Good Elf
Daniel Thwaites Brewery PLC
- From:
- Daniel Thwaites Brewery PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 3.24%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 23, 2012
- Added:
- Dec 24, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.88/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted by half-pint at a local Wetherspoon pub, The Capitol, in Forest Hill, SE London. This beer is one of the JDW chain's 12 X'mas guest ales. Served by a handpump w/o a sparkler.
A: very dark mahogany hue, like ruby port, coming with a nice beige foam on top of a low carbonated body.
S: Goldings abound on the nose, on top of ripe aples, raisins, plum-jam, and a moderate backbone of caramelised-sugary malts.
T: upfront on the palate is plenty of dark stone-fruits (e.g. preserved prunes and raisins), then followed by sweet and sticky caramel malts with a touch of toffee and nuttiness; at the back of the palate the flow of earthy and tea-leafy Fuggles' bitterness prevails towards a wonderful finish, where bitter-sweet aftertaste from both roasted malts and hops roams freely, added with a soothingly dryish touch, like dried spices, in the very end.
M&D: almost full-bodied with a soft landing on the palate, this ESB/winter warmer gives a strong input of hops and overall balanced profile. This is one of the better offerings from Thwaites that I've tasted.
Jan 02, 2007A: very dark mahogany hue, like ruby port, coming with a nice beige foam on top of a low carbonated body.
S: Goldings abound on the nose, on top of ripe aples, raisins, plum-jam, and a moderate backbone of caramelised-sugary malts.
T: upfront on the palate is plenty of dark stone-fruits (e.g. preserved prunes and raisins), then followed by sweet and sticky caramel malts with a touch of toffee and nuttiness; at the back of the palate the flow of earthy and tea-leafy Fuggles' bitterness prevails towards a wonderful finish, where bitter-sweet aftertaste from both roasted malts and hops roams freely, added with a soothingly dryish touch, like dried spices, in the very end.
M&D: almost full-bodied with a soft landing on the palate, this ESB/winter warmer gives a strong input of hops and overall balanced profile. This is one of the better offerings from Thwaites that I've tasted.
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.59/5 rDev -3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dark mahogany with no head, this beer was poured very poorly by a young slip of a lass in a pub in Hammersmith, London on Boxing day evening 2006.
Christmas cake/pudding spices attacked my nose, along with sweet malts, very interesting.
The aroma carried on into the taste, a thicker mouthfeel than I was expecting from a mild, almost rich.
A very nice mild, one I will have again if our paths cross.
Dec 27, 2006Christmas cake/pudding spices attacked my nose, along with sweet malts, very interesting.
The aroma carried on into the taste, a thicker mouthfeel than I was expecting from a mild, almost rich.
A very nice mild, one I will have again if our paths cross.
Reviewed by JohnW from England
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Had on tap in local Thwaites pub in my home town. This beer is only available around Christmas / New Year as a seasonal beer for the Christmas period. Fairly dark colour, looks inviting, and has a nutty slightly sweet aroma, and slightly spicy. Taste is fairly good, hint of fruity sweetness and spice, fair body and malty after-taste typical of many Christmas seasonal beers, to be served in the cooler weather. Possibly the most tasty of the Thwaites beers I have had, which is not saying much, but worth trying if you see it.
JohnW
B'ham UK
Oct 30, 2006JohnW
B'ham UK
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