The Wenlock Arms (Free House)
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13 Mar 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Total Recoil | 3.70 |  | Hoppy but well balanced pale ale with good malt and hop character. My score 15/20. |
| Three Tuns - Cleric's Cure | 5.00 | | Well balanced strong pale bitter. My score 15/20. |
| Oxfordshire Ales - Leap Ale | 4.20 |  | Pale but lacking in much hop or malt character. Dryish finish. My score 13/20. |
06 Mar 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Approaching the end of the current regime and the pub fills up fast on a Tuesday evening.
| Rebellion - Mild | 3.50 |  | Dark red/brown and just how a mild should be, sweet and malty with biscuity malt and a fruity finish. My score 17/20. |
| Aylesbury (ABC) - Black Path | 5.00 | | A black stout with a strong roast malt character and a dry, roast finish. Full bodied with a little hoppiness. My score 16/20. |
| Kent - Enigma | 5.50 | | A strong dark bitter with a good balance of hop and malt flavours with none of them dominating. My score 15/20. |
| Oxfordshire Ales - Blenheim | 4.20 |  | Pale bitter with a faint bitterness from some sort of malt/yeast combo. No discernable hop flavour and a rather unpleasant aftertaste. My score 9/20. |
28 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
One of the regular's birthday today so a.good turnout.
| Dark Star - Black Coffee Pilsner | 4.80 | | Very strong roast coffee flavour. Quite hoppy with a roast finish. My score 17/20. |
| East London (ELB) - Ticket Mule's Jubilee Ale | 4.50 | | Dry hopped night watchman. Red and malty. My score 15/20. |
21 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Holden's - Black Country Mild | 3.70 | | Classic red/brown mild with a sweet and malty flavour and a hint of dryness in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Ascot - Triple Vanilla Penguin Porter | 4.50 | | Does what it says, imparts a new level of sweetness and body to the beer. My score 17/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Flying Tackle | 4.10 | | A golden ale with a malty bitterness with some citrus hop flavours. My score 15/20. |
| Bank Top - Jean Lafitte | 3.90 | | Well balanced golden bitter with some bitter hop flavour and some malt balance. My score 15/20. |
| Slater's - Premature Eructation | 4.20 | | A birthday beer a week early, dry hopped version of Queen Bee. A crisp and hoppy amber bitter with a fruity hop finish. My score 15/20. |
14 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Carlsberg - Tetley's Trust Porter | 5.20 | | Actual brewery unknown, could be Banks's. Dark brown porter with mainly malt flavours, fairly sweet and not particularly hoppy. Dryish finish, My score 15/20. |
| Prospect - Project Venus - Venus Gold | 3.80 | | Hoppy golden ale brewed by a group of brewsters at Prospect. Good crisp, bitter hop character and some malt balance. My score 15/20. |
| Liverpool Craft - Tane Mahuta | 4.40 | | Pale bitter with a fairly dry, bitter hop flavour and a dry finish. My score 14/20. |
| Strands - Zingibeer | 3.30 | | Regrettably lacking in any discernable flavour, just a faint sweetness but certainly no zing. My score 10/20. |
07 Feb 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Windsor & Eton - Tree Tops | 4.40 | | A stout brewed for the diamond jubilee. Lots of roast malt flavour and a dryish finish. My score 16/20. |
| Gambling Man - Jack O'Clubs | 4.70 | | A sweet and full bodied porter style beer with toffee malt and fruity hop flavours. My score 16/20. |
| Kent - See You Next (Tuesday) | 4.00 | | Dry hopped special for the Wenlock. Pale, hoppy but well balanced. My score 15/20. |
| Rebellion - High Seas | 4.20 | | Amber bitter with a slight hint of diacetyl giving a rather sweet and cloying flavour. My Score 14/20. |
| Blueball - Skunk (Botanist collab) | 5.80 | | Red/brown strong bitter with high bitterness. Citrus and hop flavours are present but rather too much bitterness for my taste. My score 13/20. |
31 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Crouch Vale - Blackwater Mild | 3.70 | | Almost black mild with good malt character with roast and chocolate flavours. Just a little hoppiness in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| By The Horns - Lambeth Walk | 5.10 | | A very dark porter with a good malty bitterness. Full bodied with a little hop in the finish. My score 16/20. |
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Hopfest | 3.80 | | Unfortunately not as most of the flavour was from sweetish, toffee flavoured malt. A rather sweet and cloying finish. My score 13/20. |
24 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Enter the Dragon | 4.50 | | Black porter style beer with a good mix of hop and malt flavours and a smooth, rounded character. My score 16/20. |
| Aylesbury (ABC) - Dark Energy | 4.00 | | A black mild with a good solid malt base and light hoppiness in the finish, which is quite dry. My score 15/20. |
| Rebellion - Overboard | 4.20 | | Amber bitter with a sweetish caramel/toffee character giving a rather cloying finish. My score 14/20. |
21 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Quite busy on a Saturday afternoon.
| Mad Squirrel (formerly Red Squirrel) - Scottish Ale | 4.30 | | Bittersweet red/brown coloured bitter with some dry hoppiness in the finish. My score 14/20. |
| Acorn - Glacier IPA | 5.00 | | Dry, bitter amber beer with some citrus hop flavour. Dry, bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
17 Jan 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
| Mighty Oak - Small Beer | 3.80 | | Dry hopped special beer for a regular's birthday. Very well hopped with good citrus flavour. My score 16/20. |
| Adnams - Sole Star | 2.70 | | Well balanced and full of flavour for its strength. My score 15/20. |
| Mighty Oak - Fangs for the Memories | 3.60 | | Amber bitter with quite a lot of bitterness and a fairly dry, bitter finish. My score 14/20. |
| Revolutions - Unknown Pleasures | 4.50 | | Fairly malty with a hint of burnt treacle. Dryish finish. My score 14/20. |
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