Mild ale, a quintessentially British beer style, has been in terminal decline since World War II. Now, despite a long-running
The Nov./Dec. 1995 issue of The Grist From the 1970s, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) dominated the conversation around
Alistair Reece is a peripatetic Scot currently living in Virginia, and a bit of a contrarian. “My dad used to
What’s in a name? Everything it seems when it comes to casks and kegs in Britain. In the last year
If one were asked to name the definitive American craft beer style, they would pick pale ale. Ask a Brit
In April 2010, as the world’s airlines were grounded by volcanic ash, all the signs indicated that the Campaign for
Coming soon to a bar near you: mild ale. This traditional English beer, once the most popular style in the
Amidst the clamorous American microbrewery scene resides the modest, ubiquitous and steady pale ale. It is essentially the beer that
American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler once wrote, “In the case of good books, the point is not how many of
Where do you see Meantime Brewery in the modern UK brewing landscape? In terms of the modern landscape, we are