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A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER February 2010 as part of a piece about beers to taste with chocolate. For more beers tasted with chocolate, see Sambrook’s Wandle. ABV: 5.7% Elmtree Nightlight Mild A darker pairing [compared to the amber ales reviewed in previous posts] is Elmtree Nightlight Mild [...] ABV: 5.3% Originally published in BEER May 2007. For more bottled milds see previous post Teignworthy Martha's Mild Tucker’s Maltings of Newton Abbot is one of Britain’s few surviving specialist maltings. The building is now a major tourist attraction as well as a working maltings, and hosts both its own beer shop and [...] ABV: 4% Originally published in BEER May 2007. For more bottled milds see previous post. CAMRA North London tasting 2010 Hoggleys Mill Lane Mild Meanwhile if Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby (see previous post) remains impossible to obtain, there are an increasing number of other good bottle conditioned milds to console yourself with, including this one [...] ABV: 6% Originally published in BEER May 2007 Preface (March 2010): Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby The Beacon Hotel brewpub on the outskirts of Sedgley, deep in the Black Country near Wolverhampton and Dudley, may be an unlikely home to a world classic, but its Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby mild is arguably the benchmark of [...] National Winter Ales Festival 2010 ABV: 5.5% Marble Arch, Manchester M4 The Grade II-listed Marble Arch in Ancoats, on the Rochdale Road just north of Manchester’s city centre ring road, would be an essential stop for anyone with an interest in historic pubs, with its polished façade and glazed tile interior. But it’s also [...] National Winter Ales Festival 2010 ABV: 4.8% Leeds Midnight Bell Midnight Bell is a fine and rich dark mild named in honour of its brewery’s showcase pub in Leeds’ round foundry development. The brewery, opened in 2007, is currently the only independent in the city, with some well-made, imaginative and stylishly presented lines. Roast [...] Top Tastings 2009 A shorter version of this piece originally appeared in BEER May 2009 as one of several milds for May. ABV: 4.4% Hobsons Postman's Knock May is the month to celebrate beers which in the words of the promotional materials for CAMRA’s endangered beer styles campaign are “smooth and suave, tall, dark [...] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 4% Bryncelyn began as a tiny brewery in the cellar of the Wern Fawr Inn at Ystalyfera in 1999 and steadily built up a reputation as one of Wales’ best small cask ale breweries — it’s since expanded to new premises in industrial workshops at Ystradgynlais. The name means Holly [...] Originally published in BEER May 2006 Note this brewery has since closed. For more milds see previous post. ABV: 4.2 per cent Fenland / Isle of Ely Smokestack Lightning Fenland opened in Chatteris in 1998 and moved to the Isle of Ely in 2004 after a change [...] |
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