Mild ale is presicely that; ale which is less bitter - milder - that a pint of bitter.   It isn't necessarily dark, sweet, low strength or having no hop character but more often than not

During Lent and other periods of fasting, ancient monks would drink strong beer to get their calories as it didn't count as food.   Hence the strong brewing tradition in monastaries.

From January 16th 1920 until 23rd March 1933 there was a law banning manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol  in the United States.   The simplistic view is that the experime

On October 17th 1814 a huge brewery tank broke open in the parish of St Giles in London, flooding the local area.   It swept people off their feet and demolished 2 houses.   350

Kolsch is brewed almost exclusively in Cologneⁱ (Koln to the Germans) in Germanyⁱ.   It is basically a lager brewed with top fermenting yeast like an ale, but treated in all other respects