Goachers Real Mild Ale

Tasting Summary

Rifle Volunteers, Maidstone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Matt	Not Tried	05 Sep 2010
Pedro		01 Sep 2010
Pedro		26 Aug 2010
Pedro		21 Aug 2010
Matt		17 Aug 2010	Mmmm! Lovely dark mild with nice creamy chocolate notes..
Matt		16 Aug 2010	Superb!!!
Pedro		13 Aug 2010
Pedro		04 Aug 2010
Whinger	Not Tried	30 Jul 2010
Pedro		28 Jul 2010
Whinger		20 Jul 2010	Good Mild, and selling well tonight.
Dosser	Not Tried	19 Jul 2010
Pedro		16 Jul 2010
Pedro		04 Jul 2010
Pedro		28 Jun 2010
Whinger	Not Tried	26 Jun 2010
Pedro		21 Jun 2010	I've been missing this superb beer recently !
Pedro		04 Jun 2010	So good I stayed on this one !
Pedro		27 May 2010
Pedro		18 May 2010
Pedro		25 Apr 2010
Whinger	Not Tried	24 Apr 2010
Ian	Not Tried	11 Apr 2010
Pedro		09 Apr 2010
Pedro		07 Apr 2010
Pedro		30 Mar 2010
Pedro		21 Mar 2010
Pedro		20 Mar 2010
Whinger	Not Tried	13 Mar 2010
Pedro		05 Mar 2010
Pedro		26 Feb 2010
Pedro		23 Feb 2010
Pedro		17 Feb 2010
Pedro		16 Feb 2010
Pedro		13 Feb 2010
Ian	Not Tried	13 Feb 2010
Pedro		09 Feb 2010
Whinger		06 Feb 2010
Pedro		05 Feb 2010
Pedro		03 Feb 2010
Pedro		02 Feb 2010
Matt		31 Jan 2010	wonderful!
Pedro		30 Jan 2010
Pedro		26 Jan 2010
Pedro		22 Jan 2010
Matt		22 Jan 2010	I still regard Goachers Real Mild as probably the best mild ive ever tassted.
Pedro		19 Jan 2010
Pedro		12 Jan 2010
Pedro		09 Jan 2010
Pedro		08 Jan 2010
Pedro		05 Jan 2010
Pedro		02 Jan 2010
Matt		01 Jan 2010	wonderful!
Pedro		31 Dec 2009	crackin' 3 pints to start the day off with !
Pedro		29 Dec 2009
Pedro		25 Dec 2009
Pedro		22 Dec 2009
Whinger		19 Dec 2009	This was towards the end of the cask, and Alan was worried that he may not have enoough to last the weekend.
Pedro		17 Dec 2009
Pedro		15 Dec 2009	Super again and again and.....
Pedro		13 Dec 2009	First from a new cask !
Pedro		11 Dec 2009
Pedro		08 Dec 2009	Just great !
Pedro		06 Dec 2009	So delightful I stayed on this one !
Pedro		04 Dec 2009
Pedro		01 Dec 2009
Pedro		28 Nov 2009
Whinger		26 Nov 2009	When Goacher's mild is on form it is truly excellent. This was so good that I had to have another one.
Pedro		24 Nov 2009	Great !
Matt	Not Tried	23 Nov 2009
Matt	Not Tried	22 Nov 2009
Matt	Not Tried	21 Nov 2009
Pedro		10 Nov 2009
Matt	Not Tried	08 Nov 2009
Pedro		07 Nov 2009
Pedro		28 Oct 2009
Pedro		05 Oct 2009
Pedro		04 Oct 2009	great
Pedro		02 Oct 2009	super!
Pedro		26 Sep 2009	So good I stayed for 3 !
Pedro		18 Sep 2009	Back on great form today
Ian	Not Tried	16 Sep 2009
Pedro		12 Sep 2009
Pedro		01 Sep 2009
Pedro		28 Aug 2009
Pedro		19 Aug 2009
Pedro		18 Aug 2009	Really crackin' tonight !
Pedro		01 Aug 2009
Pedro		28 Jul 2009
Pedro		26 Jul 2009
Pedro		11 Jul 2009
Pedro		14 Jun 2009
Pedro		13 Jun 2009
Pedro		11 Jun 2009
Dosser	Not Tried	07 Jun 2009
Pedro		31 May 2009
Pedro		22 May 2009
Dosser	Not Tried	14 May 2009
Pedro		11 May 2009
Pedro		07 May 2009
Pedro		04 May 2009
Pedro		27 Apr 2009
Ian		17 Apr 2009	On the turn towards vinegar. Would have made a pretty good wild fermented mild mind.
Andrew	Not Tried	17 Apr 2009
Ian		04 Sep 2008	Very choccy, good condition. Very drinkable.
Ian	Not Tried	23 Jun 2008
Ian	Not Tried	01 Sep 2007	Had a sip of Andrew's and it was a bit dull.
Andrew		01 Sep 2007	Lots of rich sweet malt and a hint of chocolate and coffee. Nothing wrong with it but I've had much better
Ian		28 Jun 2007	Phil didn't like it, thought it lacked condition, but I finished it for him and thought it was fine. Quite a bit of coffee.
Ian	Not Tried	19 May 2007	Only had a sip of Andrew's but far too caramelly for me and I thought a little bit of diacetyl
Andrew		19 May 2007	Funny one as lots of caramel and some butteryness but it still had that coffee mild flavour you'd expect.
Ian	Not Tried	09 Dec 2006
Ian	Not Tried	08 Apr 2006
Andrew		08 Apr 2006	Intense coffee flavours with a slight tart bitterness. If this had had some chocolate in it that I know it can do then it would have been perfect. As it was it was merely brillant.
Ian		02 Nov 2005	Just watching it being poored and then settling with a thick creamy ivory coloured head made me salivate. Good mild with plenty of hop and roasted malts.
Andrew		12 Aug 2005	Quiet hoppy with nice burnt malt but slightly acidic too.
Ian	Not Tried	12 Aug 2005
Ian		19 Mar 2005	Not at its best, but then I had the last half before the barrel was changed, so not a fair representation
Andrew		09 Apr 2004	ah-ha, they changed the barrel!
Andrew		09 Apr 2004	bottom of the barrel

