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Svend’s Beer Log 2014 06

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(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: extremely good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Moorhouse – Pride Of Pendle 4
Goddards – Ale Of Wight 3
Goddards – Fuggle–Dee–Dum 3
Island Brewery – Nipper Bitter 3
Titanic – Iceberg 3
Moorhouse – Blonde Witch 4
Yates – The Taverner’s Ale 3
Goddards – Duck’s Folly 4
Yates – Undercliff Experience 4
Yates – Buddle Brew 3
Yates – Dark Side Of The Wight 5
Yates – Holy Joe 3
Yates – YPA 3
Island Brewery – Yachtsman’s Ale 3
Banks’s Park – Cereal Thriller 2
Marston’s – EPA 3
Otter – Ale 3
Darkstar – Revelation 4
Adnams – Lighthouse 3
Einstök – White Ale 3
Hepworth – Sussex Golden Ale 3
Einstök – Toasted Porter 4
Siren – Caribbean Chocolate Cake 4
Crouch Vale – Blackwater Mild 4
Summer Wine Brewery – Ten Malt Porter 4
De Halve Maan – Straffe Hendrik 4
Weird Beard – Mariana Trench 4
Thwaites – Nutty Black 4
Grafters – Darker Side Of The Moon 4
Adnams – Southwold Summer IPA 3
Ellenberg’s Brewery – Bock 4
Ellenberg’s Brewery – Ale No. 1 3
Great Oakley – Welland Valley Mild 5
North Yorkshire Brewing – Eng Ale Land 4
Chouffe – Chouffe 4
Mont d’Or – Blanche 3
Affligem – Affligem 3
Moulin Des Moines – Castagnor 4
Leffe – Printemps Ambre 3
Mont d’Or – Dorée 3
Langton Gargouille – La Canante 5
Les Deux Fréres – Blanche 3

Svend’s Beer Log 2014 05

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(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: extremely good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Latimer Ales – Dark Mild 4
Ministry Of Beer – Red Tape 3
Froth Blowers – Monsoon Mild 3
Beowulf – Dark Raven 3
Acorn – Butter Bump 3
Black Country Ales – Pig On The Wall 3
Toll End – Little Devil Stout 3
Wentworth – Imperial Ale 2
Burton Bridge – XL Mild 3
Sambrooks – Archer Mild 3
Tring – Kotuku 4
Colchester – Metropolis 4
Titanic – Firkin Mild 4
Banks’s – Mild 3
Oakham – Citra 4
Bath – Gem 4
Signature Brew – Sssnakepit 3
Shiny Brewing Co – New Wheels 3
Hambleton – Yorkshire Best Bitter 3
To Øl – By Udder Means 4
Five Points Brewing – Five Points Pale 4
Hopback Brewery – Entire Stout 4
Kent Brewery – Altered States 3
The Brewery – Newcastle Brown Ale 3
Ilkley Brewery – Mary Jane 4
Andwell Brewing Co – Red IPA 3
Fyne Ales – Vital Spark 5
BlackBar – Longhair BPA 3
Tom Smith Ales – Tom’s Tipple 4
Burning Sky – Plateau 3
Lord Conrad’s – Zulu Dawn 3
Crafty Beers – Sauvignon Blonde 3
Goldmark – Ebony Mild 3
Crafty Beers – Mild Mannered 4
Enville – Ginger 3
Fat Cat – Meow Mild 4
Golden Triangle – Red Square 3
B & T – Shefford Mild 3
Highland – Orkney Best 3
Kissingate – Gardenia Mild 3
Shalford – 1913 Mild 4
Poppyland – Stewkey Gose 2
East London – Orchid 4
Bexar County – Texas Pecan Coffee Mild 3
Bank Top – Dark Mild 4
Brentwood – Marvellous Maple Mild 4
Broughton – Greenmantle 3
New Plassey – Midnight Mild 4
Mighty Oak – Oscar Wilde 4
Elgood’s – Black Dog 4
Dominion – A Mild With No Name 3
Castor – Castorware 3
Milton – Medusa 3
Son Of Sid – Muck Cart Mild 4
Greene King – XX Mild 2
Harveys – Prince Of Denmark 3
Great Heck – Black Jesus 4
Fyne Ales – Highlander 3
Adnams – Cambridge Beer Festival Special 4
Ørbæk – Hunting Beer 4
Willemoes – Belgisk Ale 3
Rækker Mølle – Sorte Per 3
Ørbæk – Dark Horse 4
Pivovar – 1795 Dark 3
Havant – Forgotten 4
Flipside – Farthing Mild 3
Wolf – Woild Moild 3
Goddards – Scrumdiggity Bitter 3

Beowulf – Dark Raven review

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Going through a list of 16 Ales on at The Wellington, Birmingham, looking them all up to see if there were other milds than the tellingly named Monsoon Mild, I was beginning to lose hope towards the end. However, number 16 was the Dark Raven from Beowulf, and their website explained that it was a traditional mild. It sounded promising and when I saw it poured it increased my expectations. It was a deep brown with a nicely tan head. The smell added to the joy, with sweet roasted and caramel overtones. The only slight disappointment, helped on by the now very high expectations, was the taste. While it had some roasted caramel and fruity characteristics, it was dominated by a bitterness that I felt was drowning out the best parts of its flavour. Maybe it is just too strong at 4.5%. It’s still a nice beer, but after seeing and smelling it, though before taking my first sip, I thought it might have been one of my favourites. It is not. There’s a long way from this to a Welsh Black (Great Orme) or Oscar Wilde (Mighty Oak). However, I’m glad of every new mild I discover, not least during Mild Month May.

