Fullers vs Youngs Mild Ale grists in the early 1930s

Let’s take a look at each of the types of beer in more detail. Starting with Mild Ales.

The grists are quite different. Fullers only contains one malt, base pale malt. While Youngs contains three: pale, mild and crystal. And a higher malt content in total.  Only the Fullers Milds contain an adjunct, in the form of flaked maize.

The theme of looking very different continues with the sugars. Where they have no elements in common. Though I suppose that “intense” was a type of caramel. No. 3 invert is the sugar you would expect to find in a Mild. A combination of glucose and caramel, as in Fullers beers, might get you close.

On the other hand, the hops look very similar. Two types of English in each. And, in both cases, from the most recent season and the one before that.

Fullers vs Youngs Mild Ale grists
Brewer	Beer	Style	pale malt	Mild malt	crystal malt	total malt	flaked maize
Fullers	X	Mild	80.84%			80.84%	14.03%
Fullers	XX	Mild	80.84%			80.84%	14.03%
Youngs	A	Mild	16.82%	64.86%	7.21%	88.89%
Youngs	X	Mild	22.49%	58.48%	9.00%	89.97%
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.

Fullers vs Youngs Mild Ale sugar
Brewer	Beer	malt extract	no. 3 sugar	glucose	intense	caramel	total sugar
Fullers	X			3.56%	1.57%		5.13%
Fullers	XX			3.56%	1.57%		5.13%
Youngs	A	2.40%	8.01%			0.70%	10.41%
Youngs	X	3.00%	6.00%			1.03%	9.00%
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.

Fullers vs Youngs Mild Ale hops
Brewer	Beer	hop 1	hop 2
Fullers	X	English 1929	English 1930
Fullers	XX	English 1929	English 1930
Youngs	A	Kent 1930 CS	Kent 1930
Youngs	X	Kent 1930 CS	Sussex 1931
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.