Apologies in advance to most site visitors outside the UK; you most likely won’t have access to a Marks & Spencer (M&S) near you. It’s a very well respected British high street clothing and food store and the company has teamed up with a number of brewers across the UK to create M&S-branded beers.
We’ve looked at the M&S London Porter before, brewed by Meantime Brewing of Greenwich, London. Now it’s the turn of the Lancashire Dark Mild brewed by Daniel Thwaites of the same county.
Mild is a traditional English style which you don’t see a great deal of nowadays. Milds are lightly hopped and in this case dark from the roasted malts, almost red. There’s a nice frothy head and not much of a nose. It looks like a classic old beer. The taste is smooth and nutty, not strong but a pleasant session ale and excellent value for money…if you’re in the UK, that is.
The Essentials:
ABV: 3.7%
Look: Deep brown, auburn tinge
Smell: None
Taste: Smooth, lightly nutty
Our verdict: Light and a pleasant, old fashioned experience in a beer world seduced by hops
Website: http://www.marksandspencer.com/Lancashire-Dark-Mild-Case-20/dp/B0069RL3TA
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