Svend’s Beer Log 2014 04

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(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: extremely good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Tring – Death or Glory 5
Banks’s – Sent Sunbeam 4
St George – Larger 2
Fuller’s – London Pride 3
Langton Brewery – Duncan’s Drop 4
Oldershaw – St Pancras Beer 2
Beavertown – Smog Rocket 4
Lagunitas – IPA 3
Magic Rock – Rapture 3
Atom – Dark Alchemy 3
Crouch Vale – Yakima Gold 3
Darkstar – Heart Of Darkness 3
Rooster’s – 41 degrees south 3
Sonnet 43 – Brown Ale 2
Purity – UK 3
Red Fox – Coggeshall Gold 4
Tring – Side Pocket For A Toad 4
Adams – Southtown 3
Calvors – Smooth Hoperator 3
Bateman – Black & White 3
Shepherd Neame – Early Bird 2
Colchester – Brazilian 4
Mauldons – Suffolk Punch 2
Portobello – Star 2
Dark Star – Six Hops 3
Oakham – Davy Jones 3
Banks – Mild 2
Thwaites – Lancaster Bomber 3
Cotswold Spring – OSM 4
Batemans – Springtime 5
Lacons – Pale Ale 3
Adams – Mosaic 4
Farmers – Hotel Porter 4
Colchester – Metropolis 5
Oakham – Curmudgeon 4
Rebellion – Zebedee 4
Woodforde’s – Great Eastern 3
Purple Moose – Glaslyn Ale 4
Great Orme – Merlyn 3
Cwrw Llyn – Seithenyn 3
Batemans – English B Bock 4

Svend’s Beer Log 2014 03

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(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: extremely good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Hog’s Back – TEA 3
Otter – Amber 3
St Austell – Tribute 3
Fordham – Route 1 4
Founders – All Day IPA 4
Young’s – London Gold 2
Cwrw Llyn – Brenin Enlli 3
Robinsons – Elbow 2
Dow Bridge – Acris 4
Spire – Sgt Pepper Stout 4
Heather Ale – Alba Scots Pine Ale 4
Dow Bridge – Onslaught 3
Er Boqueron – Beer With Sea Water 3
Lord Conrad’s – Conkerwood 2
Brains – White Out 3
Tring – Bring Me Sunshine 5
Cairngorm – Wildcat 4
Kilburn – Dark Moor 4
Trilby – A Head In A Hat 3
Fuller’s – London Pride 3
To Øl – Black Maria 4
Sagres – Sagres 2
Harviestoun – Ola Dubh 5
Hertog Jan – Tripel 4
St Stefanus – Blonde 3
Moncada – Notting Hill Stout 4
Samuel Smith – Pure Brewed Lager 3
Black Isle – Goldeneye Pale Ale 4
By The Horns – Stiff Upper Lip 5
Orkney – Dark Island 4
Brooklyn – Dry Irish Stout 3
Batemans – Mocha 4
Wells – Bombardier 3
Shepherd Neame – Spitfire 2
Batemans – Dark Lord 4
Titanic – American Red Ale 3
Castle Rock – Harvest Pale 3
Cambridge Brewery Co – King’s Parade 4
J Church Brewing – Jonah And The Whale 4
Grafton Brewing Co – Lady Ruby 4
Buffy’s – Vicenniale 3
Mayflower Brewery – Lancashire Stout 4

Svend’s Beer Log 2014 02

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(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: extremely good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Oakham – Cambridgeshire Golden Ale 3
Tomos Watkins – Cwrw Gaeaf 4
Amager Bryghus – Amager Fælled 3
Coastal Brewery – Porter St Piran’s 4
Grea Orme – Groes Ale 3
The Langton Brewery – Welland Star 4
Harviestoun – Old Engine Oil 4
Redchurch Brewery – Bethnal Pale Ale 4
Durham Brewery – Benedictus 3
Cwrw Llyn – Seithenyn 2
Celt Experience – Golden Ale 3
Shepherd Neame – 1698 3
Samuel Smith – Old Brewery Bitter 3
Fuller’s – London Pride 3
Shepherd Neame – Spitfire 2
Whitstable Bay – Pale Ale 4
Scottish Borders Brewery – Wild Harvest 3
Windsor & Eton – Knight Of The Garter 3
Rooster’s – South 3
Goldmark – Flanker 4
Look up Brewery – BN2 3
Belhaven – Grand Slam 3
Hepworth – Prospect 2
Fuller’s – London Pride 3
Theakston – Old Peculiar 3
Courage – Director’s 3
Samuel Smith – Light Mild 2
Samuel Smith – Winter Welcome Ale 3
St Bernardus – Abt 12 3
Old Bear Brewery – Black Maria 4
Cwrw Llyn – Y Brawd Houdini 3
Purple Moose – Elderflower Ale 4
Great Orme – Welsh Black 5
Lincoln Green – Major Mild 3
Nant – Mwnci Nel 4
Purple Moose – Snowdonia Ale 4
Schremser – Doppelmalz 3
Purple Moose – Dark Side Of The Moose 5
Jennings – Cumberland Ale 2
Flying Dog – Doggie Style 4