The Wenlock Arms (Free House)
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16 Feb 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Otley - O-Rosie | 4.20 |  | Slight reddish hue, quite sweet with a floral aroma and taste. Fruity hop taste with just a hint of ginger in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Sharp's - Winter Berry Ale (4.3% 2013 version) | 4.30 |  | Sweet and fruity red coloured ale. Good malt balance and a dry, fruity finish. My score 15/20. |
| Lytham - The Shovels | 3.80 |  | Standard bitter with a moderate hop bitterness. Dryish finish. My score 14/20. |
| Ossett - Warhorse | 5.00 | | Strong bitter with a sharpish piney hop character that is not really to my taste. Sharp hoppy finish. My score 13/20. |
09 Feb 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Unusually quiet for a Tuesday. Something about a football match...
| Hogs Back - Winter Ale | 4.40 | | Full bodied dark ruby ale. Like a strong old style mild, lots of berry fruits, dark chocolate malt bitterness and then a tang of hops in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Little Ale Cart - Steel City Douro Negative | 5.00 | | Black No.1 Stout with added port. This gives a more sweeter, rounded taste but still with the underlying strong roast malt flavours. My score 16/20. |
02 Feb 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Crouch Vale - Blackwater Mild | 3.70 | | Balck mild with good sweetness to start, becoming more bitter towards the finish with quite a dry finish. My score 15/20. |
| Wolf - Twenty 10 | 4.00 | | Well balanced traditional copper coloured bitter.
My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Sweet Chariot | 4.10 | | Darkish bitter with a lot of bitterness from malt and a little hop balance. My score 14/20. |
| Nelson - Hardy's Kiss | 4.20 |  | Now 4.5% but hasn't improved this beer. Very bitter in a not very pleasant way, little hoppiness, just a dry bitter finish. My score 9/20. |
26 Jan 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Earl Soham - Old Cyril | 5.20 | | Strong golden bitter with good balance of hop and malt. My score 15/20. |
| Nelson - Jammin' Jack | 4.30 | | Pale bitter with quite a sweet and hoppy character unusual for a Nelson beer. Dry, astringent finish. My score 14/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Rabbie's Ruin | 4.10 | | Dark red/brown bitter with a lot of bitterness from both hop and malt. Dry,bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
| Cliff Quay - Icebreaker | 4.50 | | Dark red bitter with cinnamon flavour quite dominant. Fairly sweet and winey finish. My score 14/20. |
| Redemption - Urban Dusk | 4.60 | | Dark bitter with a very strong bitter taste from malt. Not to my taste. My score 11/20. |
19 Jan 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Yard of Ale - Y'ard Ass | 4.20 | | Dark bitter with good toffee malt character and some hop bitterness to give a little edge to the beer. My score 15/20. |
| Adnams - Lighthouse | 3.40 | | Traditional quaffing bitter, good balance of malt and hop and a dryish finish. My score 15/20. |
16 Jan 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Busy with the birthday celebrations of one of the regular beer samplers.
| Dark Star - Hophead Amarillo | 3.80 | | The fruity and sweeter amarillo hop used in this version makes for a sweeter and more rounded beer for my taste. My score 17/20. |
| Cropton (see also Great Yorkshire) - Beer Rocks Resolution | 4.20 | | Well balanced traditional bitter with a slightly minty hop character and good malt balance. My score 15/20. |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - 1J91 | 3.70 | | A birthday one off special mix . Fairly fruity with some citrus hoppiness. My score 15/20. |
| Redemption - Pale Ale | 3.80 | | Brand new brewery from Tottenham, North London. This is a little darker than pale and is reminiscent of London style bitters such as Fullers Chiswick or Young's, but better. Good malt base and fairly light hopping with a dryish, bitter finish. My score 15/20. |
| Fallons - Tattooer's Arms | 4.10 | | Golden with a predominately bitter character with little malt balance. My score 13/20. |
| Five Towns - Winter Warmer | 4.50 | | Dark brown bitter with malty bitterness and some hoppiness. Dry, bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
| Acorn - Pacific Gem IPA | 5.00 | | Dark gold in colour, very bitter and hoppy, little malt balance. Dry, hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
12 Jan 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Wild Mild | 4.00 | | A misbrew of standard mild, this version is much more malty with huge roasted and toasted malt in the mouth and a lingering roast malt finish. My score 17/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Bar Steward | 3.90 | | Golden ale with good balance of hop and malt. My score 15/20. |
| Shepherd Neame - Amber Ale | 4.50 | | Well balanced with malt just dominating over hop. My score 15/20. |
| Brodie's (latterly contract brewed by Rhymney) - Pink Pride | 3.40 | | Amber tinged with pink is the colour, a rather confused taste of bitter hop and strange fruitiness. Not sure it works really. My score 14/20. |
| Rebellion - Banker's Bitter | 4.40 | | Light brown bitter with an earthy hop taste and a rather bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
05 Jan 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
| Bushy's - Ruby (1874) Mild | 3.50 | | Fairly malty but with quite a dry, bitter finish. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Bitter Turkey | 3.70 | | Not overly bitter, with some malt balance and a dryish finish. My score 15/20. |
| Spinning Dog - Gamekeepers Bitter | 4.20 | | Red/brown bitter with little hop character and a dry, cloying malt flavour. My score 13/20. |
| White Rose (Sheffield) - Seasonale Greetings | 4.30 | | Very pale and bitter with a sharp, piney hop character not entirely to my taste. My score 12/20. |
29 Dec 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Boggart - Big Ben | 3.90 | | Rather hazy pale, dry bitter. Slightly tangy finish. My score 12/20. |
| Monty's - Ding Dong | 4.40 | | Golden ale with a bitter, hoppy flavour but little balance. My score 13/20. |
| Spinning Dog - Christmas Cheers | 4.30 | | Malty and rather cloying red coloured bitter. My score 13/20. |
| Weltons - Christmas Cracker | 4.60 | | Golden with bitter, malty flavour. Not paticularly inspiring. My score 13/20. |
15 Dec 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
Fairly quiet given the time of year.
| Shepherd Neame - 70/- | 3.70 | | Very malty with little hop evident as a 70/- should be. Fairly sweet with a short, malty finish. My score 15/20. |
| Shepherd Neame - Christmas Ale | 5.00 | | Very hoppy for a Shep's beer, leafy, resinous hop dominates with little in the way of maltiness. Long, dry hoppy finish. My score 14/20. |
| Butcombe - Christmas Steps | 4.20 | | Farily bitter with a dry, hoppy taste. Amber in colour. My score 14/20. |
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