Comments on: Bland is fine, homogeneous a problem http://boakandbailey.com/2012/08/bland-is-fine-homogeneous-a-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bland-is-fine-homogeneous-a-problem Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Barm http://boakandbailey.com/2012/08/bland-is-fine-homogeneous-a-problem/#comment-20453 Barm Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:30:19 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5723#comment-20453 I think it has quite a lot to do with the death of the Mild. It seems to me that when breweries moved to promoting one of their premium bitters as their flagship brand, that became the one that got the advertising and the distribution around the country. Since most people don’t like their beer too bitter, these bitters then got dumbed down to match the palate of people who would have been happier drinking Mild, had it been offered to them. That’s my theory.

]]> By: Adie http://boakandbailey.com/2012/08/bland-is-fine-homogeneous-a-problem/#comment-20432 Adie Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:48:40 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5723#comment-20432 This is exactly right! Do you think this varies between Keg and Cask ale? I have found lately that the wider distributed cask beers – outside the extremes of huge flowery pale beers and pitch-black stouts – tend towards a similar drink. Is this a coincidence?

Also, could this have anything to do with the death of the Mild?

]]> By: Craig http://boakandbailey.com/2012/08/bland-is-fine-homogeneous-a-problem/#comment-20312 Craig Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:12:50 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=5723#comment-20312 Essentially you’re homophobic. That is to say, the other homophobic, not the stupid one.

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