Light Mild 1946 to 1964

A bit of a change of pace, today. Or perhaps a return to the past. To those heady days of the 2010s, when every day I'd post tables of beer analyses. Let's see if we can relive them.

This is some information on post-war Light Mild which I've assembled for another project. One which, doubtless, I'll bore the eyebrows off you with later.

Where does Light Mild become Dark Mild? I've plumped for 46 EBC (old scale). Totally arbitrary, and possibly a little too high.

Talking of high, the degree of attenuation is just that in most examples. With the odd exception like Whiitaker Best Mild. Some are crazily high at over 90%, resulting in some Milds over 4% ABV. Which is pretty damn strong for a post=war Mild, Light or Dark. On the other hand, a few can't even scrape up to 3% ABV.

Light Mild 1946 to 1964
Year	Brewer	Beer	Price per pint	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	colour
1946	Barclay Perkins	Ale	13.5	1031.1	1008.8	2.89	71.70%	19.5
1949	Brickwoods	Mild Ale	13	1033.2	1004.8	3.7	85.54%	20.5
1949	City Brewery	Mild Ale	13	1032.6	1006.8	3.35	79.14%	21
1949	Mitchell & Butler	XX	18	1034.6	1003.9	4	88.73%	35
1949	Portsmouth United	Mild Ale	13	1029.3	1003.1	3.41	89.42%	19
1949	St. Annes Brewery	Mild Ale	13	1034.9	1003	4.16	91.40%	20
1951	Vaux	Mild Ale	15	1035.6	1002.9	4.27	91.85%	24.5
1951	Fremlin	XXL	12	1029.4				22
1951	Shepherd Neame	X	12	1031.4				24
1952	Lees	K		1031				34
1955	Thwaites	Mild Ale	16	1032.2	1006.1	3.39	81.06%	40
1959	Ramsdens	Best Mild	13	1035.5	1006.5	3.63	81.69%	35
1959	Websters	Best Mild	13	1034.9	1004.4	3.81	87.39%	20
1959	Bentleys	Mild	13	1032.9	1005.4	3.44	83.59%	30
1959	Ramsdens	Mild	12	1029.2	1004.7	3.06	83.90%	45
1959	Whitaker	Best Mild	13	1033.1	1010.2	2.86	69.18%	45
1961	Cornbrook	Keg Mild	17	1035	1002.3	4.09	93.43%	20
1961	Ansell	King Pin Mild	19	1037.6	1006.7	3.86	82.18%	45
1961	M & B	Keg Mild	19	1038.5	1009.9	3.58	74.29%	45
1962	Ind Coope	Mild Ale	14	1033.7	1009.5	3.13	71.81%	20
1962	McMullen	Mild Ale	14	1034	1006.3	3.46	81.47%	20
1964	John Smith	Mild Ale	15	1030.9	1008.5	2.8	72.49%	30
	Average		14.3	1033.2	1006.0	3.5	82.12%	28.8
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.