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Numbers. I look on them as friends. Much more reliable friends that people. You know where you are with numbers. A five doesn’t turn into a four behind your back. Though a six may turn out to be nine.

That’s my excuse for bothering you with a load more numbers. Not quite as many as in the last of this series. But enough to tide you through a sunny Tuesday morning. Unfortunately there are quite a few holes in the table. Because many come from the Truman rather than the Whitbread Gravity Book.

To be honest, there’s not much difference with the large brewery Milds. An average OG just over 1030º, about 3% ABV, around 75% attenuation. The only significant difference is the colour, which is a full 20 points lower. Oh, the price. That’s lower, too. About 0.75d.

On a personal not, I drank one of this set: Fuller’s Hock. I believe they still occasionally brew it. A shame it isn’t regularly available as it’s a very pleasant beer, when in good nick.

Wenlock Amber Ale is a bit odd. It’s one of the darkest beers in this set. How can that be amber by anyone’s reckoning?



Small London brewery Ordinary Mild Ale 1950 - 1953


Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour


1950
Wenlock
Ale
12
0.05
1030.6
1008.4
2.88
72.55%
100


1951
Wenlock
X
12

1032.83



88


1953
Wenlock
Amber Ale
14
0.05
1031.6
1006.5
3.26
79.43%
100


1950
Beasley
Ale
12

1031.43



56


1953
Beasley
X
13

1031.47



116


1953
Cannon
X
13

1031.84



96


1951
Friary
Mild Ale
14
0.06
1029.9
1004.5
3.30
84.95%
85


1950
Friary Holroyd
X
12

1033.47



82


1951
Fullers
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1031.2
1008.9
2.89
71.47%
90


1950
Hammerton
Ale
12

1030.41



94


1950
Harman's
X
12

1032.07



84


1950
Young & Co
X
12

1033.07



68


1953
Young & Co
X
13

1030.73



60



Average

12.7
0.05
1031.6
1007.1
3.08
77.10%
86.1


Sources:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.


Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252




Either provincial Milds or London Best Mild next.

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