King George V, Brompton, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Kentish Al		05 Sep 2010	Superb, and had two pints.
Andrew		11 Jul 2008	She poured off a half before giving me mine. It was milky with a strong bitterness and some roasted malt notes. It was good.

East Malling Beer & Cider Festival 2010, East Malling, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Kentish Al	Not Tried	04 Sep 2010
Pedro		04 Sep 2010

Fox, Maidstone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		28 Aug 2010

Red Lion, Snargate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Whinger		17 Aug 2010
Ian	Not Tried	19 Jun 2010
Ian	Not Tried	30 Jan 2010
Whinger		28 Dec 2009	Superb.
Andrew	Not Tried	01 Aug 2009
Ian		11 Oct 2008	Very chocolatey, but good.
Ian	Not Tried	02 Sep 2008
Ian	Not Tried	11 Jul 2008
Ian		27 Oct 2007	Very chocolatety
Ian		23 Jun 2007	Bit flat and not perfect. Some roasted malt. Ruby mild. Not great condition.
Andrew		23 Jun 2007	Sweet coffee mild. Bitter sweet finish
Ian	Not Tried	28 May 2007
Ian		14 Apr 2007	Little bit earthy/muddy. Very chocolatey. Finish has great length. Dry charcoal and coffee granules. Better than the Light so gets 3.5/5
Ian	Not Tried	14 Jan 2007
Ian		23 Dec 2006	Just slightly thin and watery, but got good roasted malts and choc/coffee
Ian		16 Sep 2006	Slightly acidic. Soft choc/coffee in mouth. It's alright, but doesn't hit the heights.
Andrew	Not Tried	31 Jul 2006	Had a sip of Cam's and it was smoaky heaven
Ian		11 Jul 2006	Two excellent dark milds in one evening. Had the first pint as this came on and the Elgood's went off. Typical Goacher's mild flavours of dark malts, roasty, toastiness and a hoppy finish. Nice
Ian	Not Tried	24 Jun 2006
Ian	Not Tried	16 Jun 2006
Ian		28 May 2006	Ruby colour with beige head. The coffee and choc on this are so good, it makes you want to weep. Velvet in mouth, with a little hop sharpness on the end. Smellsof drinking chocolate. Fantastic
Andrew		09 Apr 2006	Good burnt coffee with a bitter finish
Ian	Not Tried	23 Dec 2005
Andrew		23 Dec 2005	Nice subtle burnt malt flavours with a hint of chocolate
Ian	Not Tried	25 Jun 2005
Martin		18 Jun 2005	Very very drinkable and quite nutty today but the crown has been stolen (fittingly) by Crown Imperial Stout.
Ian		17 Jun 2005	Dark ruby colour, burnt malt with coffee and chocolate balanced in mouth with some hops to give a drying finish. Lots of flavour for a mild and a beer this light in alcohol
Andrew		17 Jun 2005	Wow. Tasted of burnt coffee with a slighly sweet undertone. If you could get better than this I'd want to hear about it
Ian	Not Tried	25 May 2005
Andrew		07 May 2005	A bit thin but then it's my own fault because the landlord told me it wasn't ready yet but because I begged him for a pint of it he gave in (what a great bloke he is).
