Mine's A Light & Bitter!

See my thread below "cheapest pint"

Only last week we were drinking "mixed" - traditionally - in this neck of the woods, is half a bitter mixed with half a mild. The mild may be dark or it may be light depending on the brewery. It doesn't phase the staff up here when you ask for that - or a brown & bitter.

JB

In my youth it was a way of getting more for your money. The half pint of bitter was never measured and often was 3/4+ pint. Then in came metering in the pubs I drank in. It was also common to drink lager and lime - I cannot think of anything worse now.

Is mixed beer now a minority drink because the overall standard of beer has improved in the past 30 years [if you ignore some of the offerings from Greene King :) ]

Alternatively it was replaced with another 'fad' much like the latest of flavoured cider or "crafted gin" which seem to have replaced the much maligned alco-pops