Grainstore Rutland Panther

Cask; Regular. Also available bottle conditioned.
A refreshing well balanced dark mild, whose chocolate and fruity flavours compliment its roasted long bitter finish. Primed using a combination of rich dark sugars, this beer is a taste sensation.

3.3

162 reviews

Oakham, England

Community reviews

3.3 Gravity cask at the 2016 Leicester Beer Festival. Dark brown with only a suggestion of head. Small amount of visible carbonation. Red berry, hazelnut and cola in the aroma. Nice but predictable. Taste is better: sweet but with a gentle roasted malt quality. Sweet Ovaltine finish. Fuller body than most milds. Nice.

3.5 500ml, bruin tot zwart, met minimale beige kraag. aroma van mout, geroosterde mout, chocolade, vanille, graan. smaken van chocolade, hopjesvla, mout, dun, licht zuur, vanille, desert, lichte koffie, poeder cacao, bruine suiker, aardig maar ook niet meer dan dat.

2.7 Classic mild. Lots of malty flavours but as per all Grainstore beers no hops to speak of. Relatively pleasant as a session beer but too thin for the style and I would not go out of my way to drink this again.

3.6 500ml Bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with a thin head. Aroma of chocolate and has a fruity and caramel taste- very drinkable.

3.3 Bottle thanks to Benzai - Pours dark brown. Nose/taste of cocoa, dark sugar and touch of dry liquid smoke - lighter bodied. Pretty good for the style.

3.2 Cask at Grainstore Brewery, Oakham. Pours dark ruby with light tan head. Initial sour, then smokiness, then thin wishy wash. More dry smoke, some dark fruit. Good then, average, then good. In and out like a fiddler’s elbow.

3.6 good stuff. travelled a long way to sample it. worthwhile, and another county closer to gold!

3.2 Bottle. Dark ruby beer with foam head and light fizzy carbonation. Nose is chocolate, iron, yeast, smoke, nuts, earth. Taste is earthy, hay, chocolate with a tangy, smokey finish. palate is a little watery but otherwise pleasant. A simple but nice beer. -- rated with beerbasher/winphone

3.0 Clear brilliant dark reddish brown colour, dissipating white head. Malty aroma, lots of caramel. Sweet malty flavour, caramel. Quite thin. Finish caramel. (from 50cL bottle @ home)

3.5 Clear, dark ruby beer with a reasonable, bubbly beige head. Aroma is of fruit and chocolate and the flavour has some of that as well though it’s tempered by some lighter, tangy fruit flavours (some apple in there, maybe, as well as a touch of citrus) to balance it out. You could very easily session this at that strength as it’s really quite tasty.

3.8 Dark brown, light brown lacing, lasting creamy lipsticking foam head. Chocolate in aroma, some smokey tones. Complex taste, nice, some bitterness, some chocolate, light green fruit notes. (Velp 201503)

3.5 Bottle 0,5ltr: Very dark brown colored brew with an slightly bitter taste, hints of chocolate and some liquorice.

3.3 Dark mild from Rutland in England, from a very English 50 cl bottle bought online; apparently has something to do with a black panther, an animal I would not immediately associate with this docile style of beer. Irregular, pale greyish white, loose, milky head over a very dark ruby brown beer, clear. Aroma of autumn leaves, caramelized vegetables, freshly baked brown bread, candied figs, freshly plowed earth, chicory, diluted coffee, hazelnuts, toasted bread, perhaps a hint of iron, dried plums, grass, old cookies. Litterally ’mild’ taste as expected from the style, subdued ’dried’ fruitiness, sourish touch with a slightly drying effect, soft carbonation; thinnish body, a tad metallic, which is kind of compensated with a good deal of nutty and caramelly maltiness, becoming more roastedly bitterish in the end, like the ’surrogate’ coffee made of chicory my grandmother used to consume since the last World War, smooth, with a spicy touch and a finish of lingering nutty and eventually even chocolatey malts countered by leafy and earthy, even somewhat peppery hop bitterishness with medium duration. A bit maltier and hoppier than expected from this particular style, but still very traditionally English and in that sense a good representation of it. Pours down easily, nothing offending here, and the roasted bitter touch and leafy hops do sting a bit in the end, making this all the more interesting. In all: a nice and enjoyable example of an otherwise ’simple’ and not very ambitious beer style. Have a point for that.