Andrew		19 Feb 2005	Chocolate and burnt malt were the most noticable characteristics
Ian		19 Feb 2005	The flavours of chocolate and malt are quite distinctive in this dark mild
Ian		22 Jan 2005	Great malty hoppy flavour. Superb mild
Ian		11 Dec 2004	Very chocolatey taste. Amazing amount of flavour for a 3.4%
Ian		20 Nov 2004	Not at its best, a bit like the Light on this occasion
Andrew		14 Aug 2004	Bit bitter but drinkable

Black Lion, Lynsted, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		17 Aug 2010	Really good milky mild coffee beer.
Martin the Mildman		22 Jul 2010	Dark and slightly smokey with a good malty flavour and low hoppiness. My score 16/20.
Andrew		08 Jun 2009	Excellent condition. Milky with coffee and hints of chocolate.
Ian	Not Tried	12 Jan 2008	The sip of Andrew's was very chocolatey.
Andrew		12 Jan 2008	Coffee and chocolate with hints of semolina. Very good.
Andrew		29 Dec 2007	Fresh with coffee and roasted malt with that Goacher's tell-tale hop finish.
Andrew		31 Dec 2006	Lots of creamy coffee with an undertone of milk chocolate. Wish I could have drunk more.
Andrew		01 Aug 2006	Smoaky flavours dominated making it reminiscent of Goacher's Crown Imperial Stout. Slight hint of chocolate and coffee too.
Ian		29 Aug 2005	Dark ruby colour. Perfect easy drinking mile with lots of chocolate and toffee and burnt malt grainy finish. Excellent for this style of beer
Andrew	Not Tried	16 May 2005
Andrew		14 May 2005	Good chocolate and malt taste but a bit watery

King's Head, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Kentish Al		23 Jul 2010	A top Mild.

Shipwright Arms, Faversham, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		22 Jul 2010	Good condition and quite lively. Good coffee notes but no chocolate and quite low on the hopping for his Mild.
Andrew		02 May 2009	Good condition but a bit thin in the mouth. Plenty of coffee and hints of chocolate but needed a bit more body.
Andrew	Not Tried	15 Feb 2009
Andrew	Not Tried	20 Jul 2008
Steve	Not Tried	10 Aug 2007
Andrew		03 Mar 2007	Fresh with bitter coffee and hints of cocoa powder.
Andrew		21 Jan 2006	Good bitter bite to it with a clean peaty coffee taste with a burnt coffee finish. Judging by the angle of the barrel on the stillage this had only been tapped recently. Give it a day or 2 and it will be perfect.
Ian	Not Tried	29 Aug 2005
Andrew		26 Aug 2005	Another interesting beer. Sweet and sharp to start with followed by burnt malt on the finish. What I imagine a classic mild to taste like. Not what I would have expected from my favourite beer but good none the less
Ian		09 Apr 2005	Very dark ruby colour. Good malt, some burnt caramel/coffee, some dry hops on end. Excellent flavoursome mild
Andrew		09 Apr 2005	My guess this was from a fresh barrel so it hadn't got that chocolate taste yet. Still a good 'un though
Andrew		28 Aug 2004
Andrew		16 Apr 2004

