A true classic Brains Dark has been brewed continuously since the 1920s and is still winning awards today. For many years it was our biggest selling beer and it remains one of our most popular and recognisable pints.
Chocolate malts help create this distinctive treacle coloured yet easy-drinking ale with its distinctive creamy head.
Chocolate malts help create this distinctive treacle coloured yet easy-drinking ale with its distinctive creamy head.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer festival. Pours very dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, toasted bread, light caramel little chocolate. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, bread, little licorice. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation. 160217
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2017
at 07:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Hazy dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and caramel. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 160217
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2017
at 07:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Goat Major. Pours dark brown/creamy beige head. Aroma seems darkly fruity; mild/smooth dark malt. Near med body. Flavor is aroma plus, perhaps, a light touch of chocolate. Finishes less than dry with detectable hop bitter. Very nice flavor.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2015
at 13:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Really enjoyed the bottled version, so when I saw the Brain’s Brewery Bar at the Peterborough Beer Festival on 26th Aug 2015 I tried a half-pint of the cask one. Very pleasant, dark brown with a good head on the hand-pulled beer. Malty and semi-sweet in nature this is a true classic Mild in my eyes and I really enjoyed my half.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2015
at 15:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2015. Pitch black with pff-whte foam. Nose is cocoa, a bit of roasted malt and coffee. Lightly roasty, creamy flavor, cocoa and some charcoal. Light and smooth. Decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 02:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at K&ES BF. Black ruby edges no head. Bit flat. Some chocolate. Pretty nice chocolate to be honest. No real hop good dark mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jun 2015
at 12:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Archies, Prestatyn [090615]
Amber brown, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of very soft malts
Taste of light soft fruits, soft dark caramel, dab of dark malt
Palate - Light body, quite creamy. Finish of soft malts
Overall - Seems rather light for a mild, rather thin in flavour
Amber brown, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of very soft malts
Taste of light soft fruits, soft dark caramel, dab of dark malt
Palate - Light body, quite creamy. Finish of soft malts
Overall - Seems rather light for a mild, rather thin in flavour
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jun 2015
at 15:22
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
15th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, few pale tan bubbles for a head. Light palate, semi dry. Very low carbonation. Mild dark malts, whispers of dark chocolate and dark fruits. Light dry finish. Almost flat and somewhat insipid.
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, few pale tan bubbles for a head. Light palate, semi dry. Very low carbonation. Mild dark malts, whispers of dark chocolate and dark fruits. Light dry finish. Almost flat and somewhat insipid.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2014
at 12:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
NWAF 23 Jan 13. Svart. Lavt luftig skum. Bra sjokoladearoma. Smaken skuffende vassen. Litt lakris. Lite annet.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 09:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF2012. Deep rubyish black colour with a mediumsized creamy beige head. Aroma is nutty, mild chocolate, some roasted malts as well as mild toffee to it. Flavour is chooolate, mild coffee, some roasted malts, toffee and a bit ripe fruity notes. Nice toasted and chocolaty aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2013
at 09:29