Brains Dark Beer Review

Dark from Brains isn't the most inventively named beer but maybe the 130 year old Cardiff brewery have decided to let the taste do the talking. There's part of me that thinks these kind of beer names are just lazy and part of me that thinks you know what at least you know what you're getting. Anyway I picked Brains Dark beer up from LIDL at a nice low price. Dark comes in a fairly dull 500ml bottle and promises to be 'deliciously different,' so that's promising at least. The beer contains a sessionable 4.1% alcohol and pours just off black with a decent and reasonably stable tan head. 

Dark has a nice chocolate aroma with a little roasted coffee lingering in the background. It smells delicious, but not really different to a lot of dark beers. The feel is medium to full bodied and pretty creamy, it's a very drinkable ale to be fair to Brains. You'll get a good dark chocolate taste with just enough roasted coffee to give a slightly smoky aftertaste, which is the best kind of aftertaste. I'm going to give Dark from Brains a very good 7.5 out of 10. As easy drinking dark beers go this is one of the best.