About this site
This site (Lodge Ales) is all about Ale and Food, from the brewing of Lodge Ale Mild, to going out to “the pub” for a meal through to recipes for good quality food – that we may use during the beer brewing (and quaffing) process.
Lodge Ales
Lodge Ales started because today’s ales do not include a dark mild and for me modern days ales are strong and hoppy. Traditionally, the word ale means an unhoped malt beverage and I am seeking a mild ale, a dark mild.
I am seeking to produce:
A British Ale of low gravity and low alcoholic strength, similar to the dark brown Milds of the of the late 1970s up to the late 1980s that were produced by Bass (Sheffield) and sold in Top House in Hessle (East Yorkshire). Also like the Hull Brewery Mild produced at the same time, but also went on to be produced through the 1990s to the turn of the century by the new Hull Brewery brewers.
The aim of the Lodge Ales Mild is for it to have a low hop profile and low alcoholic strength, the aim being 3.2 ABV , I guess you could call it a session beer, to be served through a hand pump (beer engine) into a tulip glass. The head to be a cream/white (ish) foam, not a froth, where every mouthful leaves a witness tide mark around the glass.
Wikipedia define Mild an its history ever so well:
Mild ale – Wikipedia and Lodge Ales brewing will be in the spirit of the traditional Mild brewing.
Pubs & Food
All the Pictures of Public Houses and Food (for copywrite purposes) are taken form the Public House’s web site as they are in essence an extension of their web-site.
My visits to Public Houses and their Restaurants are anonymous, and are funded paid in full by me, not by the Pub or Restaurateurs, so the reviews within the “Nice Pubs with Good Food” posts list represent an independent and honest opinion.
The star rating is based on my experience of the visit and the food. Most, I expect, will be 3 or 4 star, the exceptional being 5 star rating.
The one stars go to the pubs where there is obviously issues with the standard of food preparation – this can only be determined after the visit. One stars also go to the pubs who’s service or food quality is shockingly poor.