Saltaire Brewery & Northern Craft Brewers Sat 13th April '13

[pas8280]

I can't wait coming with barney and a load of swaps staying over as well
9 beers on the bar wooohooo

[brodington]

Mmmmmm. Beer. Beer with hops in.

[barney]

I hope someone has done a nice mild. Dont want to be drinking hoppy shite all day.

[WishboneBrewery]

Do American do a Mild?! :p

[zgoda]

Do American do a Mild?! :p

Imperial and hoppy. Their most recent invention.

[WishboneBrewery]

Hahaha

[barney]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[naffolddog]

Driving up tomorrow so trying to get organised, just need to sort some swaps out and decide which beer to bring as my competition entry!

Ade, can you recommend anywhere in Shipley or nearby that has decent beer, decent food and is child friendly on a Friday evening?

[WishboneBrewery]

Well the http://www.aagrah.com is Shipley is good for Curry, not sure I can recommend a Kid-friendly place with food & beer.
http://www.donttelltitus.co.uk is good for food, just pick some stuff from their Tapas style menu but not really a beer or Child destination, its Close to Fannys Ale House https://twitter.com/FannysAleHouse which is a good little pub but again not really a place for kids as it gets very busy.
There is Thai Fever http://www.thaifever.co.uk in Shipley that is highly recommended by one of my bosses and Yoyo's http://www.eatatyoyos.com for more oriental food.

Hope that helps and sorry I couldn't be more help!

[naffolddog]

That's good enough thanks. 'Fannys' looks the place to go for beer! We found a good curry house there last year but I cant remember the name, it may even have been Aaagrah. If we get there early enough we may even venture further afield and find a pub out in the country somewhere, either that or we'll end up in a plastic pub with soft play and shit beer!

[barney]

'Fannys' looks the place to go for beer!

Your right there, it takes some lickin'

[brodington]

If you are looking for country pub.

http://www.thesquareandcompass.com/

Is very good and about 30 mins drive away. SUPERB beers and food, child friendly and a nice set of crags to walk up.

[naffolddog]

I should have seen that one coming!

'Fannys' looks the place to go for beer!

Your right there, it takes some lickin'

[naffolddog]

If you are looking for country pub.

http://www.thesquareandcompass.com/

Is very good and about 30 mins drive away. SUPERB beers and food, child friendly and a nice set of crags to walk up.

Thanks, it certainly looks good!

[seymour]

I hope someone has done a nice mild. Dont want to be drinking hoppy shite all day.

Do American do a Mild?!

This one American does, anyway.

Seriously though, English Mild is very rare here, but can occasionally be found. The only nationally distributed ones I can think of are Goose Island, their winter seasonal is cleverly called "Mild Winter", and a brand called Magic Hat Plus/Minus. Try as I might, I've only found 5 milds to rate, and that includes the English ones that make it over here, like Cains!

More commonly, Milds are brewed by small craft breweries as a special-release or festival-only one-off. My favorite is Civil Life English Mild. Last week Civil Life introduced a 3.6% ABV Irish Stout, which struck me as a roastier dark mild. I'd sure like to see more mainstream Milds. But in the meantime, I'll just keep gleaning tips from you guys for brewing my own.