Not something you see a lot of nowadays in pubs. I remember going through a phase in my 20's when I would drink a pint of mixed, which was half of bitter and half of Mild. Rather nice too. Never from a Bass pub though. Awful stuff.

Remember drinking a brown split ?

Half pint of bitter and a bottle of brown ale.

You learn something everyday. Didn't know Mild was half/half. My Grandad (Grandmaster Flash I used to call him) was a Mild drinker and I often ordered him a pint, but never actually paid much attention to them pouring. Though, now you mention it. I do vaguely remember him ordering a half bitter in a pint glass and a bottle of Mackesons....

ExistentialWanderer wrote:You learn something everyday. Didn't know Mild was half/half. My Grandad (Grandmaster Flash I used to call him) was a Mild drinker and I often ordered him a pint, but never actually paid much attention to them pouring. Though, now you mention it. I do vaguely remember him ordering a half bitter in a pint glass and a bottle of Mackesons....

Wasn't half a bitter with Mackeson a Black and Tan?

best pint of mixed is at rosegrove railway club enjoy

ClaretTony wrote:Wasn't half a bitter with Mackeson a Black and Tan?

Quite possible, but considering I only found out what Mild was today. I stand to be corrected and learned two new things today

ExistentialWanderer wrote:Quite possible, but considering I only found out what Mild was today. I stand to be corrected and learned two new things today

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but a pint of mild isn't mixed. So you've only learned one new thing today.

ExistentialWanderer wrote:Quite possible, but considering I only found out what Mild was today. I stand to be corrected and learned two new things today

Join Camra and get all the information you'll ever need about all ales.

Mild is not half/half, mild is normally a weaker beer often of darker colour than bitter. It got a bad name in the 60s since old ale was thought to be recycled back into the mild barrel. The key test was if the landlord drank his own mild, then it was OK.

ClaretTony wrote:Wasn't half a bitter with Mackeson a Black and Tan?

You have to be very careful where you mention Black and Tan, especially where you are !!!

I think a Black and Tan was half Guinness, half bitter. Could be mistaken though.

Rileybobs wrote:Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but a pint of mild isn't mixed. So you've only learned one new thing today.

Sorry I misread the original post. Still didn't know what Mild was so horses for courses really. I'ts still an interesting topic.

South West Claret. wrote:Join Camra and get all the information you'll ever need about all ales.

I have considered it a few times. I do quite like to savour a pint and have missed out on so much real ale down the years. I'll make a beeline for guest ales in pubs if they have them.

ClaretTony wrote:Wasn't half a bitter with Mackeson a Black and Tan?

I always thought a Black and Tan was half bitter plus Guinness.

I was always a mild drinker as were many living in the Rossendale valley when I was younger.I always found it difficult to buy mild at a pub in Burnley.
I once went in a pub in Norbiton,Surrey and asked for a brown split and the landlord said 'you must come from near Burnley'.He was originally from north west,can't remember where.

There was a drink called a Snakebite, which was cider mixed with something else that I
can't recall.

Help please.

Isn't Snakebite cider and blackcurrant and Diesel cider and lager?

I am coming across as a blinkin' alcoholic, but I also remember a pint of bitter and a Barley Wine.

Take the top off your pint, and then pour in the Barley Wine - lethal stuff in any quantity.(so I believe)

Don't order a Black and Tan in an Irish bar as Black and Tan has a whole new meaning in Ireland

Funkydrummer wrote:There was a drink called a Snakebite, which was cider mixed with something else that I
can't recall.

Help please.

Lager

Barley wine. Powerful stuff. A long time ago I worked for Whitbread in Sheffield where it was made. My office was next to where the spent
grains were dropped into the pig farmer's truck. Big mistake if the window was open. Your clothes stunk for about a week.

Tall Paul wrote:Lager

Cheers for that.

Black Velvet - Guinness and Champagne ! !

ExistentialWanderer wrote:I have considered it a few times. I do quite like to savour a pint and have missed out on so much real ale down the years. I'll make a beeline for guest ales in pubs if they have them.

Try a year and see what you think, l found it a whole new world so took out a life membership over 30 years now.

Rileybobs wrote:Isn't Snakebite cider and blackcurrant and Diesel cider and lager?

Snakebite is lager and cider and diesel is lager, cider and blackcurrant. Turbo diesel is lager, cider and blackcurrant and a shot of vodka.

I think. *hic*

Anyone remember a chap called Bernard (Burnley fan), circa 2003-2008 when I knew the fella. Used to frequent the Wetherspoons on Manchester Road after his night shift, I'd pop in after my shift if I was in town. Anyway. He always bought a mild. Older gentleman even back then. Occasionally we'd have a chat, but we always bought each other a pint. I moved away in 2008 and I think I owe him one.

South West Claret. wrote:Try a year and see what you think, l found it a whole new world so took out a life membership over 30 years now.

I'll give it a go. Just after I get the house sorted. Just had our offer accepted on a new property so CAMRA will have to wait a few months more.

11p a pint when I started drinking legally. Bitter was 12p and lager a staggering 20p.

Mild made a bit of a comeback a few years ago but it seems to have been a bit usurped by all these "craft" beers at the moment.

Burnley did play a part in re-popularising mild with Moorhouse's Black Cat winning the CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain title in the early 2000s when mild was almost dying out which helped to kickstart the interest.

