Hooray! My first BeerBods (Beerbods.co.uk) offering, of which I took delivery this very morn. If you are not familiar with BeerBods, be sure to check out their website. This is the first mild I have had in several years, and I was never too keen on the style. I always thought of it as an old mans beer...
Pours a black cherry colour with a ruby hue that is capped of with a yeasty, tan head that gives some lacing and retains itself nicely throughout.
Nose is subtle, with roasted malts, dark fruits and a mineral note that can only be likened to the smell of mineral water...
Roasted malts give you coffee and a nutty bitterness that tastes like walnuts. Cherry flavour with a yeasty and slightly salty hint in the mid-palate, which develops further into gentle chocolate and finishes with clean, crisp bitterness that suggests pine, thistle and nettles.
Medium bodied, smooth carbonation and a clean, crisp dryness. Flavours are very fresh and nicely balanced. There is a definite mineral tang at the finish, but it doesn't detract from the hop flavour.
If this is a sign of a rejuvenated 'Mild' re-birth, then I will have to reconsider my aversion to this apparently out of date style. Very tasty indeed.
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