Gardeners Rest (Free House)
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19 May 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Final beer festival here before the owners leave the pub. A good turnout of beer samplers here.
| Black Wolf (formerly Traditional Scottish Ales (TSA)) - Wild Mild | 3.80 |  | Dark ruby mild with a full bodied sweet toffee and caramel flavour. Low hop rate and a sweetish finish. My score 16/20. |
| Greenfield - Terry's Mild | 3.80 |  | A chocolate and orange mild with chocolate more in evidence than orange. Fairly bitter malt flavour with a little fruit in the finish. My score 15/20. |
| Alechemy - Cairnpapple IPA | 4.10 |  | Pale bitter with a good balance of hop and malt flavours. Fairly dry finish. My score 15/20. |
| Eden River (formerly Eden) - Eden Best | 4.00 |  | Pale bitter with a strong malty flavour. Not a great deal of hop character. Sweetish biscuity finish. My score 15/20. |
| Andrews Ales - Supus Lupus | 3.60 |  | Pale bitter with a dryish, bitter flavour. Some malt and hop taste and a rather dry finish. My score 14/20. |
| Front Row - Touch | 4.00 |  | Amber bitter traditional in style, fairly dry and bitter. My score 14/20. |
18 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Spitting Feathers - Ministry of Beer Red Tape | 3.80 |  | Rather dry and earthy amber bitter. My score 13/20. |
19 Nov 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
Busier than usual for a Saturday mid afternoon.
| Sheffield - Autumn Fruits | 4.50 |  | Dark mild supposedly with added fruits, but not much evidence of same. Good malty mild with a bitter edge. My score 15/20. |
| Silver Brewhouse (formerly Raw) - Rubelaris | 4.20 |  | A quite bitter and hoppy pale gold beer. The finish is dry and hoppy. My score 14/20. |
08 Oct 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
Annual beer festival in progress and an extensive photographic display on the walls, part of a local competition.
| Coniston - Thürstein Pilsner | 4.80 |  | Lager style beer with a crisp, aromatic hop character and some malt in the finish. My score 15/20. |
| Five Towns - Guero | 2.90 |  | Very pale and quite bitter beer with a dryish hoppy character. My score 14/20. |
| Barney's - Decidedly Dark Ale | 4.00 |  | Dark brown bitter with a roast malt character and a dry, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
| Cap House - Love at First Brew | 4.00 |  | Pale bittersweet beer with a sweetish hop flavour and some bitter maltiness. Dry finish. My score 14/20. |
30 Sep 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Owenshaw Mill - Skinny Duck | 3.70 |  | Pale, hoppy and well balanced bitter with good citrus hop character. Fruity citrus hop finish. My score 15/20. |
09 Jul 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Brontë - Mild Mist | 4.10 |  | Dark brown mild with a slight smoked malt flavour. Rather thin in body for its strength. My score 15/20. |
| Deeside - No. 3 | 4.00 |  | Pale, dry and hoppy bitter with a sharpish citrus flavour. Dry, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
25 Jun 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Blue Bee - Nectar Pale | 4.00 |  | Pale and hoppy but with good malt balance. Citrus hop flavours present to give a refreshing and well balanced beer. My score 16/20. |
| Green Mill - Smokey Joe | 4.40 |  | A lightly smoked porter, dark brown in colour. Sweetish malty flavours tempered by some hop bitterness. The finish is quite dry with a hint of smoked malt. My score 16/20. |
21 May 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Coastal - Obby Oss Mild | 3.80 |  | Black mild with full bodied flavour of dark chocolate malt and little hoppiness. My score 16/20. |
| Sheffield - Mild Steel | 3.70 |  | Brown mild with good chocolate and toasty malt character. A little fruity hoppiness in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Coastal - Chough's Mild | 5.00 |  | Black and full bodied with lots of chocolate malt and a little berry fruit in the finish. My score 17/20. |
| Epicurus Craft Beer (formerly Hornbeam) - Mild | 4.00 |  | Mid brown/red mild brewed with German malt. Fairly bitter with a tangy taste in the finish. My score 15/20. |
09 May 2011 (Flying.geordie)
| Maypole - Gate Hopper | 4.00 |  | |
07 May 2011 (Flying.geordie)
| Sheffield - Sheffield Porter | 4.40 |  | |
| Maypole - Little Weed | 3.80 |  | |
| Maypole - Major Oak | 4.40 |  | |
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