ABV: 4.5%
Style: Mild - Other
Sin Eater Untappd Rating: 3.80278 / 54
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Description: Not so very long ago people worried about their loved ones passing into the afterlife without being absolved of their sins. To counter this, most villages would have a resident 'sin eater' who would stand over the departed while consuming bread and ale to absorb their sin. The last sin eater died in 1906 in Shropshire, the county from which Small Gods' Luke hails. That ale was mild - once the most popular beer style in all England. The milds of the 16th Century were any beer that was served fresh and young. Over the years the style transformed to be the easy drinking counter to the more highly hopped 'bitter' style as a truly sessionable beer. Milds quickly fell in popularity 50 years ago in the wake of lager and bitter and have been regarded by many as extremely unfashionable ever since. We reckon a mild is a thing of beauty - like a good cup of tea, the drinker can revel in its magnificence or simply throw a few back without it being the focus of attention.

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