Dark Munro
Swannay Brewery
- From:
- Swannay Brewery
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 8.44%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 11, 2021
- Added:
- Aug 07, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.27/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Cask conditioned at The Three Judges, Glasgow. Very dark ruby colour, nearly black. Moderate roasty and malty aroma, hints of liquorice. The flavour is moderately roasty and fairly dry, notes of thin coffee.
Apr 11, 2021
Reviewed by stcules from Italy
3.82/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Dark ruby res, bright, with a beautiful cappuccino colored foam.
Malt and hazelnut in the smell, dried fruits, some vanilla.
Malt in the taste, light sweetness, again hazelnut, light herbal note, points of coffee and toasted, very soft.
Short, it cuts the sweetness, for a great drinkability.
Apr 11, 2021Malt and hazelnut in the smell, dried fruits, some vanilla.
Malt in the taste, light sweetness, again hazelnut, light herbal note, points of coffee and toasted, very soft.
Short, it cuts the sweetness, for a great drinkability.
Reviewed by KooVee from Finland
4.61/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.61/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
500ml bottle, no best before that I could find or other indication of age.
Colour of clear sangria. Thick and wonderfully persistent beige head. Sticky lace.
A whiff brings in first some very British hop aromas, Challenger comes to mind for some reason. The green tea mixed with herbs. And then a clear barnyard smell. Or somewhere between dying leaves and manure. If that sounds unpleasant, it is not so at all. More like what you would get as a sub-aroma in a lambic sometimes. Intriguing.
Mouthfeel is smooth but not dull. Pleasant carbonation carrying coffee and dark fruit. A bit of malt, a dash of hop flavour. Eminently drinkable.
I would call this a benchmark modern Dark Mild. One to convert people who think Mild is dull.
Jan 18, 2020Colour of clear sangria. Thick and wonderfully persistent beige head. Sticky lace.
A whiff brings in first some very British hop aromas, Challenger comes to mind for some reason. The green tea mixed with herbs. And then a clear barnyard smell. Or somewhere between dying leaves and manure. If that sounds unpleasant, it is not so at all. More like what you would get as a sub-aroma in a lambic sometimes. Intriguing.
Mouthfeel is smooth but not dull. Pleasant carbonation carrying coffee and dark fruit. A bit of malt, a dash of hop flavour. Eminently drinkable.
I would call this a benchmark modern Dark Mild. One to convert people who think Mild is dull.
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.84/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Highland Dark Munro
On gravity at Belfast Beer Fest, ‘14.
Cola-brown with tan parchment film. 3.75
Charcoal, black grape raisin, brown bread dough and forest floor on the nose. 4
Plum skin, dried autumn leaf, dark treacle tang, touch of roast and tannins - no hops. 3.75
Chocolaty end and lean linger.
Med, round, clingy 4
Dark malts, clean finish, no sweetness - no sharp edges. Balanced almost to a fault. An understated - which is to say successful - dark mild. 3.75
Dec 17, 2014On gravity at Belfast Beer Fest, ‘14.
Cola-brown with tan parchment film. 3.75
Charcoal, black grape raisin, brown bread dough and forest floor on the nose. 4
Plum skin, dried autumn leaf, dark treacle tang, touch of roast and tannins - no hops. 3.75
Chocolaty end and lean linger.
Med, round, clingy 4
Dark malts, clean finish, no sweetness - no sharp edges. Balanced almost to a fault. An understated - which is to say successful - dark mild. 3.75
Reviewed by Zimbo from Scotland
4.5/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Drunk at the Bow Bar Edinburgh Friday August 5th, 2011
Deep deep brown to black sparkle. Shiny. Almost opaque. Super complex intricate magnolia coloured lacing. Beautiful roasty nutty smell.
To taste there is complex chocolate, some smooth earth and a roasty sous bois leafish flavour that begins softly. By the middle it loses some of this complexity and leaves a firm dry dark coating throughout the mouth but it never loses its smoothness nor balance. A remarkably well intergrated beer with its every quality perceivable to the senses yet these qualities merge together to make a solid welcoming whole. Hops just aren't really much of a factor here.
Quite probably the best Scottish mild I have ever had. Simply stunning.
Aug 07, 2011Deep deep brown to black sparkle. Shiny. Almost opaque. Super complex intricate magnolia coloured lacing. Beautiful roasty nutty smell.
To taste there is complex chocolate, some smooth earth and a roasty sous bois leafish flavour that begins softly. By the middle it loses some of this complexity and leaves a firm dry dark coating throughout the mouth but it never loses its smoothness nor balance. A remarkably well intergrated beer with its every quality perceivable to the senses yet these qualities merge together to make a solid welcoming whole. Hops just aren't really much of a factor here.
Quite probably the best Scottish mild I have ever had. Simply stunning.
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