The Wenlock Arms (Free House)
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22 Sep 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Downton - New Forest Ale | 3.80 |  | Darker bitter with more malt than hop flavours but a good balance. My score 15/20 |
| Otley - Sting-O | 4.00 |  | Ginger beer with emphasis on ginger. Well brewed but a little too fierce for my taste. My score 14/20 |
| Ascot - Gold Cup | 4.80 | | Very hoppy and bitter strong golden bitter. My score 14/20. |
08 Sep 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Rebellion - Freefall | 4.40 |  | Pale with lots of biscuity malt and and full bodied fruity balance. Good finish of fruit and malt. My score 17/20 |
| Mighty Oak - S'Ale Away | 3.80 | | Golden in colour but with a traditional English bitter taste. My score 15/20. |
| Shepherd Neame - Golden Harvest | 4.20 | | Not golden but copper coloured. Dominated by crystal malt, drowning out any other flavours. My score 13/20. |
01 Sep 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Search Engine | 4.30 | | Golden ale with quite a malty character balanced by English hop flavours. My score 15/20. |
| Brewster's - Locopotion | 4.30 | | Sweetish with a good dose of citrus hoppiness then a dry finish. My score 15/20. |
| Northumberland - Legends of the Wear 3 No.3 Jim McNab | 4.00 | | Not one of the better efforts of this series, slightly sour tasting and bitter without it coming from hops. My score 13/20. |
| Weltons - Ashes To Ashes | 4.70 | | Dry and bitter with little other flavours coming through. My score 13/20. |
18 Aug 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Otley - California | 5.00 | | Strong golden ale with a good citrus hop character and good balance of flavours. My score 16/20. |
| Teignworthy - Gun Dog | 4.30 | | Sweetish and well balanced best bitter. My score 15/20. |
| Northumberland - Legends of the Tyne 3 No.8 Tony Green | 4.40 | | Very bitter from a piney resinous hop taste and also a bitter, nutty malt taste. My score 14/20. |
| Bays - Devon Dumpling | 5.10 | | Rather hazy and with a dry appley taste suggesting that it had not brewed fully as the beer had been cellared for long enough. My score 12/20. |
11 Aug 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
Only a few locals in today so mainly beer samplers and testers making up the numbers.
| Downton - Summer Slogger | 3.70 | | Very pale summer ale with very good hop character and good malty sweetness and balance. My score 16/20. |
| Brains - Honest Ale | 4.50 | | Golden ale with good balance of hop and malt. My score 15/20. |
| Rooster's - Hedgehog | 3.70 | | Very pale but unusually for Roosters, very malty so more of a lager than a bitter. My score 15/20. |
| Cliff Quay - Tumble Home | 4.70 | | Dark red malty strong bitter with hints of toffee and a bitter finish. My score 15/20. |
| Alehouse - Commercial Mild | 3.90 | | Fairly bitter mild with a tart finish. My score 14/20. |
28 Jul 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Batemans - Middle Wicket | 4.20 | | Fairly bitter with quite a dry finish. My score 13/20. |
| Foxfield - Bullet Encounter | 4.10 | | Suspect this was dry hopped with Bullet hops as it was very hoppy on the nose, and hoppy throughout but with little depth of flavour. My score 13/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Summer Holiday | 4.00 |  | Not one of their better brews, this was very bitter from crystal or amber malt with a very bitter finish. My score 11/20. |
21 Jul 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Maldon - Mild | 3.30 | | Very thick body for its strength. Lots of roasty malt and low hoppiness. My score 16/20. |
| Alehouse - Bartholemew Porter | 4.80 | | Good roasted, toffee malt character with a little hop balance. My score 16/20 |
| Spinning Dog - Blooming Marvellous | 4.10 | | Sweetish brew, mainly malty with a hint of nutty, crystal malt. My score 15/20. |
| Boggart - Cascade | 4.00 | | Pale beer supposedly brewed with Cascade hops, but not much evidence in this sample. My score 14/20. |
14 Jul 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - St Swithins | 4.00 | | Good mix of citrus hop and a little malt to give a refreshing summer beer with a long, hoppy finish. My score 17/20 |
| Lymestone - Ein Stein | 5.00 | | Lager style beer, pale with good balance of soft hoppiness and biscuity malt. My score 15/20. |
| Hopstar - Pete's Perfect Pint | 4.10 | | Rather dry and bitter for my taste. Lacking in much character. My score 12/20. |
| Boggart - EKG | 4.50 | | Unremarkable bitter with a little hop and malt flavour. My score 14/20. |
| Weltons - Quatre Bras | 4.60 | | Dominated by a sweet caramelly taste bordering on diacetyl. Short, dry finish. My score 14/20 |
30 Jun 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
One of the members of staff's birthday "do", so lots going on in the pub and some special beers.
| Crouch Vale - Twatt's Brewerillo | 4.50 |  | Another one-off mix, this was Brewers Gold and Amarillo. What a superb combination, giving a pale full bodied bitter packed full of citrus American hoppiness. My score 18/20. |
| Downton - The Sleeping Ex-Scooper | 4.40 | | This was a one-off special being mix of Apple Blossom and All Rounder giving a golden coloured ale. Good all round taste and smooth body giving a lingering finish. My score 16/20. |
| Alehouse - Cocoa's Dad | 3.80 | | Rather strange beer, red/brown in colour with a hint of hoppiness, but mainly a strong bitter cocoa taste. My score 15/20. |
| Thorne - Pale Ale | 4.20 | | Rather thin and lacking much body but pleasant enough with a fairly bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
23 Jun 2009 (Martin the Mildman)
| Alehouse - 29 Years 12 Months | 4.10 | | Bursting with grapefruit hop flavours and slightly hazy, suggesting dry hopping. I'm told the Simcoe hop is involved and probably another American citrus type hop. My score 16/20. |
| Boggart - Little Ginger | 4.00 | | As the name says, not overly ginger, just a hint to make a refreshing finish to a pale summer type beer. My score 15/20. |
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