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21-08-2012, 11:53
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SM75_qZk4OE/UDNnaKzYbLI/AAAAAAAADeI/NReDZp8lu5A/s320/robbies.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SM75_qZk4OE/UDNnaKzYbLI/AAAAAAAADeI/NReDZp8lu5A/s1600/robbies.jpg)Two different styles and both controversial in their own way. Mild as Ron Pattinson never tires of telling us wasn't always dark,sweet and low gravity. ESB as all know is a Fuller's invention. Er.. no. Probably not.

Two photos for you to have a gander at: One shows a famous set of postcards produced by Robinsons of Stockport in the 1930s and 40s. Note that apart from two other beers, they all advertise "Best Mild". Note the colour. Not dark at all, but pale, verging on golden and all with a tight looking creamy head. Makes you re-think mild a bit doesn't it?


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The second photo is Mitchell's of Lancaster. Still going, but their own brewery in Lancaster closed some years ago, but they do now own York Brewery. Oddly, I have a poster of their planned seasonals for the year of closure (1999) but which didn't of course appear. Offers anyone? The photo is of a sign that used to appear outside their pubs. Note the beer styles: Mild, Bitter and Extra Special Bitter. I was told once and don't know if it is true, that theirs preceded Fullers. Anyone know?

To study the photos closely, just click on them. You'll see me taking the Mitchell's photo if you look carefully. Call that a bonus. The originals are both on the wall in my study.

I also wrote about Mitchells here (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/house-of-mitchell.html). If you want to goggle in astonishment about ESB, click here (http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/bjcp-esb-history-description_175372.htm) for Ratebeer.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8629758183547510158-4761373546922400457?l=tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.c om


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