East Anglian Brown Ale after WW II

The final installment about Brown Ale just after WW II. It's not exactly been a white-knuckle ride. At least I'm back working on my book. I've been very lazy the past month. Which is unusual for me. With writing. I'm lazy as fuck in every other aspect of my life.

As a fairly rural part of the country, I’d expect beers from East Anglia to be on the weak side. And I’d be right. The average OG is equal lowest with the South. Though there is only one example under 1030º, the others aren’t much above it. They all look very much like bottled Ordinary Mild in terms of strength.

The colour looks about right, too, for Mild. They’re all reasonably dark brown, but nothing too extreme at either end of the colour spectrum. But, in general, a good bit paler than London versions of the style. Where the palest was 80 and a good percentage over 100.

There’s some variation in the rate of attenuation. Again, nothing too extreme, from 69% to 85%. Which average out to about average attenuation.

Considering the strength, prices seem relatively high. The average is one of the highest at 19.5d per pint. Which, considering you get a pint of draught Mild in London for 13-14d, is quite a lot.

East Anglian Brown Ale after WW II
Year	Brewer	Beer	Price	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	colour
1951	East Anglian Brewery	Brown Ale	28	1032.6	1008.3	3.15	74.54%	100
1948	Lacons	Brown Ale	19	1031.2	1009.6	2.79	69.23%	80
1952	Morgans	Brown Ale	22	1034.7	1005.2	3.84	85.01%	71
1952	Steward & Patteson	Brown Ale	23	1032.5	1010.3	2.87	68.31%	67
1946	Tollemache	Golden Brown	13	1029.2	1006.1	3.00	79.11%	83
1947	Tollemache	Brown Ale	16	1030.4	1006.8	3.06	77.63%	67
1950	Tollemache	Brown Ale	15	1030.1	1005.6	3.18	81.40%	61
1952	Tollemache	Brown Ale	20	1032.5	1007.7	3.22	76.31%	80
	Average		19.5	1031.7	1007.5	3.14	76.44%	76.1
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.