Gutch English Style Mild Ale
Defiance Brewing Co.

Gutch English Style Mild AleGutch English Style Mild Ale
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From:
Defiance Brewing Co.
 
Kansas, United States
Style:
English Pale Mild Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 10.58%
Reviews:
15
Ratings:
60
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 07, 2021
Added:
Apr 27, 2014
Wants:
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Gots:
  16
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Ratings by zeff80:
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.76/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured out a pale amber color with a small, tan head of bubbly foam. It smelled of toasted malt, bread and floral notes. Sweet caramel and roasted malt with a grassy bitterness.
Jul 31, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.51 by superwho24 from Arkansas

Jun 07, 2021
 
Rated: 3.02 by AGoodStout from Kansas

Aug 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by BrawnDyce from Maine

Jun 29, 2019
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

3.82/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From the can, it pours lustily with a large initial off-white head that slowly diminishes. Lacing abounds. In the nose, it is a bit of malt, which follows in the mouth. Enjoyable!
Jan 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.77 by emerge077 from Illinois

Dec 16, 2018
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Reviewed by Tone from Missouri

3.58/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy copper color. 5/4 inch head of an off-white color. Great retention and good lacing. Smells of sweet malt, citrus hops, hint of dough, hint of ester, and a hint of candi sugar. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp, with a high carbonation level. Tastes of sweet malt, slight caramel malt, hint of ester, slight citrus hops, slight earthiness, and a hint of grass. Overall, better aroma than body, good appearance, better than average.
May 06, 2018
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Reviewed by ICTguy21 from Kansas

4.07/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Darker in flavor than appearance, this brew is citrus and light grassiness on the nose and toffee, chocolate, maltiness, and faint hops for the flavor. Good beer, sessionable as well.
Nov 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.63 by Stofko1992 from Pennsylvania

Aug 21, 2017
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Reviewed by mvanaskie13 from Pennsylvania

2.92/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Opened the can and was presented with a giant gusher, about half the beer poured out without even moving the can. After this subsided I poured into a narrow pint glass: color is hazy amber, off white head with fine bubbles some lacing on the glass.

Smell is a little hot or estery, neutral mild malt notes, hint of toffee.

Taste is dry, a little biting, then some mild malt with light toffee and nuttiness.

Mouthfeel is dry, that light estery bite comes throughout, then lighter sweetness.

Overall, since I lost half the beer just for opening I was a bit disappointed. The aroma, flavor, and presence all had indications of an overcarbonated beer from possible incomplete fermentation. Mild ale notes were present but a little hidden from the gusher.
Jun 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.3 by TonyTwins from Nebraska

Jun 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by bacher468 from Pennsylvania

Mar 04, 2017
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.46/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Despite a gentle pour, this beer came gushing into the glass, resulting in a copper/tan color with a 2 inch head. Smell is of grains, some malts. Taste is malts, apples, some grains, a bit dry at the finish. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.
Oct 19, 2016
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.83/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Dark amber body topped with a very thick, rocky head; rings of lacing along the glass. Notes of toffee and toasted grains fill the aroma; nutty; some sweetness to things. The taste mirrors the smell qualities; low-key hop bitterness. Medium body; warm with a mostly dry finish overall.

A nice find in a little liquor store in Abilene, Kansas. One finds this beer to be malty and well-rounded with a warm, nutty quality to it. Very good...
Oct 15, 2016
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Reviewed by pweis909 from Wisconsin

3.87/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
There's some nice flavor in this beer. The toasty notes with light chocolate and a touch of toffee are in sync with a slight residual sweetness. It comes across to me not quite dessertlike, maybe more like breakfast. These interest notes fade to a less interesting, neutral finish that ultimately does what it should - dry out my mouth to prepare it for the next sip. The role of hops in here is strictly bitterness, it seems, succeeding to tame perceptions of sweetness. To use the b word, this is nicely balanced. I'd like to see more like this
Sep 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.92 by Bear1964 from Nebraska

Sep 11, 2016
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

3.73/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L : Pours a deep honey blush with a 3 finger popcorn colored head. Opacity is 10%.

S : Lots of toffee, caramel malts, floral, fresh barley, light grass. A very clean yet robust aroma.

T : A bit of sour brown sugar or burnt caramel to start, with some toasted barley and tea. The toasted barley wins out at the end, finishing slightly roasty with more of those tea notes.

F : Creamy and tight, nice profile here with tons of carbonation to spare.

O : Mild in character, robust in flavor. Not a bad ale, I'd probably give this a whirl again sometime.
Aug 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.79 by BeerWithMike from Nebraska

Jul 22, 2016
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.83/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
this beer is way better than its ratings on here, its one of the better canned examples of an english mild ale i have had in a long time, and really fills a niche i think. clear amber in color with an airy inch of off white head that slowly settles. the nose is english malts, more hops than is common for the style, and a nice breadiness that is dry and grainy rather than sweet and caramelized. i really like the flavor here too, more nutty and earthy than sweet, but still fully flavored by the malt. the hops are more than just bittering too, they provide a dried hay sort of rustic nature to this, and the english ale yeast, as mild and cleaned up as it is in here, still dries this out nicely and provided the classic finishing flavors that belong in a beer like this. there is a great lightness about it, dry and well carbonated and not even quite a medium body on it. super easy drinking, great when ice cold but still very good at room temperature. i have not had a lot of beers from these guys, but i sure appreciate and admire a brewery who can nail a classic style down so well like this. quality product here no doubt.
Jun 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

Apr 24, 2016
Gutch English Style Mild Ale from Defiance Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 60 ratings