Brown ale breweries, such as Whitbread, introduced a second weaker and cheaper brown ale that was sometimes just a sweetened version of dark Mild. These beers had an original gravity of around 1.037. After World War II, most breweries stopped producing these stronger brown ales, with the exception of some breweries in the northeast of England. The majority had an OG in the range 1.030–1.035, or around 3% ABV, much like Manns Brown Ale today. North American brown ales trace their heritage to American home brewing adaptations of certain northern English beers, and the English influence on American Colonial Ales. English brown
Old Town Ale House, Chicago also located on Wells and North Avenue). Other paintings include lewd political satire (such as Rod Blagojevich. and Sarah Palin) also painted by Elliott. The Old Town Ale House has been called "The best bar in the world that I know about" by Roger Ebert whose biographical film "Life Itself" contains several interviews within the bar, and ends with a portrait of Ebert in the bar that was painted by Elliott. Old Town Ale House, Chicago The Old Town Ale House is a saloon in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago that has been operation since 1958. It is currently