Wednesday 10 August 2011

Interwar Stouts

Numbers. So much easier to handle than slippery words. So true. So reliable. Such fun.

You guessed it. I'm all worded out and need to seek refuge in ciphers. But not just any ones. Oh no. Ones hand-harvested from the Whitbread Gravity Book this very morning, still bejewelled with dew. Fresh, plump, juicy, tempting.

Same score as usual, a bunch of random analyses with little to group them but style and date. Not so random, then. Just very loosely associated. There's almost a full alphabet of names. Only E, I, Q, R, X and Y missing. Just counted how many of the breweries I'd tasted beer from. It's a surprising 14. Sadly, Barclay Perkins isn't amongst them.

The geographical spread isn't bad, either. Scotland, North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East Anglia, Home Counties, London, even the Isle of Wight.

On to the specifics. Again, there's plenty of variation in strength. I'm not sure how anyone dare call a beer of under 1030º a Stout, except in wartime. There's a mix of what I'd call normal strength Stouts from the London breweries and some pretty watery ones from country breweries. The average comes out fairly high at 1047º.

What's even weirder is that there are a couple that look like modern Guinness: 1040º-ish and 80% plus apparent attenuation. Rogers Special Stout, Ushers Stout, Tomson & Wotton Nourishing Stout, Smithers & Son Oatmeal Stout, Rogers Monarch Stout, M & B Nourishing Stout, Kidd & Hotblack Nourishing Stout. Didn't they realise English Stout was supposed to have been sweet by then?

Notice someting about the Barclay Perkins Stouts? There are ones called Russian Imperial Stout, Imperial Stout and Russian Stout. One, the 1100º we all love and another at just 1061º. Seems like the Russian tag was reserved for the stronger one. In the logs the beers appear as IBSt Ex (the strong one) and IBSt.

One last point. Note how many breweries were producing more than one Stout. Like Fremlin with Milk Stout, Dinner Stout and Oatmeal Stout. Shows the continuing popularity of Stout, at least as a boittled beer.