Robin Hood, Blue Bell Hill, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Kentish Al		26 Jun 2010	In top condition.

The Unicorn, Bekesbourne, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Mick		01 May 2010	Nice pint, everything a mild should be, perhaps lacking on the finish.
Andrew		29 Aug 2009	Wonderful condition. Coffee and, for the first time in a while, chocolate. Lovely.

Kings Arms, Upper Upnor, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		03 Jul 2009	Really smoky. Kind of like smoked mackerel. Weird but really good. Oily too. Weird. Gotta love Goachers!

Plough & Harrow, Oad Street, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		24 May 2009	Really good stuff. Roasted malt and coffee with tell-tale Goacher's milkiness in the background.
Andrew		02 Jan 2009	The one and only Goacher's Mild. Fresh and in good condition. No real chocolate or coffee flavours unfortunately but very drinkable.

Blakes, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Blair	Not Tried	22 May 2009
Ian		22 Dec 2004	Excellent tasty mild full of burnt malt

Man of Kent, Rochester, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Blair		14 Mar 2009	Malty with a bit of roasted malt. I was a tad disappointed, just a little thin in the mouth and lacking in flavour for me. Shame.
Andrew	Not Tried	09 Dec 2006

Yew Tree Inn, Barfrestone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Brian		26 Jul 2008	Love the smell of this. Smokey, roast malts, milky texture in the mouth. Really good mild.
Andrew		14 Jul 2007	The first pint was quite sharp so they pulled off some more beer. The new pint was excellent. Full bodied with a smooth feel in the mouth. Roasted malt and coffee dominated. Sank 2 in half an hour
Andrew		13 Jan 2007	Underlying coffee flavours but an ever-so slightly vinegary finish.
Andrew		07 Oct 2006	Quite lively which gave it a sharpness like grapefruit. Some burnt notes but the sharpness overpowers.
Andrew	Not Tried	01 Jul 2006	Went off as I was there
Andrew		24 Jun 2006	Bitter black coffee flavours with a smooth slightly creamy undertaste. Great
Brian	Not Tried	14 Jun 2006	Rob (the barman) said it was almost finished.
Andrew		04 Jun 2006	Smelt of mild coffee. Lively when poured so I guess it's only been tapped recently. Coffee flavours dominate. I'd love to have this in a day or 2 when it would have developed a bit of chocolate and would be absolutely fantastic. Goacher's Mild hey? Always a winner!
Brian	Not Tried	10 Sep 2005
Andrew		04 Sep 2005	Last pint from the barrel. Lacked the bite a fresher pint would have had but there was nothing wrong with it.
Andrew		27 Aug 2005	A sweet hoppy start followed by subtle burnt malt on the finish.
Andrew		20 Aug 2005	Lots of burnt malt and some hops. Perhaps getting a little tired but still good
Brian		13 Aug 2005	Not normally a mild drinker, but this was great, it tasted just like Andrew said last week.
Andrew		08 Aug 2005	Very hoppy with a good burnt malt flavour. This was dark mild at its best. I wish I hadn't been driving or I could have had more than a half!

Rare Breeds Beer Festival 2008, Woodchurch, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Blair		07 Jun 2008	Really good mild, dark with plenty of oats and malt.

