Small London brewery Ordinary Mild Ale 1950 – 1953

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.