English Dark Mild

I wish Adnams would distribute theirs more, it's wonderful.

 

Love it! Fortunately we have a few pubs which always serve one and a few others who often offer one.I've reviewed one or two but perhaps I've been a bit lazy in this respect.Belvoir Brewery's Dark Horse is superb and it's readily available too , it's really a clone of the old Shipstone's Mild but generally better kept these days!

 

Are any of these beers that you all have mentioned bottled and available in the US? I'm really starting and trying to get more into english style session beers, but don't know much outside of the few American craft milds available in my area (which isn't many)...

 

God I wish Milds would catch on in the U.S. Especially on cask. Some of the most flavorful beers without all the alcohol. Brains, Adnams Southwold, Ram Tam, Bateman's and Sarah Hughes well tended would be most welcomed!

 

Tim Taylors Golden Best on cask? No, I'm not jealous.

 

BTW marqius, great to see you back.

 

Ah yes, Ram Tam! I love that one too! Eh Black Haddock what were you saying about youngsters?

 

Pretty Things will be releasing a Dark Mild in a couple of weeks.

 

I don't mind a pint of mild now and then, though they can seem a bit dull (full disclosure - the most flavoursome one that comes to mind is Brewdog's Edge. Although perhaps the hop content disqualifies it?).

BTW, is there really such a thing as an English pale mild? When I noticed this category on BA recently I assumed it was some bullshit way of categorising what would otherwise be called pale ale. I though traditional milds were generally dark?

 

I dunno about that mate, they're just damned tasty (and my favourite beer related word - quaffable!)

 

The problem isn't a US bias, but a lack of both milds and UK reviewers. A couple people in this thread have already mentioned the superb Adnam's Southwold Mild, and yet it has only 2 reviews - and one of them is mine, from when I added it last year after finding it in a random pub in London (the Apollo in Marylebone, if anyone's interested). The best Dark Mild I've ever had was the Kernel/Redemption Number One, and I'm still the only review of that beer.

British BAs, step up your reviewing game!

 

And the other Adnams Southwold Mild reviewer is yours truly I just loved it so much I had 2 pints in about 20 minutes when waiting for the bus out of Southwold. To me it seems a bit like Hops Kill? by Brewdog, in that it's my favourite beer from the brewery yet I never seem to hear much about it from anyone, including the brewrs themselves!