Thwaites Champion beer has recently been rebranded as 'Nutty Black', but can still be found under it's previous incarnation 'Dark Mild' in the supermarkets.
Daniel Thwaites first began brewing Nutty Black in Blackburn in 1807, and as can be expected from it's title, Nutty Black is a dark ruby coloured beer. The beer isn't that simple however. Nutty Black has a surprisingly light finish, making this bitter and easy drinker. Together with the slight sweetness at first taste and expected smoothness of any northern bitter, Nutty Black provides a pleasantly unexpected flavour and weight compared with other real ales.
Thus, due to the unorthodox finish and 200 year loyalty to the original recipe of this 3.3% ABV bitter, Nutty Black is very much deserving of its status as one of only four beers to win CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain more than once.
Being a dark mild, Nutty Black is well suited to red meats and the slight sweetness also compliments barbeques very well if the sun dares to come out.
A great patriotic beer of England, all it lacks is some novelty chainmail and a comprehensive defeat on penalties.
Available from good pubs across the country and in Asda (£2.57 for four cans)
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