Dark Ruby
Sarah Hughes Brewery in Sedgley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.98
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Dark Ruby Mild combines a balance of intense colour and flavour, making it an award winning festival favourite.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Cask
at
GBBF Winter Beer Festival (Camra)
on 14 Feb 2025
at 10:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Camra Beer Festival, Nottingham (England). 11/10/2024 [#7.891 Global - #977 England - #1 Sarah Hughes Brewery (My English brewery #305)] Pours mid to dark brown with a tan head. Aroma: figs, candied malts, dark fruits and liquorice. Taste: liquorice, dark malts and some candy sweetness. Light to medium bodied Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2024
at 10:57
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Tried
on 30 Jan 2023
at 10:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Beacon Hotel. Dark brown, off white head. Malty, caramel, some fruity notes, dried fruit, some berries, maybe a hint of chocolate, sweet, bitterish finish. Smooth. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Cask
at
Beacon Hotel (Sarah Hughes)
on 01 Jan 2020
at 11:09
8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2019
at 09:21
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cask at Great Western, Wolverhampton I can’t believe I’ve not rated this before ! Nose is unremarkable – just some hints of porridge. Pours a rich ruby brown with a small cream head, and good lacing. Taste is a bittersweet conglomerate that is hard to define. More and more flavours come to the fore as it progresses through the mouth. Hazelnuts, liquorice, blackcurrant, raisins, figs, all with a full-bodied malty base to them. A wonderfully complex beer – the classic strong mild that all others (ought to) seek to emulate. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2019
at 22:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22/5/2019. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Spring Festival, Ipswich. Pours mid to dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, malt, dark fruits, berries and liquorice. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet toffee to finish. Decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 May 2019
at 08:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hints of dark fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2019
at 10:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Gloucester Beer Festival. Dark ruby brown, no head. Malty aroma, dried fruits. Taste is sweet, dried fruits, caramel, toffee, light roast, gentle bitterness. Light-medium body, very low carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2018
at 13:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On cask at The Wellington in Birmingham. Pours dark ruby brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma: sweet malts, dark fruits, dried fruits. Taste: moderate sweet, light bitter, with dark fruits, prunes, figs, caramel, toffee. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, sweetish nutty finish. Good stuff, it's seen as a classic for a reason
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2018
at 21:08