BREWERIES  IN SOUTH EAST ESSEX!

Georges Brewery and Hop Monster Brewing Co!


  http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9057519.I___m_the_only_brewer_in_Southend/?ref=mmsp

  

Create your own beer and receive a 36 pint pin (when it's ready) 

Learn how to mash in the grist, and sparge the wort. 

Learn how to add the hops to the copper and fast chill the runoff so you can pitch the yeast!

Plus you will receive a Hop Monster Brewing Co polo shirt.

Prices are £80 per person for a weekday brew or £100 per person for a weekend brew. 

Interested? Please contact mark@hopmonster.co.uk

If you would like to comment on beer quality 

at a pub you have visited please use the  

  National Beer Scoring System website:  http://www.beerscoring.org.uk/index.php 

SE Essex CAMRA Pub of the Year 2011
                     
                    Voting has now finished for the 2011 Pub of the Year.
               The winner for South East Essex was the Golden Lion 
                        http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/8999134.john___s_Golden_Lion_is_a_roaring_real_ale_success/ 

New research has revealed UK beer drinkers are demanding the return of one of the nation’s most iconic beer styles.

In the lead up to CAMRA’s National Mild Month campaign throughout May, CAMRA conducted a survey to 400 beer drinkers and has discovered almost half (47%) of drinkers have seen their local brewer produce a Mild over the past 12 months. This upturn in recognition for the beer style comes at a time when there are almost 800 real ale breweries in operation around the UK, producing over 3,000 different styles of beer. In terms of Milds, there are now in excess of 200 on the beer market, more than twice as many available to the drinker than in 1999.

In a separate poll, beer drinkers surveyed noted that apart from India Pale Ales, a popular beer style in today’s market, Mild beers are what they’d most like to see more of down their local pub. At present, just over one third (35.4%) of drinkers have noticed a Mild served at their local over the past month.

The aim of National Mild Month is to encourage local pubs to stock a Mild throughout the month of May, and to encourage trial of this traditional beer style through initiatives such as ‘try before you buys', third pint sampling measures, Mild beer and food matching events, and Mild beer tasting sessions. 

Milds are black to dark brown to pale amber in colour and come in a variety of styles from warming roasty ales to light refreshing lunchtime thirst quenchers. Malty and possibly sweet tones dominate the flavour profile but there may be a light hop flavour or aroma. Slight diacetyl (toffee/butterscotch) flavours are not inappropriate. Alcohol levels are typically low. 

Pale Milds tend to have a lighter, more fruity aroma with gentle hoppiness. 

Dark Milds may have a light roast malt or caramel character in aroma and taste. 

Scottish cask beers may have Mild characteristics with a dominance of sweetness, smooth body and light bitterness. 

At present there are almost 800 real ale breweries in operation across the UK, compared to over 400 at the end of the 20^th century. The number of Mild beers produced in the UK has more than doubled since the end of the 20^th century. There are now more than 200 Milds in regular production in the present day; in 1999 there were only 88.