3.5 New English county, Rutland (44/46): Appearance: Dark brown, clear. Some light tan head. Aroma: Dark malt, slightly roasted. Molasses. Taste: Dark malt, tar, roasted. Some sweetness. Good balance. Bought: Beers of Europe, 500 ml, £1.95 Info: 16/1-2015, 67/300M, BB: 31/7-2015

3.3 Aroma: intense bread and cereal malts, caramel. Appearance: clear, dark brown, medium, creamy, beige head. Taste: light sweet. Palate: malty sweets continue, intensify somewhat, grain, bread and caramel again, very soft carbonation, light bitter in the relatively short finish. Overall: quite a nice Mild, amazing aroma. Bottle from Beers of Europe, Kings Lynn.

2.8 Bottle @ home. Brown colour with a small off-white head. Smells sweet, malts, sugar. Tastes sugary, sweet, malts, hay, weird, liquorice. Thin body, soft to medium carbo.

3.6 Bottle shared with Dutchdrebus @ Dutchdrebus’ birthday. Dark brown color with a deep dark red glare coming through. Average sized light brown head that leaves fair to good lacing. Aroma is malts, lightly roast. Taste malts, lightly roast, lightly a hint of dark fruit and chocolate, lightly bitter. Decent body and carbonation. Quite nice.

3.7 Bottle 50cl. Opaque redbrown color, small frothy tan head, recedes quite quickly to a thin layer, light lacing; aroma is roasted malts, brown sugar, licorice, coffee, earthy; taste is moderate sweet, mild bitter notes, impressions of cold coffee and thin chocomel; light bodied, mouthfeel light but not watery; finish with more mild bitterness. Nice beer, my first mild ale ever, sympathetic style.

2.7 An English beer belonging to the Mild Ale family. I don’t really understand this kind of beer, the flavours are all fairly interesting but with the low ABV it all ends up being quite under performing to my tastebuds.

3.6 Bottle from Favourite Beers. Pours clear dark brown to black with a medium, frothy light tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is peaty smoked malt and woody, earthy hops, light plums and leaves. Flavor is dark malt, earthy hops and medium bitterness, dark fruits and a dry finish. Light body and medium carbonation.

4.1 Cask at the brewpub. Dark brown, nice golden molasses accents. Rich sweet molasses, great malt character w very light roastiness. Great mild.

2.9 Appearance: Clear dark ruby/brown with cm thick ivory head which was quick to disappear. Aroma: Burnt/roast malts, toast, cold coffee, caramel, smoky, chocolate malt, floral and a note of liquorice. Taste: Low sweetness, low/medium sourness and medium bitterness. Palate: Thick smooth texture, light body, low carbonation, lingering astringent bitter malty finish. Comments: Tasty.

3.7 Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy off white head and some broken lace. The aroma a little roast, caramel and yeast. The flavour is medium bitter with a watery smoke hop palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. One of the nicest milds I’ve had!

3.6 Bottle shared thanks to Jmgreenuk. Pours near black with a tan head. Aroma of caramel malts and brown sugar. Flavour is moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Smoke coming out in the palate. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

3.4 50cl bottle courtesy of and shared with jmgreenuk. Big thanks, my lsst english county. Thin off white head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Nutty. A nice soomth mild

3.3 500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours dark brown with a big frothy white head. Aromas of dark sugar, chocolate and dark stone fruit. Taste has more sweetness than anything, but good for the style. Light body, good chocolatey finish. Nice mild.

3.2 How: Cask. Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), 2013. Appearance: Dark brown colour with a small tan head. Aroma: Fruit, roasted malt, a bit smokey. Body: Medium body with a flat carbonation. Flavour: Roasted malt, dried fruit, some smoke.

3.2 Cask at GBBF ’13, 15/08/13. Light black with a moderately sized light tan head that dissipates edgeward. Nose is bready, dark fruits, liqourice. Taste comprises cardboard, light fruit, toffee. Medium to light in body, fine carbonation, dry finale. Ok mild.

3.5 Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2013. Poured a clear dark ruby colour with a thin, but consistent beige head. Nutty aroma with caramel and cereal. Flavours of dried fruit, cocoa and dark malts. Leaves with dryer grain and hay.

2.9 13th August 2013 GBBF Day 1. Dark deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Light dry palate with mild carbonation. Clean fresh malt. Tangy dark fruits, little apple. Smooth finish. Not too bad.