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I’m finding our stroll through the country lanes of Mild Ale fascinating. Why didn’t I ever do this before?
One reason is the colour numbers. Whitbread used a really annoying way of recording colour, using both a red and a brown filter. Up to 40 they’re fine, being the same as the old Lovibond/EBC numbers (double the current EBC numbers). After that, they’re in an irritating 12 + 40 format. Numbers you can’t do bugger all with, in terms of comparison of for averaging.
Luckily there are a couple of places where Whitbread recorded both the red brown and EBC values. And I’ve used it to create a full conversion table. Which means I can start to seriously look at differences in the colour of Mild across the UK. It’s been very revealing.
Using London Milds as my baseline, this lot have a slightly lower average gravity. Buy a higher rate of attenuation leaving the ABV a little higher. There’s very little variation in gravity, all the beers lying 1 or 2 points above or below 1030º. London Milds, with their higher FGs, probably tasted sweeter and fuller.
There are two out-and-out pale examples, from Shepherd Neame and Fremlins. But both also brewed a dark version. As the two beers have very similar gravities in both cases, I assume they are versions of the same basic beer. Those aside, everything else is reasonably dark, though a bit paler than in London.
Southeastern Mild Ale 1950 - 1953
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1950
Cobb & Co.
X
1030.7
72
1950
Daniells
X
11
1031.2
56
1950
Gardner
X
12
1030.0
96
1950
Shepherd Neame
X
1030.1
63
1950
Simonds
Ale
12
1030.4
56
1950
Tomson & Wotton
X
1026.8
76
1950
Wells
X
12
1030.4
104
1951
Cobb & Co.
X
12
1028.4
88
1951
Daniells
Mild Ale
14
0.10
1029.9
1003.9
3.38
86.96%
110
1951
Daniells
X
12
1032.1
72
1951
Daniels
Ale
13
1032.9
86
1951
Fremlin
XXL
12
1029.4
22
1951
Fremlin
XX
12
1030.6
60
1951
JJ Young
Mild Ale
14
0.06
1030.6
1004.8
3.35
84.31%
65
1951
Morrell
Mild Ale
14
0.12
1029.7
1003.7
3.38
87.54%
80
1951
Portsmouth United
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1029.3
1005.1
3.14
82.59%
75
1951
Shepherd Neame
X
12
1031.4
24
1951
Simonds
Mild Ale
14
0.05
1032.0
1005.5
3.44
82.81%
80
1951
Simonds
Mild Dark Sweet
14
0.06
1031.5
1005.7
3.35
81.90%
80
1951
Tamplin
Mild Ale
14
0.05
1029.9
1005.2
3.21
82.61%
70
1951
Tomson & Wotton
X
12
1029.2
80
1951
Wells
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1028.6
1005
3.07
82.52%
75
1953
Benskins
X
13
1031.5
84
Average
12.9
0.07
1030.3
1004.9
3.29
83.9%
72.8
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
Only Wales and the Southwest to go.
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I’m finding our stroll through the country lanes of Mild Ale fascinating. Why didn’t I ever do this before?
One reason is the colour numbers. Whitbread used a really annoying way of recording colour, using both a red and a brown filter. Up to 40 they’re fine, being the same as the old Lovibond/EBC numbers (double the current EBC numbers). After that, they’re in an irritating 12 + 40 format. Numbers you can’t do bugger all with, in terms of comparison of for averaging.
Luckily there are a couple of places where Whitbread recorded both the red brown and EBC values. And I’ve used it to create a full conversion table. Which means I can start to seriously look at differences in the colour of Mild across the UK. It’s been very revealing.
Using London Milds as my baseline, this lot have a slightly lower average gravity. Buy a higher rate of attenuation leaving the ABV a little higher. There’s very little variation in gravity, all the beers lying 1 or 2 points above or below 1030º. London Milds, with their higher FGs, probably tasted sweeter and fuller.
There are two out-and-out pale examples, from Shepherd Neame and Fremlins. But both also brewed a dark version. As the two beers have very similar gravities in both cases, I assume they are versions of the same basic beer. Those aside, everything else is reasonably dark, though a bit paler than in London.
Southeastern Mild Ale 1950 - 1953
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1950
Cobb & Co.
X
1030.7
72
1950
Daniells
X
11
1031.2
56
1950
Gardner
X
12
1030.0
96
1950
Shepherd Neame
X
1030.1
63
1950
Simonds
Ale
12
1030.4
56
1950
Tomson & Wotton
X
1026.8
76
1950
Wells
X
12
1030.4
104
1951
Cobb & Co.
X
12
1028.4
88
1951
Daniells
Mild Ale
14
0.10
1029.9
1003.9
3.38
86.96%
110
1951
Daniells
X
12
1032.1
72
1951
Daniels
Ale
13
1032.9
86
1951
Fremlin
XXL
12
1029.4
22
1951
Fremlin
XX
12
1030.6
60
1951
JJ Young
Mild Ale
14
0.06
1030.6
1004.8
3.35
84.31%
65
1951
Morrell
Mild Ale
14
0.12
1029.7
1003.7
3.38
87.54%
80
1951
Portsmouth United
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1029.3
1005.1
3.14
82.59%
75
1951
Shepherd Neame
X
12
1031.4
24
1951
Simonds
Mild Ale
14
0.05
1032.0
1005.5
3.44
82.81%
80
1951
Simonds
Mild Dark Sweet
14
0.06
1031.5
1005.7
3.35
81.90%
80
1951
Tamplin
Mild Ale
14
0.05
1029.9
1005.2
3.21
82.61%
70
1951
Tomson & Wotton
X
12
1029.2
80
1951
Wells
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1028.6
1005
3.07
82.52%
75
1953
Benskins
X
13
1031.5
84
Average
12.9
0.07
1030.3
1004.9
3.29
83.9%
72.8
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
Only Wales and the Southwest to go.
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