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With Mild Month almost upon us, I'm getting all nostalgic. Thinking about those Milds I drank early in my drinking career. Beers which have almost all disappeared.
The 1978 Good Beer Guide lists 104 cask Milds being produced. Which isn't that far short of one per brewery. Of course, there were more Milds being brewed. As some breweries only produced evil keg versions. Bastards. Obviously, I never drank any of that muck.
My enthusiasism as a Mild drinker is is reflected in the number of the examples I tried - about two-thirds. And that's only the ones I'm sure about . You could probably add in another dozen or so maybes.
There were some real crackers in this disparate bunch. Courage Heavy, for example. Which was a rare Southwestern Mild. Even in 1978 Mild was a rarity in England's bottom left pointy bit. I only ever drank it at the Great British Beer Festival.
And the GBBF explains why I managed to get around so many. I worked at the early editions held at Alexandra Palace. Already being annoyingly fanatical about beer, but about especially Mild, I made a point of trying as many as I could. The GBBF being a good spot for that as many of the Southern Milds were already becoming difficult to track down in the wild.
How many Milds are regularly available now? And how many have you been able to tag?
Cask Mild in 1977
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
tried?
Adnams
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Ansell
Mild
Mild
1035.5
Y
Banks
Mild
Mild
1035.5
Y
Bateman
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Batham
Mild
Mild
1036
Y
Belhaven
60/- Light
Mild
1031
Y
Boddingtons
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Border
Exhibition Mild
Mild
1032.2
Border
Mild
Mild
1031.6
Brains
Dark
Mild
1035
Y
Brakspear
XXX
Mild
1031
Y
Matthew Brown
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Buckley
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Burt
BMA
Mild
1030
Burtonwood
Dark Mild
Mild
1031.8
Y
Camerons
Mild
Mild
1033
Castletown
Mild
Mild
1036
Charrington
Mild
Mild
1034.6
Courage (London)
Mild
Mild
1032.5
Courage (Plymouth)
Heavy
Mild
1032
Y
Courage (Reading)
Mild
Mild
1032
Darley
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Davenport
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Devenish (Redruth)
XXX
Mild
1033
Donnington
XXX
Mild
1033
Elgood
Mild
Mild
1030
Y
Everards
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Felinfoel
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Fuller
Hock
Mild
1031.5
Y
Gale
Dark Mild (XXX)
Mild
1031
Greenall Whitley
Dark Mild
Mild
1033.7
Y
Greenall Whitley (Wem)
Wem Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Greene King (Biggleswade)
XX
Mild
1030.8
Greene King (Bury)
Mild (XX)
Mild
1030.8
Guernsey
LBA Mild
Mild
1036.6
Hansons
Mild
Mild
1035
Y
Hardys & Hansons
Best Mild
Mild
1035.4
Y
Hartleys
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Harvey
XX
Mild
1030
Y
Higson
Mild
Mild
1033.4
Y
Holden
Mild
Mild
1036
Holt
Mild
Mild
1033.4
Y
Home
Mild
Mild
1036.1
Y
Hook Norton
Mild
Mild
1032
Hoskins
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Hull
Mild
Mild
1032.25
Y
Hydes
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Jennings
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
King & Barnes
XX (Mild)
Mild
1031.6
Y
Lees
Best Mild
Mild
1035
Y
Maclay
60/- Light
Mild
1030
Y
Marston
Merrie Monk
Mild
1043
Y
Marston
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Mitchell
Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Mitchell & Butler (Birmingham)
Mild
Mild
1034.6
Y
Mitchell & Butler (Walsall)
Highgate Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Morland
Mild (XX)
Mild
1032
Y
Morrell
Dark Mild
Mild
1032.6
Y
Okell
Mild
Mild
1035.2
Oldham
Mild
Mild
1031.7
Y
Paine
