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Moving south and east, next we’ll look at Mild Ales brewed in East Anglia. In the immediate post-war period there was still a considerable brewing industry in the region. Norwich, for examples, though a modestly-sized city, was still home to three decent-sized regional breweries.
It’s clear that most of the examples are on the weak side. Around a third have gravities below 1030º and only two are much over 1030º. This is what I would have expected. As a mostly rural area, the beers tended to be weaker than in urban centres.
As in the other regions, however, the rate of attenuation is very high, averaging over 80%. Contrast this with London, where the average was only 71%. There must have been a considerable difference in character between this Milds and London-brewed ones. The high attenuation means that all the examples were reasonably alcoholic, with only one below 3% ABV.
In terms of colour, this set is closer to London Milds. All the examples are reasonably dark, the palest being 50, compared to 20 to 30 for Bitter, on this scale.
East Anglian Mild Ales 1949 - 1953
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1950
Grays Brewery
X
11
1029.1
56
1950
Lacons
X
12
1032.7
100
1951
Lacons
Mild Ale
14
1031.4
1006.9
3.18
78.03%
65
1951
Lacons
X
13
1034.4
88
1952
Lacons
X
14
1031.9
92
1949
Morgans
Mild Ale
11
1027.7
1002.8
3.24
89.89%
50
1951
Morgans
Mild Ale
14
1032.4
1007.2
3.27
77.78%
65
1951
Ridley
Mild Ale
13
1030.3
1004.9
3.30
83.83%
70
1949
Steward & Patteson
Mild Ale
11
1027.7
1004.5
3.01
83.75%
50
1949
Tollemache
Mild Ale
11
1027.7
1005.4
2.89
80.51%
75
1951
Tollemache
Mild Ale
14
1028.7
1005.6
3.00
80.49%
60
1953
Tollemache
X
16
1037.7
144
1951
Young Crawshay
Mild Ale
14
1031.2
1003.7
3.58
88.14%
70
Average
12.92
1031.0
1005.1
3.18
82.80%
75.8
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.
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Moving south and east, next we’ll look at Mild Ales brewed in East Anglia. In the immediate post-war period there was still a considerable brewing industry in the region. Norwich, for examples, though a modestly-sized city, was still home to three decent-sized regional breweries.
It’s clear that most of the examples are on the weak side. Around a third have gravities below 1030º and only two are much over 1030º. This is what I would have expected. As a mostly rural area, the beers tended to be weaker than in urban centres.
As in the other regions, however, the rate of attenuation is very high, averaging over 80%. Contrast this with London, where the average was only 71%. There must have been a considerable difference in character between this Milds and London-brewed ones. The high attenuation means that all the examples were reasonably alcoholic, with only one below 3% ABV.
In terms of colour, this set is closer to London Milds. All the examples are reasonably dark, the palest being 50, compared to 20 to 30 for Bitter, on this scale.
East Anglian Mild Ales 1949 - 1953
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1950
Grays Brewery
X
11
1029.1
56
1950
Lacons
X
12
1032.7
100
1951
Lacons
Mild Ale
14
1031.4
1006.9
3.18
78.03%
65
1951
Lacons
X
13
1034.4
88
1952
Lacons
X
14
1031.9
92
1949
Morgans
Mild Ale
11
1027.7
1002.8
3.24
89.89%
50
1951
Morgans
Mild Ale
14
1032.4
1007.2
3.27
77.78%
65
1951
Ridley
Mild Ale
13
1030.3
1004.9
3.30
83.83%
70
1949
Steward & Patteson
Mild Ale
11
1027.7
1004.5
3.01
83.75%
50
1949
Tollemache
Mild Ale
11
1027.7
1005.4
2.89
80.51%
75
1951
Tollemache
Mild Ale
14
1028.7
1005.6
3.00
80.49%
60
1953
Tollemache
X
16
1037.7
144
1951
Young Crawshay
Mild Ale
14
1031.2
1003.7
3.58
88.14%
70
Average
12.92
1031.0
1005.1
3.18
82.80%
75.8
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.
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