Carp & Tunnel Syndrome
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
- ABV:
- 3.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 0.86%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 28, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 02, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.44/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
750 mL bottle from the brewery; served slightly chilled.
Pours a deep amber-copper hue with ruby-red tinges under the light. One centimetre of loose, off-white head is generated, but it vanishes with the same expediency I'd expect of a fountain soda's head. No cap or lacing survives afterwards; only a sickly-thin collar of foam around the edges. Not a looker, but the aroma is a little more on point with its sweet, malt-forward leanings. I'm getting some butterscotch and toffee, along with accents of doughy biscuit, lightly toasted nuts, cocoa and some earthy hops. Has kind of a worty smell to it; really reminds me of that evening last winter where I brewed a brown ale with a buddy.
Very mellow-flavoured and well-balanced, which is about what I expect for this style. Light caramel/toffee sweetness, with the doughy, biscuity malt backbone serving as the driving force for the flavour profile. Suggestions of hazelnut, with a light toasted grain feel toward the back end, and a bit of restrained leafy, earthy English hoppage. Subtly bittersweet aftertaste. Light in body, with low-ish carbonation levels that gently agitate the palate; very appropriate texture for an English session ale. Unobjectionable and very quaffable.
Final Grade: 3.44, a B-. Carp & Tunnel Syndrome isn't a head-turner, but very few examples of this style are - and as far as mild ales go this is still a perfectly serviceable one that I'm glad to have tried. The visual appeal is lacking - it looks quite flat, actually - but this is not exactly a big problem, because it still tastes fine and goes down the hatch without any fuss. Worth a look if you have any interest in traditional British pub ales.
Mar 02, 2016Pours a deep amber-copper hue with ruby-red tinges under the light. One centimetre of loose, off-white head is generated, but it vanishes with the same expediency I'd expect of a fountain soda's head. No cap or lacing survives afterwards; only a sickly-thin collar of foam around the edges. Not a looker, but the aroma is a little more on point with its sweet, malt-forward leanings. I'm getting some butterscotch and toffee, along with accents of doughy biscuit, lightly toasted nuts, cocoa and some earthy hops. Has kind of a worty smell to it; really reminds me of that evening last winter where I brewed a brown ale with a buddy.
Very mellow-flavoured and well-balanced, which is about what I expect for this style. Light caramel/toffee sweetness, with the doughy, biscuity malt backbone serving as the driving force for the flavour profile. Suggestions of hazelnut, with a light toasted grain feel toward the back end, and a bit of restrained leafy, earthy English hoppage. Subtly bittersweet aftertaste. Light in body, with low-ish carbonation levels that gently agitate the palate; very appropriate texture for an English session ale. Unobjectionable and very quaffable.
Final Grade: 3.44, a B-. Carp & Tunnel Syndrome isn't a head-turner, but very few examples of this style are - and as far as mild ales go this is still a perfectly serviceable one that I'm glad to have tried. The visual appeal is lacking - it looks quite flat, actually - but this is not exactly a big problem, because it still tastes fine and goes down the hatch without any fuss. Worth a look if you have any interest in traditional British pub ales.
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