National Winter Ales Festival 2010
ABV: 4.8%
Origin: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Website: www.leedsbrewery.co.uk
Leeds Midnight Bell
Midnight Bell is a fine and rich dark mild named in honour of its brewery’s showcase pub in Leeds’ round foundry development. The brewery, opened in 2007, is currently the only independent in the city, with some well-made, imaginative and stylishly presented lines.
Roast and chocolate malts yield a dark chestnut/amber beer with a foamy light beige head and a strong and spicy blackcurranty hop aroma with a touch of roast. A full flavoured roasty palate has some firm coffee quality, with the sort of blackcurrant fruit notes found in some fine coffees. There’s a jab of dry roast and some caramel sweetness with spicy retronasals. The roasty chewy fruity berry finish is dry and sappy overall and notably long for the style. One of the most complex and enjoyable milds I’ve tasted in a while, it took the silver medal in the strong mild class at the National Winter Ales Festival in 2010.
Read more about this beer at ratebeer.com: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/leeds-midnight-bell/77331/
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