Extra Special
Mild
1032
Randall (Guernsey)
Bobby Mild
Mild
1035
Ridley
XXX (or Mild)
Mild
1030
Robinson
Best Mild
Mild
1032
Y
St Austell
XXXX
Mild
1032
Shepherd Neame
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Shipstone
Mild
Mild
1034.6
Y
Simpkiss
Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Taylor
Dark Mild
Mild
1033.4
Y
Tennent
60/-
Mild
1031
Tetley
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Tetley Walker
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Theakston (Masham)
Dark Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Three Tuns
Mild
Mild
1032
Thwaites
Best Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Thwaites
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Tolly Cobbold
Mild
Mild
1030
Y
Vaux
Mild
Mild
1030.2
Y
Ward
Best Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Welsh Brewers
Worthington Dark Mild or Dash
Mild
1033.3
Y
Whitbread (Marlow)
Dark Mild
Mild
1030.6
Whitbread (Portsmouth)
Mild
Mild
1031.5
Whitbread (Rhymney)
WBM
Mild
1034.1
Whitbread (Romsey)
Mild
Mild
1031.5
Wilsons
Great Northern Mild
Mild
1032.2
Y
Yates & Jackson
Mild
Mild
1030.1
Y
Young & Co
Mild or Best Malt Ale
Mild
1030
Y
All Nations
Mild
Mild, Light
1032
Bass (Burton)
Light Mild (or M)
Mild, Light
1033.1
Boddingtons
Best Mild
Mild, Light
1033
Y
Burtonwood
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1031.5
Darley
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1032
Y
Gale
Light Mild (XXX)
Mild, Light
1030
Greene King (Biggleswade)
KK
Mild, Light
1030.8
Hydes
Best Mild
Mild, Light
1034
Y
Ind Coope (Romford)
Mild
Mild, Light
1031
Lees
Mild
Mild, Light
1031
McMullen
AK
Mild, Light
1033
Morrell
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1031.6
Rayment
AK
Mild, Light
1031
Y
Taylor
Golden Best. Golden Mild, Light Mild or Bitter Ale
Mild, Light
1033.4
Y
Theakston (Masham)
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1032
Webster
Best Mild
Mild, Light
1033.8
Y
Welsh Brewers
PMA
Mild, Light
1033.2
Average
1032.61
Source:
1978 Good Beer Guide
I won't claim they were all great beers. The Greenalls ones were shit, obviously. But most were at least decent. When looked after properly and in decent condition. And there was the rub. As Mild sales fell, and casks sat around too long, there was inevitably a fair bit of vinegar in pub situations. Which undoubtedly hastened Mild's demise.
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With Mild Month almost upon us, I'm getting all nostalgic. Thinking about those Milds I drank early in my drinking career. Beers which have almost all disappeared.
The 1978 Good Beer Guide lists 104 cask Milds being produced. Which isn't that far short of one per brewery. Of course, there were more Milds being brewed. As some breweries only produced evil keg versions. Bastards. Obviously, I never drank any of that muck.
My enthusiasism as a Mild drinker is is reflected in the number of the examples I tried - about two-thirds. And that's only the ones I'm sure about . You could probably add in another dozen or so maybes.
There were some real crackers in this disparate bunch. Courage Heavy, for example. Which was a rare Southwestern Mild. Even in 1978 Mild was a rarity in England's bottom left pointy bit. I only ever drank it at the Great British Beer Festival.
And the GBBF explains why I managed to get around so many. I worked at the early editions held at Alexandra Palace. Already being annoyingly fanatical about beer, but about especially Mild, I made a point of trying as many as I could. The GBBF being a good spot for that as many of the Southern Milds were already becoming difficult to track down in the wild.
How many Milds are regularly available now? And how many have you been able to tag?
Cask Mild in 1977
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
tried?
