Double Dark Mild – 5.1%
This mild leans into richness without ever losing its sense of drinkability, a layered malt bill built to deliver depth, texture, and quiet complexity. A base of lager malt keeps things clean and light on its feet, allowing the supporting cast to shine. Golden Naked oats bring a silky, rounded mouthfeel, while medium crystal and imperial malt build gentle waves of caramel, toffee, and soft dried fruit. Aromatic malt lifts the whole profile with a subtle honeyed warmth, before chocolate malt anchors everything with a restrained cocoa bitterness and a hint of roast.
The addition of treacle late in the boil ties it all together with a distinctly British flourish, dark sugar notes, a touch of molasses, and a faint bittersweet edge that lingers into the finish. The result is a mild that feels full without being heavy, rich without being cloying.
MUSIC PAIRING
A moment that changed sound
Homework by Daft Punk still feels like a moment of pure disruption, driven, repetitive, and built on sonics that were completely new at the time. Released in 1997, its hard to believe that this album is nearly 30 years old. The first time we heard it on Pete Tong’s Essential Selection, it genuinely stopped us in our tracks: raw, hypnotic grooves that felt underground yet totally infectious.
There’s a relentless energy running through the album, where simplicity becomes power and subtle changes carry real weight. It’s that sense of discovery, of hearing something unfamiliar that instantly clicks, that has kept it on constant rotation ever since.