The Wenlock Arms (Free House)
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15 Jan 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Downton - Port Stout | 5.20 |  | Black stout with good hop character, roast malt and a good fruity, vineous finish from the port. My score 16/20. |
| Triple fff - Pressed Rat & Warthog | 3.80 |  | Pressed Rat actually, quite a bitter modern mild with some roast malt and quite high hoppiness for a mild. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Ford Prefect | 3.90 |  | Fairly dry and bitter amber beer. Some hop bitterness leading to a dryish finish. My score 14/20. |
11 Jan 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Noel Coward | 4.30 | | Dark brown porter with good malt character. The finish is more hoppy with a malty kick. My score 16/20. |
| Crouch Vale - Pioneer | 4.20 | | Interesting golden ale with more malt than hop character, quite sweet too. My score 15/20. |
06 Jan 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
The venue for my 50th Birthday celebrations with plenty of mild flowing including a special brew.
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 | | Smooth and black with dark chocolate and liqourice flavours. My score 16/20. |
| Little Ale Cart - Steel City Martin's Fearless Sorachi Mild | 5.00 | | Dark brown, almost black in colour. Superb smooth dark chocolate malt flavour starts things off, then the pineappley Sorachi hops move from providing the aroma to providing a background to the malt action. Probably the only beer I have sampled where Sorachi hops don't spoil the flavour of a beer (in my opinion of course). A takeaway sample that I drunk 2 days later had even more malt flavour with a little smokiness emerging and the Sorachi fading slightly. My score 15 intially, rising to 16/20. |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hertfordshire Old | 5.00 | | Red/brown beer with a bittersweet flavour, some hoppiness and some biscuity malt. Dryish finish. My score 15/20. |
| Backyard - Pipin | 4.80 | | Black stout with a very dry roasty character. Rather thin for its strength with little hop backup to the roast malts. My score 15/20. |
| Redemption - Hopspur | 4.50 | | Darkish bitter with good balance of hop and malt leading to a dryish finish. My score 15/20. |
| Art Brew - Hip Hop Centennial | 4.30 | | Pale and very hoppy with a very bitter flavour. Little malt balance so just a little too intense for me. Very dry, bitter finish. My score 13/20. |
04 Jan 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
| Hop Vine (formerly Burscough) - Priory Gold | 3.80 | | Malty golden ale with biscuity malt dominating over some hoppiness. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - NYB11 | 4.20 | | Pale bitter with good citrus hop flavour and good balance. My score 15/20. |
| Salopian - Hollybush Winter Ale | 5.50 | | Now shown as 5.0%. Pale dry hoppy strong bitter with little malt character and a very dry finish. My score 13/20. |
| Little Ale Cart - Steel City This Corrision | 4.30 | | Red/brown bitter with very high hop bitterness and just a hint of maltiness. Some fruity hoppiness in the finish. My score 14/20. |
28 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Offbeat - Out of Step IPA | 5.80 | | Very hoppy strong golden beer. Citrus flavours dominate but there's also some malt balance and a full bodied smooth flavour. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Moody Rudy | 3.90 | | Dark red/brown bitter with good balance of malt and hop flavours. My score 15/20. |
| Bottle Brook - Golden Kiwi | 5.20 | | Strong pale gold bitter with a good fruity, citrus NZ hop flavour. Good balance and body. My score 15/20. |
| Northumberland - Firkin Freezing | 3.90 | | Golden ale with a dryish bitter flavour and a little dry hop in the finish. My score 13/20. |
21 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Captain Dave | 3.80 | | Dry hopped birthday special. Hoppy with good malt balance. My score 15/20. |
| Merlin - Merlin's Gold | 3.80 | | Hoppy golden bitter with good depth of flavour and balance. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Wenlock Gold | 3.80 | | Another dry hopped birthday special. Golden with good hop character over the malty base beer. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Ice O Bar | 4.00 | | Well balanced traditional style bitter. My score 15/20. |
| Coppice Side - Deception | 4.80 | | Premium best bitter with a very bitter taste and a dry, hoppy finish. My score 11/20. |
14 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - While Shepherds | 4.50 | | A well balanced best bitter with good malt and hop character. My score 15/20. |
| Salopian - Blackwater Disco | 4.60 | | Pale and hoppy with good citrus hop character and good balance. My score 15/20. |
| Downton - Winter Solstice | 4.60 | | Red/brown premium bitter with lots of cystal malt to give a sticky, nutty bitter flavour without many hops. My score 14/20. |
07 Dec 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Art Brew - Blackcurrant Stout | 4.60 | | Excellent flavour of blackcurrants over the roast malt base beer. My score 17/20. |
| Box Steam - Xmas Dark Box | 5.00 | | Strong dark bitter with a fair amount of bitterness and a dryish finish. My score 15/20. |
| Boggart - Starry Night | 4.20 | | Dark brown bitter with good toffee malt character and a sweetish body. Not a lot of hoppiness to this beer. My score 15/20. |
23 Nov 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Branscombe (was Branscombe Vale) - Mild | 3.70 | | Black mild with good sweet and malty character, some fruitiness and a low hop rate. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Ilkley Moor Bar 'T'at | 4.20 | | A black porter syle beer, quite bitter and hoppy with some dark malt flavour. My score 15/20. |
| Arbor Ales - Southern Cross | 4.00 | | Very pale bitter with the latest new hop from the Southern Hemisphere. This gives a citrus flavour and a dryish finish. My score 15/20. |
| Burton Bridge - Money Maker | 4.50 |  | Very bitter with little malt character and one dimensional hop bitterness that is not to my taste. My score 11/20. |
16 Nov 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Ascot - Anastasia's Double Vanilla Stout | 5.00 | | Two scoops of vanilla in this specially for the Wenlock. Gives an intense vanilla flavour, some sweetness, but the roasty stout comes through as well. My score 16/20. |
| Rebellion - Short Seller | 4.30 | | Amber coloured with good hop and malt character to give a well balanced bitter. My score 15/20. |
| Tintagel - Cornwall's Pride | 4.00 | | Traditional bitter with good balance of hop and malt and a dryish fruity finish. My score 15/20. |
| Arbor Ales - Transpacific | 4.50 | | Good citrus hop character to this pale bitter. Quite strong hop bitterness and a clean, hoppy finish. My score 15/20. |
| Naylor's - Bonfire Toffee | 4.40 | | Fairly bitter and malty ruby brew with just a hint of hoppiness in the finish. My score 14/20. |
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