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We’re closing in on the end of this series. Which I’m sure comes as much as a surprise as a relief. Or should that be the other way around?
Sadly, I’ve far fewer analyses for the second half of the 1950’s. And quite a few only have the FG, which is pretty effing useless.
Getting on to this set, you can see that the price for Ordinary Mild has crept up from around 13d to 14.5d. While the average price for Best Mild has gone up by about 2.5d. It still looks dirt cheap compared to modern prices. On a happier note, average OG and ABV for Ordinary Mild have increased slightly. Only two examples are under 3% ABV. Which is good news for pissheads.
All the veers, both Ordinary and Best Mild, are pretty dark, with the lowest colour value 70. None are even vaguely close to being pale.
Whitbread’s Best Mild, XXX, didn’t last long, only being brewed in 1954 and 1955. That’s despite being pushed by Whitbread in print adverts. Obviously, it was parti-gyled with their deceptively named Ordinary Mild, Best Ale.
Not much more else to say. Other than that these look very much like the Mild Ales of my youth: around 3% ABV and dark brown. It wasn’t until the last ten years that I came to realise that this type of Mild was only about as old as me.
It’s a sobering thought. And an indication of a common way of thinking. We assume that things which were common when we were young had been around forever.
London Ordinary Mild Ale 1955 - 1959
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1955
Truman
X
1033.6
82
1955
Whitbread
Best Ale
1030.4
1009.5
2.76
68.75%
95
1957
Barclay Perkins
XX
15
0.06
1031.4
1005.8
3.33
81.53%
100
1957
Charrington
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1032.6
1007.4
3.27
77.30%
110
1957
Courage
Mild Ale
15
0.06
1032.5
1006.4
3.39
80.31%
115
1957
Ind Coope
Mild Ale
15
0.08
1032
1006.6
3.30
79.37%
70
1957
Mann
Mild Ale
15
0.05
1033
1004.7
3.68
85.76%
105
1957
Truman
Mild Ale
15
0.07
1032.4
1008.2
3.14
74.69%
95
1957
Watney
Mild Ale
15
0.05
1032
1007.6
3.16
76.25%
100
1957
Wenlock
Mild Ale
15
0.08
1031.8
1006.4
3.30
79.87%
95
1957
Whitbread
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1032.4
1011.4
2.71
64.81%
95
1958
Whitbread
Best Ale
15
1033.1
1958
Young & Co
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1031.6
1005.8
3.35
81.65%
75
1959
Fullers
Mild Ale
12
0.05
1032.2
1006.6
3.32
79.50%
90
Average
14.5
0.06
1032.2
1007.2
3.23
77.48%
93.9
1955
Taylor Walker
Main Line
27
0.05
1044
1014.5
3.82
67.05%
115
1955
Whitbread
XXX
1034.8
1010.0
3.28
71.26%
115
1957
Ind Coope
Mild Ale
15
0.06
1034.9
1008.4
3.44
75.93%
95
1957
Taylor Walker
Mainline
16
0.05
1037.4
1010.4
3.50
72.19%
100
Average
19.3
0.05
1037.8
1010.8
3.51
71.61%
106.3
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
Provincial Milds of the late fifties next. And then we’re done.
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We’re closing in on the end of this series. Which I’m sure comes as much as a surprise as a relief. Or should that be the other way around?
Sadly, I’ve far fewer analyses for the second half of the 1950’s. And quite a few only have the FG, which is pretty effing useless.
Getting on to this set, you can see that the price for Ordinary Mild has crept up from around 13d to 14.5d. While the average price for Best Mild has gone up by about 2.5d. It still looks dirt cheap compared to modern prices. On a happier note, average OG and ABV for Ordinary Mild have increased slightly. Only two examples are under 3% ABV. Which is good news for pissheads.
All the veers, both Ordinary and Best Mild, are pretty dark, with the lowest colour value 70. None are even vaguely close to being pale.
Whitbread’s Best Mild, XXX, didn’t last long, only being brewed in 1954 and 1955. That’s despite being pushed by Whitbread in print adverts. Obviously, it was parti-gyled with their deceptively named Ordinary Mild, Best Ale.
Not much more else to say. Other than that these look very much like the Mild Ales of my youth: around 3% ABV and dark brown. It wasn’t until the last ten years that I came to realise that this type of Mild was only about as old as me.
It’s a sobering thought. And an indication of a common way of thinking. We assume that things which were common when we were young had been around forever.
London Ordinary Mild Ale 1955 - 1959
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1955
Truman
X
1033.6
82
1955
Whitbread
Best Ale
1030.4
1009.5
2.76
68.75%
95
1957
Barclay Perkins
XX
15
0.06
1031.4
1005.8
3.33
81.53%
100
1957
Charrington
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1032.6
1007.4
3.27
77.30%
110
1957
Courage
Mild Ale
15
0.06
1032.5
1006.4
3.39
80.31%
115
1957
Ind Coope
Mild Ale
15
0.08
1032
1006.6
3.30
79.37%
70
1957
Mann
Mild Ale
15
0.05
1033
1004.7
3.68
85.76%
105
1957
Truman
Mild Ale
15
0.07
1032.4
1008.2
3.14
74.69%
95
1957
Watney
Mild Ale
15
0.05
1032
1007.6
3.16
76.25%
100
1957
Wenlock
Mild Ale
15
0.08
1031.8
1006.4
3.30
79.87%
95
1957
Whitbread
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1032.4
1011.4
2.71
64.81%
95
1958
Whitbread
Best Ale
15
1033.1
1958
Young & Co
Mild Ale
14
0.04
1031.6
1005.8
3.35
81.65%
75
1959
Fullers
Mild Ale
12
0.05
1032.2
1006.6
3.32
79.50%
90
Average
14.5
0.06
1032.2
1007.2
3.23
77.48%
93.9
1955
Taylor Walker
Main Line
27
0.05
1044
1014.5
3.82
67.05%
115
1955
Whitbread
XXX
1034.8
1010.0
3.28
71.26%
115
1957
Ind Coope
Mild Ale
15
0.06
1034.9
1008.4
3.44
75.93%
95
1957
Taylor Walker
Mainline
16
0.05
1037.4
1010.4
3.50
72.19%
100
Average
19.3
0.05
1037.8
1010.8
3.51
71.61%
106.3
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
Provincial Milds of the late fifties next. And then we’re done.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2016/08/london-ordinary-mild-ale-1955-1959.html)