disappeared. Malty and thin. Slight basement. Light body.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2024
at 13:24
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival 2018. Pours ruby brown with with a tan cap. Aroma: dried fruits, liquorice, hint of fig. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, toffee and treacle, faint coffee, liquorice, light chocolate. Light body with fine carbonation
Tried
from Cask
at
Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA)
on 12 Jul 2022
at 21:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Handpull cask at the Friary, Leicester. Very dark brown and opaque with a ring of khaki head. Light aroma, some slight chocolate malt with a nutty woody note. Sweet taste with a touch of sourness in the finish. Not much to it I'm afraid. A straightforward mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2018
at 17:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 23rd Battersea Beer Festival - 06/02/13. Light black with a thin tan head. Nose is dark malts, cardboard, touch of liqourice. Taste comprises dark malt, a touch of chocolate, paper, tobacco. Light in body with moderate carbonation, dry in the finish. Decent enough mild.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2013
at 13:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Has a berry aroma which is potent like a spirit. Mild in the palate though. Dark with a small head.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2013
at 12:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask from The Ale House, Chelmsford. Nice creamy mild, almost black with an attractive coffee cream coloured head. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2013
at 06:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aug 2006 from BA: This review is from a pint had at the 30th CAMRA, Cotswold Beer Fest (last month). The dark, almost porter black colour is only the start of your journey to Mild perfection. It’s creamy off-white head should be thick and if poured correctly, stay until the end of the pint, sticking to the glass. Some Milds are thin and taste weak, Bateman’s is the opposite, rich and strong tasting, the ABV does not give a true picture of it’s complexity or character. Roasted nuts,ripe fruit and hops hit your nose and the taste is of the same intensity. This is a dark Mild that is well worth tracking down and drinking!
Tried
on 02 May 2012
at 06:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2011. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate and raisins. Sweet fruity flavour with a touch of chocolate. A bit thin mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2011
at 13:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2011. Deep amber/ruby colour with a small brown head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some mild malts and caramel as well. Flavour is roasted malts, some earth, pleasant wooden and mild floral notes as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2011
at 23:02