Rose & Crown, Perry Wood, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		19 Apr 2008	Plenty of coffee with hints of cream. Excellent pint that stayed good to the end.
Trevor		05 Apr 2008	A smooth ale which went down well - dark but not too heavy.
Andrew		02 Mar 2008	The top of the pint was a bit sharp (so would have scored an 'okay') but the bottom was coffee, milk and a hint of chocolate (and would have scored excellent).
Ian		13 Oct 2007	Excellent mild, not much hop, very mild and a good charcoaly aroma. Good roasted malt flavour with fullness in mouth.
Andrew		13 Oct 2007	The first pint was off so they changed the barrel. The next 5 pints I had from the new barrel were lovely. Smooth and milky with good roasted malt, hint of smoke and burntness and a very low hoping rate. Missing any chocolate but hey, still a great pint.
Andrew		09 Apr 2007	Fresh with some coffee flavours and some sharp hops.
Andrew		17 Jan 2007	As she poured it I could smell chocolate from 2 feet away. It tasted of creamy milk chocolate with a lovely subtle burnt malt bitterness on the finish. This was top class Goacher's Mild. I love this beer.
Andrew		04 Mar 2006	Vinegar with a hint of goacher's mild. I should have taken it back really but I didn't, I just left it.
Andrew		20 Jan 2006	Good deep bitterness with lots of burnt coffee but no rich chocolate which was a shame
Andrew		25 Oct 2005	Exactly the right combination of milky smoothness and hops. I know many will disagree but they're wrong... this is the best beer in the world :)
Andrew		10 Apr 2005	Fantastic. Real burnt malt and chocolate just the way I like it
Andrew		12 Mar 2005	Top of the barrel I would guess. Nice and hoppy with a definte chocolate after taste

Kent Beer Festival 2007, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		21 Jul 2007	Better condition than on Thursday night. Fresh and creamy with coffee on the finish
Andrew		19 Jul 2007	An odd one. Bit of fish and a bit of smoakyness. Not really like Goachers' mild at all.

Crabble Corn Mill Beer Festival 2007, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		26 May 2007	Good dark hue with wide partial head. Smelt of toasted malt with a hint of choloclate. Not much going on in the front of the mouth but a big heavily toasted malt and earthy hop finish
Ian		25 May 2007	Lots of chocolate on this and I thought very good.

Cock Inn, Luddesdown, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		16 Dec 2006	My favourite beer. Smelt of coffee with a bit of chocolate and a soft mouth feel. The finish was bitter coffee. Something about it made it feel slightly sickly though.
Ian	Not Tried	16 Dec 2006

Kent Beer Festival 2006, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		22 Jul 2006	Bitter coffee, hints of chocolate. This is the best Goacher's mild I've had at a beer festival

Butchers Arms, Herne, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		01 Jul 2006	Some of the best Goacher's mild I've had. I noticed that he poured it from a 32pint barrel so I'm guessing this was a week or so old. Anyway, it smelt of chocolate and tasted of chocolate and coffee with a strong bitter finish. Great
Ian	Not Tried	27 Jun 2006
Andrew		12 May 2006	Now my problem with scoring Goacher's Mild is that it's my favourite beer and I've had it when it's on top-form so I know exactly what it can taste like. However, I fully recognise it can't always taste fantastic. Anyway, this was good. Lots of coffee and a bitter sweet finish.
Ian	Not Tried	09 May 2006

Crabble Corn Mill Beer Festival 2006, Dover, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		27 May 2006	Lasting thin head on this black-puple beer. Strong coffee smell. Thin chocolate and coffee flavours to start with. Short lived burnt coffee finish. Shame really as this beer can be fantastic

Kent Beer Festival 2005, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		21 Jul 2005	Given that this is my favourite beer of all time I was disappointed with its liveliness

Catford Beer Festival 2005, Catford, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		11 Jun 2005	Bit thin and tired, which is a shame cos I normally think that this is one of the best milds in the business

Rare Breeds Beer Festival 2005, Woodchurch, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		03 Jun 2005	Bit weak tasting for this usually fantastic beer