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 Burton pale ale. That might explain why Young's [brewery in Wandsworth] changed the name of their Burton to Winter Warmer in the early 1970s." "Where Burton ales survive today, they are called old ales, winter warmers or barley wine rather than by their correct designation." Young's Winter Warmer (Young’s Burton until 1971) "is a ruby-brown classic of the sort of ales that developed from those brewed in Burton upon Trent before that town became best known for heavily hopped pale ales and IPAs: well-rounded, mellow, old-oak dark, 1055 OG, but only five per cent ABV, and with a brown, fruity