Sometimes there's just one barrel of a particular ale at a particular pub and it never re-appears.
Sometimes a beer will be stocked for a few months.
A few stay on - year in, year out.
Chestnut Dark Mild, pictured here, was popular before the Black Bull, on Wrawby Street, became Dexters.
It seemed well suited to the Bull's circa 1820 underground cellar.
You don't see that much mild about these days.
It seems to be regarded as an old man's drink, which may explain this post!
However, if you are in Scunthorpe anytime, pop in for a top pint at the historic Talbot, off Cemetery Road.
They have M&B Mild and we can give it our personal recommendation.
PICTURED: The mild pump at the Black Bull a few years ago.
1 comment:
I'm an old codger, but I've enjoyed a pint if mild since I was a young shaver...even before the time I was legally allowed in a pub.
It lost is popularity in the 6O's when the competition was between bitter and lager ....lager and lager and lime/blackcurrant and various other permutations that appeared at the time.
If fact, mild has been around for centuries and was the best selling beer line until circa 1960's.
One practical fact in its decline is/was that lager and bitter keep better in the cellar.
It name derives from the milder form of the strong, preWW1 Porter.
During Ww1 the quanties of brewing sugars were reduced (except in Ireland)....and in consequence, mild beer became a little tasteless, while porter evolved into bitter......
Ireland eh!...may explain the growth and popularity of Guinness, which still has its feelers dangling in the taste of porter...
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