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First published in BEER May 2008 as part of a piece about Norfolk milds. More Norfolk milds in previous post.
ABV: 4 per cent Origin: Lingwood Website www.littlebeershop.co.uk
Uncle Stuart's Pack Lane Mild
Uncle Stuart’s on the outskirts of Norwich is one of a small but growing number of small breweries that are […]
First published in BEER May 2008 as part of a piece about Norfolk milds. Beer sellers: Beers of Europe
ABV: 3.8 per cent Origin: Acle Website www.tipplesbrewery.com
Tipples The Hanged Monk
The English region most associated with mild is, of course, the West Midlands, still home to a good few classics in cask. […]
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% Origin: Snetterton, Norfolk, England Website: www.elmtreebeers.co.uk
Elmtree Nightlight Mild
A darker pairing [compared to the amber ales reviewed […]
ABV: 5.3% Origin: Newton Abbot, Devon, England Website: www.tuckersonline.co.uk
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 […]
ABV: 4% Origin: Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England Website www.hoggleys.co.uk
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 […]
ABV: 6% Origin: Sedgley, West Midlands, England Website: www.sarahhughesbrewery.co.uk
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 […]
National Winter Ales Festival 2010 Top Tastings 2010
ABV: 5.5% Origin: Manchester, England Website: http://www.marblebeers.com/
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 […]
National Winter Ales Festival 2010
ABV: 4.8% Origin: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Website: www.leedsbrewery.co.uk
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 […]
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% Origin: Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire, England Website: www.hobsons-brewery.co.uk
Hobsons Postman's Knock
May is the month to celebrate beers which in the words of the promotional materials for CAMRA’s endangered beer […]
Top Tastings 2009
ABV: 4% Origin: Ystradgynlais, Powys, Cymru Website: Currently unavailable
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 […]
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