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Boak and Bailey reminded me of a source I’d neglected with a recent tweet. The Brewery Manual, a trade publication full of factual information. Right down my street.

Luckily, I could recall where I’d stashed my copies. Even better, one was from the 1950’s, the current focus of my obsession. I quickly got scanning. In particular a section I hadn’t noticed until Boak and Bailey pointed it out: a list of beer brand names.

Having spent a decade or more picking through analyses and looking at labels, most names aren’t new to me. A couple I’ve even drunk. Amongst the draught beers there are a few unfamiliar ones. And even amongst those I knew, there are those I would struggle to pin a style on.

I was slightly surprised to see so many branded Mild ales. Brewers often gave their Bitter a fancy name like London Pride, while imaginatively marketing their Mild as Mild. I will add one caveat: some of the classifications are rather, well, eccentric. Trubrown – Truman’s Brown Ale – is called a “Dark Ale” for some reason.

The beers come from all over the country. I was particularly surprised to see some from areas not traditionally that strong on Mild, such as South Yorkshire. Other points? Interesting to see Heavy used as a term for Mild. Plymouth Heavy is the only example I’d ever come across before.

I’d always considered Old Harry a Strong Brown Ale. Though it was parti-gyled with Mild. And there were several other beers called Amber Ale in the table, but only this one is classed as Mild. Not the most consistent system they employed.

Anyway, here’s the table:



Branded Mild in 1953


Brewery
Beer
Type


Everards Brewery
Old Bill's Brew
Best Mild


Higson's Brewery
Trojan
Best mild and draught


W. Butler & Co.
Molineux
Bottled Mild Ale


S. A. Brain & Co.
Red Dragon
Dark Mild


Fuller, Smith & Turner
Hock
Draught Mild


B. Cunningham
Golden Malt
Mild


H. & G. Simonds
Heavy
Mild


H. & G. Simonds
London Heavy
Mild


Tennant Brothers
Fltzalan
Mild


Thomas Ramsden & Son
Stone Trough
Mild


Ind Coope & Allsopp
John Bull
Mild Ale


Nottingham Brewery
Rock
Mild Ale


Richard Whitaker & Sons
Strong Shire
Mild Ale


W. Butler & Co.
Amber Ale
Mild Ale


Fuller, Smith & Turner
Old Harry
Mild Ale, bottled


Norman & Pring
City Special
Mild Ale, bottled


Taylor, Walker & Co.
Main Line
Mild Ale, Cask


Buckley's Brewery
Stradey Ale
Mild, bottled


Duncan, Gilmour & Co.
Crown Ale
Mild, bottled


Timothy Taylor & Co.
Northerner
No. 1 Mild Ale


Wolverhampton & Dudley
Fox
Strong Mild Ale


Duncan Gilmour & Co.
Hallamshlre
Strong Mild draught


Duncan Gilmour & Co.
Balaclava
Strong mild, bottled


G. Ruddle & Co.
Old Bob
Strong Mild, bottled


Source:


Brewery Manual 1953-1954, pages 382 - 394.



Any guesse whjich is the one I've drunk?

Plenty more still where this came from.

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