Mine Brewing Co

APA (4.5% ABV, bottle)
Nicely balanced and very moreish, this pours a hazy deep golden with a white head that stays well. There’s a big aroma, which suggests dry hopping, offering stone fruit and light bready malt — very inviting. On the palate, there’s that stone fruit, grapefruit, lychee, and a backbone of robust, biscuty malt, with light caramel. There’s a nice dryness on the finish.
Buy: Mine beers are often on draught at the Pilchard Press Alehouse, St Ives.
(23rd September, 2020)

Bitter (3.7% ABV, draught)
A cracking session bitter, this, a modern interpretation of a traditional West Country bitter. Lovely caramel from the malt, and beautiful berry notes. Good bitter finish.
Buy it: I had mine (Mine) on draught at the Pilchard Press Alehouse, St Ives.
(13th August, 2021)

Consols (3.7% ABV, cask)
Amber with a white head, this is a terrific session bitter. Polished and clear, it balances bready malt and light caramel sweetness with red berry notes. There’s gentle bitterness on the finish.
(8th December, 2021, Pichard Press Alehouse, St Ives)

In Vein (4.6% ABV, bottle)
Absolutely black, with a beige head that dies down fairly quickly. On the nose, it smells aged, slightly woody, with hints of coffee. On the palate, it’s a little smokey with a vanilla note at the back and flavours of Bourneville chocolate to the fore. There’s a prune sweetness, roo. A lovely drop that tastes stronger than it is.
(26th June, 2022)

Mine’s Best (4.6% ABV, cask)
Deep amber and crstal clear, this is a very attractive looking best bitter. Bready malt and caramel sweetness, with just a hint of chocolate coming through. There’s a lovely berry richness there, too. Dangerously moreish!
(8th December, 2021, Pichard Press Alehouse, St Ives)

Obsidian (7.7% ABV)
Pours jet black with a very insistent beige head thatstays very well. On the aroma, molasses, treacle, and a hint of woodiness. On the palate, as one might expect, it’s very full, rich, and smooth. There’s a lovely warmth, treacle sweetness, a coffee liqueur note, and wood. A gentle bitterness adds moreishness, which could be dangerous. A delightful drop!
(13th December, 2022)

Stout (5.1% ABV, bottle)
An absolutely gorgeous stout — disappointed I only had one bottle (given to me). It pours very dark, with the vaguest tinge of red right at the edge of the glass. There’s a thick, foaming, beige head, but not so dense that an aroma of rich chocolate, nuts, and espresso coffee can’t burst through. On the palate, ooh, so rich, and with a voluptuously smooth body. There’s coffee, chocolate, a woody note, creaminess, and a hint of black cherry.
Buy: Mine beers are often on draught at the Pilchard Press Alehouse, St Ives.
(25th September, 2020)