Brewery: Wolf Brewery
Location: Attleborough, Norfolk, England
ABV: 4.8%
Version: Bottled
Source: Sainsbury’s

I fancied a cheeky mid-weeker on Wednesday and there were a couple of beers that I picked up from the Sainsbury’s real ale promotion that I wanted to try early in case they turned out to be worth stocking up on at promo prices. I actually started off with the Allgates Brewery Porteresque, but unfortunately it had gone off in the bottle, so I reached for the Wolf Brewery Woild Moild.

This one turned out to be just fine. It poured a lovely dark chestnut with a ruby tint (very Hobgoblin-esque, actually) and to start with there was a sharp, almost acid bite – although this mellowed as the beer went on – with an underlying sweetness (hints of green apples, dates, brown sugar, dark chocolate) and a slightly bitter finish that reminded me of rooibos tea.

Overall it was very pleasant indeed and definitely one of the more interesting milds I’ve encountered to-date – more flavoursome than both the Dunham Dark and Phoenix Monkey Town that I tried at the Altrincham Bottle & Cask Festival at the weekend, for instance. I’ll be keeping an eye out for other Wolf-themed beers in future.