Dark Mild
Railyard Brewing

8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square - I am assuming that this is an ale, of the English persuasion. What was it that my old teacher told me about the word 'assume'?

This beer appears a murky, dark orange-brick brown colour, with a thin cap of wispy and bubbly beige head, which leaves very little in the way of lace anywhere near the glass as things slowly abate.

It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, some muddled stone fruitiness, oily bar-top nuts, hints of cocoa powder, and some plain earthy, musty, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, some indistinct berry-forward fruity notes, watery mocha, a hint of earthy yeastiness, ethereal licorice root, and more well understated leafy, herbal, and floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly benign in its bored-seeming frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and generally smooth, with nothing really getting in the way of a swell time here. It finishes off-dry, the candied character predominating.

Overall - I'm not exactly schooled in this particular style, but this example comes across as a rather well-rendered one, if I may say so. Frooty and endearingly simple in its drinkability, is what I shall be taking away from this experience.