Macclesfield

Macclesfield — Dark Mild — Shire Brewing

Macclesfield is the Dark Mild from Shire Brewing, a craft brewery from Porciano (Frosinone, Lazio) specializing in the most authentic British styles. Dark Mild is a style widely popular in 20th-century Great Britain, especially enjoyed by the working class: low alcohol, highly drinkable, with a toasted and comforting profile. Shire Brewing reinterprets it with rigor and respect for tradition, using pure Fuggle hops — the quintessential English hop.

Technical Sheet

• Style: Dark Mild
• Alcohol content: 3.5% vol.
• Hops: Pure Fuggle
• Format: 44 cl can
• Serving temperature: 10–12°C
• Recommended glass: English pint
• Producer: Shire Brewing — Porciano, Frosinone, Lazio

Sensory Profile

Dark brown with ruby highlights, fine and persistent beige foam. On the nose, it starts with notes of caramel, toasted, and hazelnuts that slowly open up to hints of plum, licorice, and chocolate. On the palate, it is surprisingly complex for its low alcohol: flavors of cappuccino and dark chocolate envelop every sip, with a clean and drinkable finish that always invites the next one. Toasted, fruity, comforting.

Why Choose Macclesfield

• Extremely rare style in Italy — Dark Mild is almost impossible to find outside Great Britain: Shire Brewing is one of the very few Italian breweries to produce it authentically
• Pure Fuggle hops — the traditional English hop par excellence, earthy and herbal, perfect for this style
• 3.5% vol. — low alcohol but great complexity: proof that you don’t need alcohol to make an interesting beer
• Shire Brewing — a Lazio brewery with a specialization in British styles that few in Italy can boast
• 44 cl format — the English pint, the right size for a Mild to be enjoyed slowly and with pleasure

Recommended Pairings

Lamb meat, beef stew, porcini mushroom risotto, meat pie, oysters, creamy and soft cheeses, dark chocolate desserts. The low alcohol makes it perfect also as a long aperitif beer or for session drinking.

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