Brown ale a slight citrus accent and an aroma, bitterness, and medium body due to American hop varieties. Fruitiness from esters are subdued. When chilled to cold temperatures, some haziness may be noticed. 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
Burton Ale favour of the brewers of Burton ale, to exempt them from the new tax, because they brewed not for home consumption, but exportation. Lord North said the clause would open a door to fraud, and consequently it ought not to be admitted. The motion therefore was rejected." In the 1790s Charles Lamb the writer, John Mathew Gutch the journalist and James White, founder of the UK's first advertising agency, were "in the habit of meeting at the "Feathers" in Hand Court, Holborn, to drink nips of Burton ale, as they were called". White's "Falstaff's letters" turns the "Feathers" into the