Dark Ruby
Sarah Hughes Brewery in Sedgley, West Midlands, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.97
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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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Rerate at the Beacon Hotel 22/6/2024 [4.0]. Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 22/3/08. Deep brown colour with some ruby undertones. Aroma was subdued, with a touch of toffee and dark fruit. The flavour was more assertive with plenty of dark chocolate and fruit, and a hint of sourness in the finish. Good [3.2].
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2008
at 15:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, fruit, berry, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 04:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned at The Three Judges, Glasgow, as "Sarah Hughes Ruby Ale" - I presume this is the same beer? Very dark ruby colour, creamy head. Moderate malty aroma with caramel. The flavour is very malty and sweet with loads of caramel, slightly roasty. Decent hops in the finish. Not easy drinking, but nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2007
at 17:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Dark ruby red colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is wooden, caramelly and dark dry fruity. Flavour is spicy, dark dry fruits and some wooden hints.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2007
at 00:56
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
In cask, Deep dark red balck, with a pleasent malty aroma, and a nice balanced sweet rich complex malty chocolatyness...3.9 Tk2 ... didnt take notes as i knew id had it... but oh it was lovly... so lest just say ... IT IS WHAT IT IS ... and up its score. 4.2 ... tk3 gravity at cloister cellar ... dark ruby ... soft sweet toffee fruit nose ... rich treacle ... sweet soft fruits ...
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2007
at 07:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Devonshire Arms, South Normanton, Derbyshire. Deep ruby red, served absolutely flat with no head; rich port wine aroma; rich port wine flavour, chewy and full, developing as the beer warms in the mouth; a fruity "christmas cake" aftertaste. Overall, a really excellent mild, served at its best.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Feb 2007
at 16:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms. I have seen this at a lot of festivals, but never had it. Black/ruby colour with lasting beige head. Bit of sickly malt. No real hop but dryish finish. Syrupy malt. In fact very syrupy malt. Couldn?t drink too much of this. Nothing bad at all about it, but it?s like liquid malt. Re-rate. Really good fruity malty mouthfeel is great. Lovley beer
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2006
at 10:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Newark Beer Festival. Dark beer with a rich malty flavour and a ruby/malty aroma. Overall a good strong beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2005
at 14:59
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown. Malty, but slighlty acidic. Mellow. Some raisin aroma. ........
Tried
on 08 Mar 2002
at 07:13
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
I think I had a contaminated bottle: when I poured barely 4oz into an imperial pint glass, the whole glass rapidly filled with foam. The primary flavor was sour. Some hints at fruity malts and maybe spicy hoppiness. Garnet color - big brownish head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2001
at 20:05