The Wenlock Arms (Free House)
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06 Jul 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Liverpool Organic - Honey Blond | 4.50 |  | Does what it says, good honey taste and a fairly citrussy hop flavour to balance things out. My score 15/20. |
| Toft - Night Watchman | 4.50 | | Dark brown porter syle beer with a strong taste of treacle. Some hop flavours as well to give quite a bitter, hoppy beer. My score 15/20. |
| Cotleigh - Bearded Tit | 4.30 |  | Special birthday beer for staff member. Golden ale with a fairly bitter hoppy character and a dryish finish. My score 14/20. |
| Epicurus Craft Beer (formerly Hornbeam) - Swift Swallow | 4.00 | | Pale bitter with strong bitter citrus hop flavours but not much malt balance. Dry, bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
| Dark Star - Only One Effin | 4.70 | Not Tried | Another staff birthday brew, a strong amber bitter with strong citrus hop character and good balance. My score 15/20. |
29 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
A wake in progress for someone who used to play in a band at the pub. Never seen the place so full before and a band playing in memory too.
| Quantock - Wills Neck | 4.30 |  | Pale biiter with good hop character and a good toffee malt balance. Dryish finish. My score 16/20. |
| Crouch Vale - Parker's Peice | 4.00 | | Special blend for wake in pub. A dark bitter with good hop character and citrus notes. My score 15/20. |
| Rudgate - It Is Now | 4.30 | | Very bitter beer, hoppy with little balance of anything else. Not to my taste. My score 12/20. |
22 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Acorn - Englands Dreaming | 4.50 | | Well balanced pale bitter with just a little more maltiness than hoppiness. My score 15/20. |
| Dark Star - Argus Ale | 4.20 | | Very pale and citrussy bitter with a good balance of flavours. My score 15/20. |
15 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Dawkins - Miners Morris Mild | 3.80 | | Formerly Matthew's Brewery. This was a dark brown mild with a good malt character and just a little hoppiness in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Silver Brewhouse (formerly Raw) - Dark Peak Stout | 4.50 | | Black stout from Derbyshire's newest brewery. Lots of roast malt and a good hop balance. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Wimblebum Blonde | 4.20 | | Pale and hoppy with citrus notes. Dryish, hoppy finish. My score 15/20. |
| AllGates - Unkulunkulu | 4.10 | | Very pale bitter with a fairly sweet character, not much hop bitterness and a sweetish aftertaste. My score 15/20. |
| Fuzzy Duck - Three Lions | 4.20 | | Amber bitter with a bitter flavour and a dryish hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
08 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Pictish - Magnum | 4.60 | | Very pale and very hoppy with an excellent fruity citrus character. Long hoppy finish. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - High Barnet | 3.70 | | Well balanced golden ale with malt just dominating. My score 15/20. |
| Northumberland - Legends of the Wear 3 No.11 Michael Gray | 4.00 | | Bitter, earthy hop taste with little sweetness. Dry, earthy finish. My score 12/20, rather hazy so B quality. |
| Oxfordshire Ales - Offside! | 4.50 | | Golden bitter with a dryish hop character and a little malt balance. Dry finish. My score 14/20. |
| Sharp's - Chalky's Bite | 7.00 | | Sweetish and fruity initial flavour becoming dryer and appley towards the finish. Not a particularly well balanced beer. My score 13/20. |
01 Jun 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Ansell's - Mild | 3.40 | | A good no nonsense mild, with sweet maltiness and virtually no hoppiness. Brewed by JW Lees. My score 16/20. |
| Rooster's - Citra | 4.30 | | Pale and packed full of citrus hop flavour. Also some malty sweetness for balance, making a very drinkable beer. My score 16/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Englands Pride | 4.00 | | A fairly sweet pale beer with perhaps a little too much sweetness, almost diacetyl buttersctoch taste. My score 14/20. |
| Art Brew - Hip Hop Cascade | 4.30 | | Golden, hoppy and bitter. A fairly dry and sharp hoppy taste to this. My score 14/20. |
19 May 2010 (Flying.geordie)
Early evening and busy.
| Alehouse - Halcyon Stirling | 3.70 | | |
18 May 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
A good turnout of beer samplers here this evening.
| Hydes - Tightrope | 4.30 | | Mainly malt flavours in this with a little hop taste in the finish. My score 15/20. |
| Crouch Vale - Apollo | 4.30 | | Golden ale with full on citrus hop flavour. Quite dry and sharp in the finish. My score 15/20. |
| Cliff Quay - Docks Bollards | 5.00 | | Malty strong bitter with little hop character and a dryish finish. My score 14/20. |
18 May 2010 (Flying.geordie)
Early evening and busy.
| Sharp's - Six Hop | 3.80 | | |
| Hydes - Tightrope | 4.30 | | |
| Crouch Vale - Apollo | 4.30 | | |
| Cliff Quay - Docks Bollards | 5.00 | | |
| Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Night Moves | 4.00 | | |
| Art Brew - M.M.X. | 8.40 | | |
11 May 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Bar Rack Obama | 4.20 | | Dark brown strong mild with a roast coffee malt flavour and a little fruitiness in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Crouch Vale - Sovereign | 4.20 | | Very pale and hoppy with a fairly sweet and fruity hop character with a hint of citrus. My score 15/20. |
| Buntingford - Hook, Line & Sinker | 3.90 | | Very pale and very hoppy with a dry, bitter citrus hop taste. Dry, sharp hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
| Red Fox - Bitter | 3.80 | | Traditional bitter with dry hop flavours and some citrus hop in the finish. My score 14/20. |
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