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Brown Ale. One the favourite styles of the 1950’s. Which is why I’m surprised there are relatively few examples, a mere 17. 16, really, because Southwarke Ale (as it’s really spelled) is an Old Ale. Not difficult to work out. That’s how it’s described on the label. Their Brown Ale was called Doctor Brown. Which for some reason doesn’t make the list.

Flowers had a whole bunch of Brown Ales – Poacher, Brownex, to name two – though some were from the J.W. Green portfolio. At this point the two were still separate companies. Whitbread also had another Brown Ale, Double Brown. That was their original Brown Ale, stronger and more bitter than was usual by the 1950’s. It was already taking a back seat to Forest Brown, a more typical type, and would be phased out within a couple of years. Forest Brown continued through the Whitbread period as the group’s flagship Brown Ale.

Simmonds Berry Brown Ale was a big brand in its day, brewed not just in Simonds’ own Reading brewery, but at other plants they owned, too. It was a big enough brand to survive the Courage takeover, though with the name changed to Courage Berry Brown Ale. I wonder how long it lasted? That got me wondering: what was Courage’s own version called? About as dull as you could get: Courage Brown Ale.


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What’s left of this lot? Double Maxim. Though even that has long left its home brewery. Will Brown Ale die out? Probably not as long as Newcastle Brown still retains popularity. But I can’t see it becoming part of a brewery’s standard range again.



Branded Brown Ale in 1953


Brewery
Beer
Type


Whitbread
Forest Brown
Brown


Barclay Perkins
Southwark Ale
Brown Ale


Flowers
Anchor
Brown Ale


Fremlins
Double Elephant
Brown Ale


H. & G. Simonds
Berry
Brown Ale


John Smith's
Tawney
Brown Ale


Meux's Brewery
Winter Ale
Brown Ale


Mitchells & Butlers
Sam Brown
Brown Ale


Star Brewery
Old Star
Brown Ale


T. Losco Bradley
Red Lion
Brown Ale


Thompsons Brewery
Bell
Brown Ale


Tomson & Wotton
Double Thatch
Brown Ale


Westoe Breweries
Lifeboat
Brown Ale


Wm. Younger
Castle
Brown Ale


Vaux
Double Maxim
Brown Ale, bottled


Higson's Brewery
Double Top
Brown Ale, bottled


Yates's Castle Brewery
Cobnut
Brown Ale, bottled


Source:


Brewery Manual 1953-1954, pages 382 - 394.



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