Brown ale Brown ale Brown ale is a style of beer with a dark amber or brown colour. The term was first used by London brewers in the late 17th century to describe their products, such as mild ale, though the term had a rather different meaning today. 18th-century brown ales were lightly hopped and brewed from 100% brown malt. Today there are brown ales made in several regions, most notably England, Belgium and America. Other than being top-fermented and having a darker color than pale beers, brown ales share little in common in terms of flavor profile. Beers termed brown ale
Burton Ale the direction of Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip. The catalogue of The Great Exhibition in 1851 advertised: In 1853 the firm opened a depot in London in which year an 18 gallon cask of "Allsopp's Strong (the Old Burton) Ale" cost 45s, compared to 30s for pale ale and 33s for mild ale. "Well into the 19th century, Bass had six different versions of Burton Ale, ranging from 6% to 10.5% in strength. Bass No 1 ... is labelled a barley wine but is in fact the last-remaining example of Bass's Burton Ales." In 1876 Bass obtained the first two