Adnams
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Ansell
Mild
Mild
1035.5
Y
Banks
Mild
Mild
1035.5
Y
Bateman
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Batham
Mild
Mild
1036
Y
Belhaven
60/- Light
Mild
1031
Y
Boddingtons
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Border
Exhibition Mild
Mild
1032.2
Border
Mild
Mild
1031.6
Brains
Dark
Mild
1035
Y
Brakspear
XXX
Mild
1031
Y
Matthew Brown
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Buckley
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Burt
BMA
Mild
1030
Burtonwood
Dark Mild
Mild
1031.8
Y
Camerons
Mild
Mild
1033
Castletown
Mild
Mild
1036
Charrington
Mild
Mild
1034.6
Courage (London)
Mild
Mild
1032.5
Courage (Plymouth)
Heavy
Mild
1032
Y
Courage (Reading)
Mild
Mild
1032
Darley
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Davenport
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Devenish (Redruth)
XXX
Mild
1033
Donnington
XXX
Mild
1033
Elgood
Mild
Mild
1030
Y
Everards
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Felinfoel
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Fuller
Hock
Mild
1031.5
Y
Gale
Dark Mild (XXX)
Mild
1031
Greenall Whitley
Dark Mild
Mild
1033.7
Y
Greenall Whitley (Wem)
Wem Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Greene King (Biggleswade)
XX
Mild
1030.8
Greene King (Bury)
Mild (XX)
Mild
1030.8
Guernsey
LBA Mild
Mild
1036.6
Hansons
Mild
Mild
1035
Y
Hardys & Hansons
Best Mild
Mild
1035.4
Y
Hartleys
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Harvey
XX
Mild
1030
Y
Higson
Mild
Mild
1033.4
Y
Holden
Mild
Mild
1036
Holt
Mild
Mild
1033.4
Y
Home
Mild
Mild
1036.1
Y
Hook Norton
Mild
Mild
1032
Hoskins
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Hull
Mild
Mild
1032.25
Y
Hydes
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Jennings
Mild
Mild
1033
Y
King & Barnes
XX (Mild)
Mild
1031.6
Y
Lees
Best Mild
Mild
1035
Y
Maclay
60/- Light
Mild
1030
Y
Marston
Merrie Monk
Mild
1043
Y
Marston
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Mitchell
Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Mitchell & Butler (Birmingham)
Mild
Mild
1034.6
Y
Mitchell & Butler (Walsall)
Highgate Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Morland
Mild (XX)
Mild
1032
Y
Morrell
Dark Mild
Mild
1032.6
Y
Okell
Mild
Mild
1035.2
Oldham
Mild
Mild
1031.7
Y
Paine
Extra Special
Mild
1032
Randall (Guernsey)
Bobby Mild
Mild
1035
Ridley
XXX (or Mild)
Mild
1030
Robinson
Best Mild
Mild
1032
Y
St Austell
XXXX
Mild
1032
Shepherd Neame
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Shipstone
Mild
Mild
1034.6
Y
Simpkiss
Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Taylor
Dark Mild
Mild
1033.4
Y
Tennent
60/-
Mild
1031
Tetley
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Tetley Walker
Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Theakston (Masham)
Dark Mild
Mild
1032
Y
Three Tuns
Mild
Mild
1032
Thwaites
Best Mild
Mild
1033
Y
Thwaites
Mild
Mild
1031
Y
Tolly Cobbold
Mild
Mild
1030
Y
Vaux
Mild
Mild
1030.2
Y
Ward
Best Mild
Mild
1034
Y
Welsh Brewers
Worthington Dark Mild or Dash
Mild
1033.3
Y
Whitbread (Marlow)
Dark Mild
Mild
1030.6
Whitbread (Portsmouth)
Mild
Mild
1031.5
Whitbread (Rhymney)
WBM
Mild
1034.1
Whitbread (Romsey)
Mild
Mild
1031.5
Wilsons
Great Northern Mild
Mild
1032.2
Y
Yates & Jackson
Mild
Mild
1030.1
Y
Young & Co
Mild or Best Malt Ale
Mild
1030
Y
All Nations
Mild
Mild, Light
1032
Bass (Burton)
Light Mild (or M)
Mild, Light
1033.1
Boddingtons
Best Mild
Mild, Light
1033
Y
Burtonwood
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1031.5
Darley
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1032
Y
Gale
Light Mild (XXX)
Mild, Light
1030
Greene King (Biggleswade)
KK
Mild, Light
1030.8
Hydes
Best Mild
Mild, Light
1034
Y
Ind Coope (Romford)
Mild
Mild, Light
1031
Lees
Mild
Mild, Light
1031
McMullen
AK
Mild, Light
1033
Morrell
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1031.6
Rayment
AK
Mild, Light
1031
Y
Taylor
Golden Best. Golden Mild, Light Mild or Bitter Ale
Mild, Light
1033.4
Y
Theakston (Masham)
Light Mild
Mild, Light
1032
Webster
Best Mild
Mild, Light
1033.8
Y
Welsh Brewers
PMA
Mild, Light
1033.2
Average
1032.61
Source:
1978 Good Beer Guide
I won't claim they were all great beers. The Greenalls ones were shit, obviously. But most were at least decent. When looked after properly and in decent condition. And there was the rub. As Mild sales fell, and casks sat around too long, there was inevitably a fair bit of vinegar in pub situations. Which undoubtedly hastened Mild's demise.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2019/04/milds-i-have-known.html)