Beijing Black
Potbelly Brewery in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.55
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A Strong dark mild, Mild but not Meek!!
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 29/11/2011. Near black with next to no head. Dark fruit and coffee aroma. Flavour had some more fruit and bitter chocolate, with slightly sour fruits and a short, bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2011
at 12:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours dark brown with a small white head. Aroma is roasted dark malty, fruity and slight breadish. Dark malty, breadish and dry malty. Bitter and dry malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 14:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Bow Bar. Ruby red-dark brown colour, small tan head. Aroma of toasted malts, coffee. Flavour of roasted malts, coffee, licorice. Slightly sour. Oily texture. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2010
at 13:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Pours dark brown nearly black with a off white head. Nose is sweet of caramel, bread and vague roast. Thin and watery. Low carbonation. Some cold expresso in the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2010
at 13:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50 cl. Pours a hazy orangey brown with a small, rough off-white head. Odd plastic aroma with some hard roasted malts and licorice. Medium body, hard roasted malts and licorice. Sweetish licorice finish. Nice and pleasant. 200210
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2010
at 12:30
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel aroma with some hints of chocolate. Roasted malty caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel finish with some hints of chocolate in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2009
at 01:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
I finished off my drinking sessions at GBBF 09 with two ales from the Mid East England Bar. The cask version of this one was dark as the polar night (excluding the Northern Lights) and got a naked surface. Smell of different kinds of dark malts added by weak moments of roastiness. Bready malts with bitter coffee malts in flavour blended with anise sweetness. Medium bodied. A good mild with porter qualities (Earls Court, 07.08.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2009
at 08:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask via handpump at the Pembury Tavern, London on 15th July 2009 during their festival. Dark red/black with rapidly dispersing off-white head. A sweetish mild with some roasted malt aromas alongside caramel and biscuit (cookie) notes. Initially sweet but this mellows out towards a dryish finish of average duration, delivered on a smooth, rather flat mouthfeel afforded by somewhat lacking condition. The mark of three awarded for palate allows for the fact this was a festival beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2009
at 17:24
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Waitrose Towcester. Flat when opened, poured blackish brown without any head; aroma has some chocolate and lots of farmyard; thin with toasted malt flavours and some chocolate; and a sour bready finish. Different, and not entirely pleasant. Perhaps it was just a duff bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2009
at 19:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Deep red brown ... thick head ... light roast malt ... light chocolate ... thin body ... low carbonation ... light chocolate ... light yeast
Tried
on 11 Oct 2008
at 14:22