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As part of a programme of campaigns to highlight classic beer styles that some may consider to be endagered CAMRA has for many years championed Mild during May. Mild is a style that is designed to be easy drinking with subtle flavours and low bitterness. There are both dark and pale versions.

A couple of local breweries were promoting a mild in May with Stancill brewing a range of three!

Mild Steel 3.5%- If you like Stancill’s Stainless pale ale, you’ll love Mild Steel. With all the fresh, crisp character of their iconic core ale, but with a much milder ABV. Mild Steel is made with all-British hops.

Tom’s Mild 3.4%, Stancill’s regularly available signature mild, is named after their co-founder Tom! This is a smooth, creamy, dark mild with a nutty biscuit note. Tom’s Mild is characteristically sweet with a gentle late hop aroma. Well balanced, moreish and extremely drinkable.

Ruby Mild 4.9% – It’s been over five years since they brewed a Ruby Mild. This one is ruby red in colour with a strong nuttiness and flavours of berries. A velvety mouthfeel of melted milk chocolate make this a luxuriously pleasurable pint.

Meanwhile over at Thornbridge the May cask release in their year of beer programme of monthly seasonal specials was a mild, although perhaps a less traditional version being a coffee mild, although at 3.8% ABV is still easy drinking!

Joining our Legacy Series of fondly remembered beers from the archives as part of our 30^th anniversary celebrations, we’re bringing back Drop Hammer (4.3%) for a limited time only. A classic copper coloured bitter, satisfying and well-balanced.

We’ve got an exciting collaboration on the way with the excellent folk at Colbier, from Liverpool. In the Elements will be a 6.5% Baltic Porter brewed using a No. 19 Maris Otter, a special heritage floor malted version of our base grain, riffing alongside UK grown Olicana and Jester hops. Expect layers of robust, toasty flavours alongside smooth waves of caramel sweetness, with a rounded bitterness encore.

And of course we have our usual vast selection of delicious pale ales available too! Returning specials this month are Summer (3.9%), hopped with Vic Secret, Mosaic and Galaxy for a tropical, approachable and aromatic pale ale, and Doctor Morton’s Cask Paint (4.1%), with Amarillo and Chinook hops for notes of subtle tangerine and a punchy bitterness. Joining them we have a new addition to our botanical print inspired range, Sunsprite Rose (4.3%). This one is hopped with Styrian Dragon which holds delicate rose notes, and Styrian Eagle, bringing a pleasant citrussy character.

Here’s what we’ve got coming up this month… and hopefully, you’ll be able to come and try them at Abbeydale Beerworks, our new taproom on Abbeydale Road! At the time of writing work is well underway and we hope to be open by early May, but please do check before you make the journey. This is a really exciting time for us and we can’t wait to welcome you! Anyway, here’s what we will have available for pubs across the city and beyond…

Hop on the Penistone Line (4.0%) will be a collaboration with Woodland Brewing – where we’ll be welcoming back Ash, who has recently started working there after almost 5 years with Team Abbeydale! Citra, Riwaka and Nectaron hops combine in this tantalisingly tropical pale ale with notes of juicy peach and aromatic passionfruit.

From our Restoration series of classic styles we’ll have a 4.1% Yorkshire Bitter, well-balanced and easy drinking with a delicately floral flavour set alongside hints of pine, followed up with a pleasing bitterness in the finish.

There’s some kind of international sports ball tournament on the horizon so a new Willamette hopped pale ale, Dr Morton’s Verified Ale Recipient (4.1%), is here to ease the misery of constant kicking. It’s a game of two halves, no wait, that’s a pint.

And Cardon Cactus (3.9%) is new to our series with artwork inspired by vintage botanical prints. As this one features a giant Mexican cactus, we just had to go with a hop from the Neomexicanus subspecies! This tasty pale ale showcases Sabro, joined by spicy, grapefruity Chinook.

Finally there’s a couple of delicious stouts on the way too – the latest in our Salvation series will be a smooth, sweet and fruity 4.8% Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Stout. And as part of our 30^th anniversary year we’ve got the first imperial stout in a while due for release too, Lost Souls will be a big, bold and boozy 11.0% classic impy. Complex and carefully crafted, full bodied and warming with luscious vanilla bringing a hint of extravagance to the drinking experience. 

Due to popular demand, Dark Mild is BACK! A classic 4.0% true to style mild, Expect smooth, balanced malt sweetness, a touch of roast character and hints of coffee. The ultimate classic British hop, Fuggles, provides a gentle bitterness.

New to the imaginarium of Dr Morton we find Mental Polish (4.3%), hopped with Galaxy and Idaho 7 for a vivid and vibrant fruity character, notably tropical and soft citrus flavours.

And we’re incredibly excited to announce the relaunch of Matins (3.6%) – one of the original trio of Abbeydale pales, back for a limited time only with a new home in our Legacy Series to help us celebrate our 30^th anniversary! Brewery founder Pat Morton began making Matins back in 1996. With its sessionable ABV and easily quaffable flavour it was heralded as his ‘breakfast beer’! Crisp, fresh and clean – pleasantly grassy with a delicious noble hop character.

From the Brewers Emporium we have a new Wanderer, a 6.2% Hazy IPA. Hopped with oodles of Krush, backed up by Citra and Idaho 7, it sings of mango, guava and a cornucopia of citrus. We’ve also got the welcome return of Treehouse, a 4.5% West Coast Pale Ale – bold and punchy with Amarillo, Simcoe and Cascade hops.

Finally, keep your eyes peeled for news of the opening of Abbeydale Beerworks – our very own taproom, coming soon to 298 Abbeydale Road, just round the corner from the brewery! Our hope is for it to be a destination for beer lovers to find our latest brews and small batch specials, as well as a venue for hosting exclusive tasting events. It’s something we’ve waited a long time for, and we hope you’re all as excited as we are!

To keep up to date with all the latest developments, you can find Abbeydale Beerworks on Facebook and Instagram, where we’ll be sharing our journey every step of the way! 

We’re getting a bit excited that brighter days and lighter nights might just be on the way, so we’re welcoming the new season with Springtime! A 4.1% light and tropical pale ale single hopped with Vista. Sweet, fruity notes of tangerine, cantaloupe melon and orchard pear couple with an aromatic hint of green tea.

Continuing the theme, a new addition to our natural print inspired series is Daffodil (3.9%). A deliciously fruity pale ale, with the lusciously juicy combination of Sabro and Amarillo hops. Expect flavours of clementine and pink grapefruit with a light dusting of toasted coconut.

Our Travel Poster series of collaborations with breweries that hold cask ale in just as high a regard as ourselves has seen us team up with the incredible Elusive Brewing! At the time of writing, the recipe for Escape to Reading is still a surprise, but suffice to say for now that we can’t wait for this brewday.

And last but by no means least – in celebration of our 30^th anniversary, we’ve brought back Vespers for the first time since 2015! A 4.2% classic English Porter, back from the archives with reimagined artwork as part of our Legacy Series. Full of rich roast coffee and dark fruit notes, just the ticket for as dusk starts to fall…