Stout 1921 - 1938
Year Brewer country Beer Style Price size package Acidity FG OG Colour ABV atten-uation
1931 Ansell UK Tonic Stout Stout 8d half pint bottled 0.08 1010.2 1048.3 4.96 78.88%
1932 Ansell UK Tonic Stout Stout pint bottled 0.08 1010.4 1050 5.16 79.20%
1927 Ashton Gate Brewery UK Milk Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1015.7 1052.4 4.76 70.04%
1929 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1014.8 1054 5.09 72.59%
1929 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1015.6 1053 4.85 70.57%
1931 Barclay Perkins UK Dr. Johnson Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1014.6 1051.9 4.84 71.87%
1931 Barclay Perkins UK Dr. Johnson Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1014.5 1052.4 4.92 72.33%
1931 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.06 1013.5 1048.7 4.57 72.28%
1931 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.06 1012.4 1043 3.97 71.16%
1932 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.06 1016.8 1047 3.90 64.26%
1932 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.07 1013.4 1047 4.36 71.49%
1933 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.08 1014.1 1050 4.66 71.80%
1934 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 15d quart bottled 0.06 1018.6 1049.6 4.00 62.50%
1935 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout pint bottled 0.07 1014.2 1053 5.04 73.21%
1935 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.07 1018.9 1051 4.15 62.94%
1935 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout pint bottled 0.11 1018.2 1051 4.24 64.31%
1935 Barclay Perkins UK Imperial Stout Stout 6d to 9d pint bottled 0.13 1014.23 1061.8 6.20 76.97%
1935 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 8d pint draught 0.14 1012.2 1058 5.97 78.97%
1935 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 8d pint draught 0.11 1012.6 1059 6.05 78.64%
1936 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout pint bottled 0.07 1014 1051 4.80 72.55%
1937 Barclay Perkins UK Russian Imperial Stout Stout 10d nip bottled 0.12 1023.2 1102.7 10.47 77.41%
1937 Barclay Perkins UK Imperial Stout Stout 6d & 7d half pint bottled 0.14 1010.1 1061.2 6.69 83.50%
1938 Barclay Perkins UK Russian Stout Stout 7.5d nip bottled 0.07 1024.1 1101.5 10.18 76.26%
1938 Barclay Perkins UK Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.05 1019.2 1051.1 1 + 15 4.12 62.43%
1938 Barclay Perkins UK Milk Stout Stout 6d half pint bottled 0.05 1019.2 1048.6 3.79 60.49%
1939 Barclay Perkins UK Milk Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.06 1020.2 1049.2 3.74 58.94%
1925 Beer and Rigden UK Nourishing Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 1011.2 1031.3 2.60 64.22%
1927 Beer and Rigden UK Kent's Best Nourishing Stout Stout 6d bottle bottled 1032.7
1929 Beer and Rigden UK Nourishing Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 0.06 1010.7 1029.9 2.48 64.21%
1930 Beer and Rigden UK Milk Stout Stout pint bottled 0.06 1027 1054 3.47 50.00%
1930 Beer and Rigden UK Milk Stout Stout pint bottled 0.04 1027.1 1054.4 3.50 50.18%
1928 Burt UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1004.8 1037 4.20 87.03%
1926 Cannonbury UK Brown Stout Stout pint bottled 1016.9
1932 Carter, Milner and Bird UK Milk Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 0.06 1013.4 1044.2 3.99 69.68%
1927 Cornbrook UK Barley Stout Stout pint bottled 1049.3
1931 Davenport UK Extra Stout Stout 7d reputed pint bottled 0.14 1012.3 1057.9 5.94 78.76%
1925 DF Pritchard UK Cr??? Cream Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1016.2 1051.9 4.63 68.79%
1923 Forest Hill Brewery UK Nourishing Stout Stout 12d quart bottled 1011.1 1038.6 3.56 71.24%
1921 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 8.5d pint bottled 1005.8 1044 4.99 86.82%
1921 Fremlin UK Light Dinner Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1004.5 1031 3.45 85.48%
1921 Fremlin UK Light Dinner Stout Stout 13d quart bottled 1005.2 1030.3 3.26 82.84%
1921 Fremlin UK Light Oatmeal Stout Stout 15d quart bottled 1005.4 1035.7 3.94 84.87%
1922 Fremlin UK Light Dinner Stout Stout bottled 1007.4 1031.8 3.16 76.73%
1923 Fremlin UK Light Dinner Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1007.7 1032.4 3.20 76.23%
1923 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 8.5d pint bottled 1011.3 1040.6 3.80 72.17%
1928 Fremlin UK Dinner Stout Stout 10.5d quart bottled 1006.2 1031.7 3.31 80.44%
1929 Fremlin UK Dinner Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 1011.5 1031.6 2.60 63.61%
1931 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.05 1017.6 1048.7 4.02 63.86%
1931 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1015.6 1036 2.63 56.67%
1931 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1013 1042.4 3.81 69.34%
1931 Fremlin UK Milk Stout Stout pint bottled 0.05 1020.7 1047.4 3.44 56.33%
1931 Fremlin UK Milk Stout Stout 10d pint bottled 0.05 1019.9 1047.5 3.56 58.11%
1933 Fremlin UK Dinner Stout Stout pint bottled 0.05 1011 1032 2.71 65.63%
1934 Fremlin UK Milk Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.05 1020.4 1048.7 3.65 58.11%
1934 Fremlin UK Dinner Stout Stout pint bottled 0.07 1007.4 1033 3.32 77.58%
1934 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout pint bottled 0.06 1013.5 1043 3.82 68.60%
1935 Fremlin UK Milk Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.06 1020.2 1048.8 3.69 58.61%
1935 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 0.06 1015.3 1041 3.32 62.68%
1936 Fremlin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout pint bottled 0.06 1014.4 1042 3.57 65.71%
1926 Friary Holroyd UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 11d quart bottled 1041
1938 Fuller, Smith and Turner UK Milk Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.06 1020.4 1045.5 3.23 55.16%
1929 Fussell and Sons UK Invalid Double Stout Stout 6d pint bottled 1011.8 1040 3.65 70.50%
1929 Gardner UK Extra Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.19 1013.3 1044 3.98 69.77%
