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The earliest Lees brewing is, er, rather idiosyncratic. Where sometimes really important is simply left out. Which makes interpreting them a...

Another little video. This one taking a look at a specific 4d Mild Ale recipe: 1939 Youngs Ale.  

If you know anything in the UK tax system, you’ll understand why the gravity of Ale hadn’t fallen very much. A gravity of under 1027º wasn’t...

Yet another video. This time looking at the most watery of Mild Ales.  

I explain 1832 Truman XXXX Ale. One of my favourite beers of all time. And a wonderful example of an extra-strong Mild Ale.  

I explore the history of XXXX Ale. Is it Mild Ale or Old Ale?  

In addition to their watery 42/- Mild, Maclay also had a much stronger version, 64/- Mild. Which is interesting. As this beer is stronger th...

Another of my short videos, this time looking at Best Mild, a stronger type of Mild Ale.  

In the early 20th-century, there were still genuine Mild Ales being brewed in Scotland. Though WW I would change that, with Mild virtually b...

What have two years of war done to Young’s standard Mild?  For a start, it’s whittled off 5º of gravity. Leaving it barely over 3% ABV and n...

Youngs strongest Mild, X Ale, was fairly weak, by London standards. Just 1035º and 3.7% ABV. Where some brewers had versions over 4% ABV. Ba...

You might have noticed a theme in recent blog posts. I've sort of found myself putting together a book about Youngs by accident. I'v...

I explain  Mild Ale - briefly - in this video.  

The relative popularity of Mild is demonstrated by Youngs brewing two of them. This being the stronger of the pair. Not that it’s that much ...

At the start of the 1960s, Youngs were still brewing pretty large quantities of Mild. By the end of the decade, they were making rather less...

Brewed just nine days later than the previous Best Malt Ale was this very different version. Higher in gravity and with a very different gri...

I’m not exactly sure when Youngs dropped their Mild. Sometime between 1983 and 1986. Then, in 1996, there was an attempt to revive it. I hav...

Moving forward in time a couple of decades, we find a new version of X Ale. Which looks very much like a modern Mild. And is not very typica...

Since I've been boring you stupid with details of Fremlin's beers, I may as well round it off with a recipe. Very unusually for the ...