It's a shame it's not more popular. A good mild has plenty of flavour but nothing too aggressive and isn't overly strong.

You can still get Mild on draught in the Midlands. I always have a pint or two when I visit my friend in Coventry.

Boyce's Barrel in Colne always has a mild on, and the spoons very often has a mild. Red Lion too I think, though sam smiths is not to everyones taste.

Sinclair's Oyster Bar in Manchester mild is £1.30 a pint. About 3% and tastes ok too.

Might be the cheapest pub pint in the UK?

I've always been a bitter beer drinker, but can recall that areas like Accrington, BBn Rossendale we're usually mild drinkers. Burnley traditionally has always had bitter beer drinkers. When going to Padiham for a drink, I used to enjoy the Webster Brown split in the Starkie Arms.
In Scotland I had a game of dominoes and they only played upto double 6. Bit like some areas having no treble on a dart board.

Mala591 wrote:Sinclair's Oyster Bar in Manchester mild is £1.30 a pint. About 3% and tastes ok too.

Might be the cheapest pub pint in the UK?

1.30 is really cheap.

Mala591 wrote:Sinclair's Oyster Bar in Manchester mild is £1.30 a pint. About 3% and tastes ok too.

Might be the cheapest pub pint in the UK?

Just a shame about the plastic 'glass' they serve it in.

Don't forget 'light' milds as well, a very pleasant drink. Taylor's Golden Best is a fine example.

When I worked in Liverpool in the early 80's the incumbents of my local used to partake in a pint of 'golden'. Half bitter, half lager.

Not nice...

A Black and Tan could be either half of bitter mixed with either Mackeson or Guinness (bottles). So you either ordered a Mackie Black and Tan or a Guinness Black and Tan. I used to drink Mackie Black and Tans all the time in the 60s, it was more up market than just bitter. My girl friend at the time used to drink Brandy and Babychams: by George, we felt cool in the upstairs bar at the Big Window in those days.

A.Claret.Fan wrote:When I worked in Liverpool in the early 80's the incumbents of my local used to partake in a pint of 'golden'. Half bitter, half lager.

Not nice...

Yak! Yak! I don't even mix ice with spirits. Just no! I like to know what I taste. Proper Ale, decent lager, quality wine. Hate this mix/fruit crap!

A pint of mixed is my dads pint of choice.he's 80 odd and from Clayton / accy.

Pre ww2, mild was very popular. It's name was a reference to it's taste, as opposed to it's strength .

It was common place to find mild beers at around 5% and above.

York brewery do a multi award winning ruby mild at 4.5%. Very quaffable! Available in bottles in Booths.

Historically thwaites used to brew 2 milds and Lion and Duttons 1 each. while I think Masseys didn't brew a mild. Consequently Burnley was never seen as a mild drinking town.

Moorhouses don't include the word "mild" anywhere on the pump clip, bottle or in any of its advertising, for Black Cat.

In the Midlands, seen as a bastion of mild beer. It was always a pale ale. While in the north it was always dark.

As someone has said above, Golden Best is by far the best mild available. It's better than 95% of bitters and pale ales to boot.

"In Scotland I had a game of dominoes and they only played up to double 6."

I think double 9 dominoes are fairly localised to the Burnley area. I'm originally from Littleborough and had never come across them until I met my wife who's from Burnley. Even Todmorden pubs only use double 6 dominoes.

When I was a student we used to drink Guinness and Gold Label - aka "Black Death". It takes about 45 minutes to pour one.
Throw a double whisky in it and you had a Fireman's Hose.

I used to drink a "Winston Campbell Tackle" if I was driving. Half a bitter, half a coke and a bit of Orange squash. It was quite safe as if you managed to drink 3 of them, you'd have had enough.

It sort of looked the same sort of colour as a pint but couldn't get you drunk. Winston Campbell always sort of looked right when going in for a tackle but somehow couldn't come away with the ball. Bit like the opposite of Tendayi.

Jimscho wrote:Don't order a Black and Tan in an Irish bar as Black and Tan has a whole new meaning in Ireland

If you order that over here it will be a description for your bruises tomorrow morning.

My dad did that once and I had to quickly step in and explain what the drink was to a rather miffed barman who thought he was being facetious. In Cork of all places.

karatekid wrote:Never from a Bass pub though. Awful stuff.

Massey's was a cracking pint, then Bass Charrington came in and f**ked it up with
their gassy keg crap.

Having said that, I remember the beer kiosk at the top of the "ash" between the Long Side and
the BHE served a fair pint of Brew Ten.

I knew and old chap, who worked at Masseys, and one of his first jobs every morning was skimming off the dead cockroaches, which had died in the open vats overnight. He always said they gave the beer a great taste.

I've had a few pints where you'd swear they'd left the cockroaches in.

A.Claret.Fan wrote:When I worked in Liverpool in the early 80's the incumbents of my local used to partake in a pint of 'golden'. Half bitter, half lager.

Not nice...

Was it called golden bc it tasted like pi ss??

Quite liked a pint of blood whilst based in Pompey, pint of cider with blackcurrant juice but brown split was my favorite in the days when beer was crap.

I remember a while back before I married Mrs. CM a lot of the older guys when buying a pint would ask ask, "do you want a bottle of Guinness to go with it?", which of course I did just to be polite of course