St Albans Mild Festival - SATURDAY TRAIL

The St Albans Mild Festival Weekend is returning for 2025, with loads of great pubs teaming up to put on an incredible selection of mild beers for you to enjoy.

You can check out the participating pubs at your leisure, or you can join our two organised trails on Saturday and Sunday to explore them in convivial company. Everyone is welcome!

Here's the agenda for SATURDAY 10th MAY.

1300: Six Bells, St Michael's Street
1345: Lower Red Lion, Fishpool Street
1430: Portland Arms, Portland Street
1515: Farriers Arms, Lower Dagnall Street
1600: Dylans Kings Arms, George Street
1645: Boot, Market Place
1730: Peahen, London Road
1815: Mermaid, Hatfield Road

For details of our Sunday crawl, please see the separate Facebook event here: https://fb.me/e/4qeAExz8a

Mild is a beer style which developed in the late 18th and 19th centuries as drinkers started to demand a slightly sweeter and less aggressively hopped beer than porter. Early milds were much stronger than modern versions, which tend to fall into the 3% to 3.5% category, though a number of brewers are bringing back stronger recipes.

Mild is usually dark brown in colour, due to the use of well-roasted malts or roasted barley. Look for a rich malty aroma and flavour, with hints of dark fruit, chocolate, coffee and caramel, with a gentle underpinning of hop bitterness.

You may also like the following events from South Herts CAMRA:

• This Wednesday, 14th May, 08:00 pm, May Branch Meeting - everyone welcome in Hertford
• This Saturday, 17th May, 02:00 pm, London pub adventure: CARSHALTON in Carshalton
• Next Tuesday, 20th May, 07:45 pm, Mild in May - Hertford pub trail in Hertford

Also check out other Festivals in Saint Albans, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Saint Albans.