Provincial Mild Ale after WW I

Before WW I, provincial Milds tended to be weaker than those brewed in London, but not always necessarily cheaper. After the war, probably because of the effect of price controls, they continued to be weaker, but were the same price as a Mild of equivalent strength in London.

Breweries choosing to brew a single Mild often chose one in one of the weaker classes:

Provincial Mild Ale after WW I
Year	Brewer	Beer	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl
1923	Boddington	XX	1034.0	1010.0	3.18	70.59%	5.92	1.19
1923	Adnams	XX	1029.0	1004.2	3.29	85.67%	4.99	0.59
1920	Lees	U	1032.0				2.86	0.85
1920	Lees	K	1038.0				2.69	0.95
1921	Truman (Burton)	XX	1033.8	1006.1	3.66	81.97%	6.74	0.90
1921	Truman (Burton)	XXX	1047.4	1009.4	5.02	80.12%	6.74	1.26
Sources:
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/127.
Adnams brewing record Book 9
Lees brewing record held at the brewery
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/335.

Only Truman in the above set produced a Mild close to the strength of standard London Mild.

The grists of these beers aren’t very exciting, with almost nothing in the way of coloured malts, even crystal.

Most provincial breweries seem to have chosen the 4d per pint class for their standard Mild. I’m guessing for economic reasons. The 1920s weren’t the happiest of times in Britain’s industrial regions, where Mild was the drink of the working man.

Provincial Mild Ale grists after WW I
Year	Brewer	Beer	OG	pale malt	high dried malt	amber malt	crystal malt	flaked maize	caramel	other sugar
1923	Boddington	XX	1034.0	67.61%				25.35%		7.04%
1923	Adnams	XX	1029.0	77.86%		4.58%	4.58%		0.76%	12.21%
1920	Lees	U	1032.0	92.59%						7.41%
1920	Lees	K	1038.0	89.19%						10.81%
1921	Truman (Burton)	XX	1033.8	79.55%	9.09%			9.09%		2.27%
1921	Truman (Burton)	XXX	1047.4	79.55%	9.09%			9.09%		2.27%
Sources:
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/127.
Adnams brewing record Book 9
Lees brewing record held at the brewery
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/335.

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