Mild Ale
Country of Origin	England
Original Gravity	1030-1038
Final Gravity	1004-1008
Bitterness IBU	10-25
Color (SRM)	10-26 Amber - Dark Brown Photo of beer in a glass by Chris Croome ( http://chris. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The hoppy character of beer is measured by the International Bitterness Units scale, or IBU scale for short. ... Standard Reference Method or SRM is a system modern brewers use to measure color intensity or a beer. ...
Attenuation	60-70
Yeast type	Ale
Malt percentage	90-100
ABV	3.0 - 3.5%
Serving Temperature	56-62°F
BJCP style #	???
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Due to expanding population and demand for beer in the 18th century, some brewers began to sell beer before it was ready, at a lower cost than fully matured ales which could require cellaring in the bottle for up to a year. This harsh sour beer was mixed with fully aged or "stale" beer to make the product drinkable. The standard 9 to 1 ratio became known as "Porter's ale", because it was popular and affordable by the working class.

During the 19th century porter grew into its own style, while brewers developed recipes for mild ales that didn't require mixing with aged beer to taste good. Chocolate malt, oatmeal, torrified wheat, and unmalted barley became standard ingredients for the style. New, less bitter hop varieties and new yeasts made the flavors less sour. Porter is a type of ale which has a malting aroma and hop bitterness. ... Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ...

Today, mild is less bitter, lighter bodied, but darker in color than brown ale. Some traditionalists such as CAMRA consider mild to be only a draft version of brown ale. Traditional mild had a higher alcohol content than today, which has dropped over the years to avoid higher excise taxes. Milds are still popular in Wales and Northwest England, but are less popular than bitter in the rest of the world. North American brown ales trace their heritage to American home brewing adaptations of certain northern English beers. ... CAMRA (the Campaign For Real Ale) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation in the United Kingdom, with the main aim of promoting real ale and the traditional British pub. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Bitter is a type of ale, originally derived from pale ale. ...

Common mild ales

• Banks's Original
• Greene King XX Mild
• Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild
• Theakston's Mild
• Timothy Taylor's Golden Best (a light mild)
• Timothy Taylor's Dark Mild
• Tolly Mild

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External links

• CAMRA's special campagning group for mild