1927 Georges UK Bristol Stout Stout 10d pint bottled 1018.1 1059.8 5.41 69.73%
1931 Gilmour UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1010.5 1056.1 5.95 81.28%
1933 Home Brewery UK Home Stout Stout pint bottled 0.10 1014.7 1046.1 4.06 68.11%
1927 James Rose UK Oatmeal Stout Stout pint bottled 1056.6
1928 John Smith UK Nourishing Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1004.6 1043.6 5.09 89.45%
1929 Jude UK Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 0.17 1008.6 1036.6 3.63 76.50%
1926 Kemp Town UK Double Stout Stout 5d pint bottled 1014.1 1055.3 5.36 74.50%
1926 Kemp Town UK Dolphin Stout Stout 7.5d reputed quart bottled 1008.4 1037.9 3.83 77.84%
1926 Kidd and Hotblack UK Nourishing Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1008.7 1048 5.12 81.87%
1928 Lovibond UK Light Stout Stout pint bottled 1013 1033.5 2.65 61.19%
1929 Mackeson UK Milk Stout Stout 10d pint bottled 0.07 1020.4 1060.4 5.18 66.23%
1925 Mackie and Gladstone UK Extra Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1014.3 1054.8 5.26 73.91%
1922 Manning of Northampton UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1010.6 1049.2 5.02 78.46%
1932 Matthew Brown UK LS Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.07 1007 1041.2 4.45 83.01%
1928 Mellersh and Neale UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.05 1017.4 1038.8 2.76 55.15%
1932 Mercers UK Meat Stout Stout 10.5d pint bottled 0.07 1019.2 1054 4.50 64.44%
1928 Mew Langton UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1013.4 1041 3.57 67.32%
1926 Mitchell and Butler UK Nourishing Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1048.7
1929 Mitchell and Butler UK Nourishing Stout Stout 8.5d pint bottled 0.07 1006.3 1048.4 5.50 86.98%
1931 Mitchell and Butler UK Nourishing Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1005 1046.1 5.37 89.15%
1932 Mitchell and Butler UK Nourishing Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.06 1006.7 1043 4.73 84.42%
1932 Mitchell and Butler UK Extra Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.06 1006.8 1049 5.51 86.12%
1933 Morgans Brewery Ltd [Norwich] UK Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 0.07 1014.7 1041 3.40 64.15%
1925 Morgans, Tamworth UK Stout Stout 7.5d half pint bottled 1013 1053.7 5.29 75.79%
1932 Newcastle Breweries UK Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1010.2 1036 3.34 71.67%
1927 Nicholls, Hertford UK Nourishing Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1010.2 1048.3 4.96 78.88%
1922 Northampton Brewery UK Double Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1015.8 1048.5 4.23 67.42%
1931 Nottingham Brewery UK Oatmeal Stout Stout pint bottled 1020.1 1053.2 4.27 62.22%
1927 Oakhill Brewery UK Invalid Stout Stout 10d pint bottled 1018.5 1054.8 4.70 66.24%
1922 Phipps UK Ratcliffe Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1020.9 1049.6 3.70 57.86%
1926 Powell and Co. UK Luncheon Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 1041
1926 Powell and Co. UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1044.3
1926 Rock Brewery UK Double Stout Stout 6d pint bottled 1006.4 1036.7 3.94 82.56%
1927 Rogers UK Special Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1005.5 1041.7 4.72 86.81%
1927 Rogers UK Monarch Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1008.5 1044.9 4.74 81.07%
1931 Rogers UK Cream Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.07 1019.1 1057.4 4.96 66.72%
1925 Russells, Gravesend UK Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1012 1056.4 5.79 78.72%
1929 Russells, Gravesend UK Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 0.10 1010.1 1057.7 6.22 82.50%
1929 Shepherd Neame UK Single Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 0.07 1009.8 1034.8 3.24 71.84%
1926 Smithers and Son UK Old Malt Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 1012.2 1037.7 3.30 67.64%
1928 Smithers and Son UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 5.5d pint bottled 1009 1048 5.08 81.25%
1927 Sprake, Chale I of W UK Special Stout Stout pint bottled 1010 1043.2 4.31 76.85%
1928 Sprake, Chale I of W UK Special Stout Stout 7.5d pint bottled 1015.7 1047.1 4.06 66.67%
1930 Steward and Patteson UK Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 0.06 1013.8 1037.8 3.10 63.49%
1926 Stretton UK Stretton's Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1050.1
1926 Tamplin UK Oatmeal Stout Stout pint bottled 1011.3 1043.7 4.20 74.14%
1926 Tamplin UK No.1 Cheerio Stout Stout 7d half pint bottled 1015.6 1074.1 7.65 78.95%
1926 Tamplin UK Double Stout Stout 7.5d reputed quart bottled 1009 1044.2 4.58 79.64%
1929 Thompsons UK Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 0.04 1010.9 1038.7 3.60 71.83%
1929 Tomson and Wotton UK Nourishing Stout Stout 6d pint bottled 0.14 1006 1040.7 4.52 85.26%
1931 Usher UK Stout Stout 8d half pint bottled 0.05 1019.7 1050.7 4.00 61.14%
1928 Ushers UK Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1008.4 1044.4 4.69 81.08%
1922 Ushers (Edinburgh) UK Extra Stout (Belgian sample) Stout pint bottled 1021.8 1069.2 6.15 68.50%
1924 Vaux UK Oatmeal Stout Stout pint bottled 1039.6
1925 Vaux UK Invalid Stout Stout 9d pint bottled 1017.6 1052.5 4.52 66.48%
1925 Vaux UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1012.6 1039.7 3.51 68.26%
1926 W Riding Bottling Co. UK White Rose Oatmeal Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1049.9
1928 West's  UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 7d pint bottled 1015.1 1040.6 3.29 62.81%
1926 Wethered UK Oatmeal Stout Stout 16d quart bottled 1049.5
1926 Whitaker UK Standard Stout Stout 8d pint bottled 1044.3
Average 0.08 1013.39 1047.14 4.41 71.72%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001

3 comments:

Jeff Renner said...

Image, please?

Ron Pattinson said...

Jeff, wasn't my fault this time. The stupid blogger software deleted everything after the table. That's why the images are now before the table.

Jeff Renner said...

OK, Rone, I'll give you a pass this time. ;-)

Thanks.