The Wenlock Arms (Free House)
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11 Nov 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Very busy with a visit from the Thursday evening mild drinkers.
| Moorhouse's - Black Cat Mild | 3.40 |  | Strong roast malt and chocolate flavours, slightly dry finish. My score 16/20. |
| Ilkley - Stout Mary | 4.50 | | Very roasty stout with bitter dark chocolate and coffee flavours and a dry, roasty finish. My score 16/20. |
09 Nov 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Bridgewater - Harvest Ale | 4.50 |  | Very pale and well balanced ale with sweetish malty character and subtle hoppiness. My score 15/20. |
| Fuzzy Duck - Tangerine Duck | 4.40 | | Amber bitter with a bitter orangey citrus twist. Good balance of flavours. My score 15/20. |
| Great Heck - Wakefield Trinity | 4.70 |  | Quite bitter and malty with quite a heavy presence of crystal/amber malt. Very dry, astringent finish. My score 13/20. |
02 Nov 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Northern (see also Blakemere) - Hit & Run | 4.50 | | Pale fruit beer with sweet aromatic fruit dominating a fairly hoppy base beer. Full bodied berry fruit flavour. My score 16/20. |
| Rudgate - Olde Honey Stout | 4.00 | | Good roasty stout flavours but little evidence of honey. Good full flavoured stout though. My score 16/20. |
26 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Rather quiet for a Tuesday evening.
| Sharp's - Red Ale | 4.10 | | Sweetish red ale with some maltiness, low bitterness and hoppiness. My score 15/20. |
23 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Northumberland - Dracula's Soup | 4.50 | | Red of course, and malty with a bittersweet finish. My score 14/20. |
19 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Pumpkin Head | 3.70 | | Hoppy and fruity pale ale with a refreshing finish. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Bracken | 4.60 | | Darkish red/brown bitter with malty toffee sweetness but balanced with some hoppiness to avoid that cloying taste that some beers of this style have. My score 15/20. |
| Northumberland - Uncle Fester | 3.80 | | Pale and rather sharp but with little hop character to speak of. Some background maltiness. My score 14/20. |
12 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mallinsons - Porker Porter | 4.40 | | Dark brown porter with a good bittersweet mix of toffee malt and bitter hoppiness. Full bodied flavour leading to a dryish finish. My score 16/20. |
| Bridgewater - Brown Porter | 4.80 | | Quite bitter with an almost phenolic taste, a little malt but mainly bitter finish. My score 13/20. |
| Rugby - Play On | 4.20 | | Reddish/brown bitter with moderate bitterness and some sweetish maltiness. Little hoppiness to speak of. My score 14/20. |
| Lincolnshire Craft (formerly Tom Wood's) - Seaside Special | 4.50 |  | A rather strange sweet but musty flavour to this with little hop character and a not particularly pleasant aftertaste. My score 9/20. |
05 Oct 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Harvey's - Old Ale (or Sussex XXXX Old Ale) | 4.30 | | Rich and fruity with a good malty kick. My score 16/20. |
| Weltons - Dinner In The Dog | 5.10 | | Strong golden bitter with a hoppy, bitter edge, but lacking much balance. My score 13/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Barn Dance | 4.10 | | Golden ale with dry hop bitterness and a dryish finish. My score 14/20. |
28 Sep 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Furniture back to normal today.
| Adnams - Ghost Ship | 4.50 | | Amber bitter with a fair amount of hopping to give a crisp and quite citrussy flavour. My score 16/20. |
| Nethergate (was Nethergate Growler for a while then name reverted) - Orange Wheat | 4.10 | | Not particularly orangey or wheaty, not a lot to write home about. My score 14/20. |
| Dawkins - Double Dawkin's | 5.30 | | Quite a bitter and hoppy strong beer with a dryish, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
21 Sep 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
A surreal evening in here as all the furniture had been replaced by trendy designer items as part of Islington Design Week.
| Fat Cat - Cougar | 4.70 | | Strong pale ale with a very pleasant smooth, velvety mouthfeel and good balance of sweet malts and citrus hops. My score 16/20. |
| Brains - Monty's Magic | 3.70 | | A malty bitter, fairly sweet but with some hop balance. My score 15/20. |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Dorothy's Friend | 3.70 | | A fair bit of fruity hop in this pale bitter with citrus and mango flvours coming through. My score 15/20. |
| Shepherd Neame - Hop Festival | 4.50 | | Not too keen on this, rather bitter but more from malt than hops with crystal/amber malt being dominant. My score 13/20. |
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