Every May, CAMRA branches across the UK celebrate Mild Month, an initiative to celebrate and highlight the mild beer style, which was recently under threat of extinction due to a drop in popularity.

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 be 3% - 3.5% ABV, though a number of brewers are bringing strength back into style.

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

As Mild Month is coming to a close and just in case you haven't sampled the beer style recently here is a list of selected pubs in Leeds where Mild has been spotted over the last few months.

• Beckett's Bank
• Black Bull, Wetherby
• Bowling Green, Otley
• Duck & Drake
• Kirkstall Brewery Tap & Kitchen
• Mad Frans
• Old Cock, Otley
• Scarbrough Hotel
• Tapped Leeds
• Templar
• Whitelock's Ale House
• Wrens

As a beer it does not have to be called Mild to be a Mild here are a few locally brewed Milds to look out for.

Brewery	Beer
Acorn	Lightness
Acorn	Darkness
Anthology	Biscuit Mild
Bosun's	Tell No Tales
Chin Chin	Dark Mild
Goose Eye	Black Moor
Great Newsome	Holderness Dark
Half Moon	Dark Masquerade
Harrogate	Nidd Mild
Ilkley	Mild Mary
lkley	Ruby Jane
Kirkstall	Midnight Bell
Quirky	Classic
Rudgate	Ruby Mild
Theakston	Traditional Mild
Timothy Taylor	Dark Mild
Timothy Taylor	Golden Best

Happy mild spotting and don't forget to record your scores on the National Beer Scoring System, details at https://camra.org.uk/beer-scoring