📷Ron Pattinson: Revealing the Not So Mild, Vintage British Dark Mild

Ron will take us through how much the British Mild Ale has changed over the last two centuries.

This is a rare opportunity to hear from one of the world's most prominent beer historians.

Vintage British Mild Ales were quite different than the modern British Mild Ale.

Why it was sold "young" and without aging

It's alcohol levels, hops and color were important factors.

Ron will answer questions following the presentation.

Ron is a brewing historian who writes online at Shut Up About Barclay Perkins. Ron lives in Amsterdam but is obsessed with the British brewery Barclay Perkins (therefore the title of his blog). He has spent the last 15 years researching and obsessing over many beer-related topics. His European Beer Guide has pointed countless beer lovers in the direction of good beer across Europe, while on his Shut up About Barclay Perkins blog, he writes about beer history, mostly the history of British beer styles, but with excursions into German, Austrian, Dutch and Scandinavian beer history.

He is the author of many books about beer history, most significant for their single-word titles, such as “Porter!”, “Mild!” and “Bitter!”. Each month he writes a column for BeerAdvocate magazine about beer history. He recently published a book on brewing historic beers called “The Home Brewer’s Guide to Vintage Beer”. He is married and the father of two teenage sons.

Ron Pattinson: Revealing the Not So Mild, Vintage British Mild Ales