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16-03-2012, 07:05
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Looking around breweries doesn't half give me a thirst. So let's break off from our stroll around Bernard's old brewery and take a look at what they were making: beer.


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Funny how when people have looked for differences between English and Scottish brewing they've missed the real points of interest and having wandered off down the path of ignorance into fantasy land. Because the genuine differences are much more fascinating.

Take styles. No, I'm not going to start droning on here about putative Scottish styles. No, my perspective is quite different. Observing how Scotland, like Ireland, was out of phase with developments in beer styles. We all know that Scotland embraced Lager earlier. I'm seeing growing evidence that Scotland also switched it allegiance from (Mild) Ale to Pale Ale much more quickly.

Take a look at the interwar period. What were Scottish brewers making? Loads of Pale Ales and IPAs, a bit of Strong Ale and the odd Stout. No Mild in sight. While in England Mild was still the mainstay of the vast majority of breweries.

That explains why I've a whole stack of Pale Ale analyses for Bernard and not much else. Barnard, you'll note, specifically mentions the production Pale Ale at Bernard. It looks like they were one of the Scottish breweries that jumped on the Pale Ale bandwagon the first time it passed by.

I suppose you'll want to see the table now. I don't like to disappoint:




T & J Bernard Pale Ales 1906 - 1958


Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Attenuation


1924
90/- IPA
IPA

pint
bottled

1013
1041

3.62
68.29%


1928
90/- India PA
IPA

pint
bottled

1005
1039
no. 11
4.43
87.18%


1929
India Pale Ale 90/- (carbonated)
IPA

pint
bottled

1009
1039.5
No 11
3.96
77.22%


1929
90/- India Pale Ale (carbonated)
IPA

pint
bottled

1009.8
1040
No. 13
3.93
75.63%


1929
90/- India Pale Ale
IPA

pint
bottled

1009
1040
58
4.03
77.50%


1933
India Pale Ale
IPA

pint
bottled

1009.5
1038.5

3.76
75.32%


1949
90/- India Pale Ale
IPA

pint
bottled

1006.5
1029.5

2.98
77.97%


1958
India Pale Ale
IPA
21d
16 oz
can
0.04
1008.9
1030.6
50
2.71
70.92%


1906
54/- PA
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1051.5
12




1906
54/- PA
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1050.2
12




1921
PA 60/-
Pale Ale

pint
draught

1011
1039.2

3.65
71.94%


1922
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
7d
pint
draught

1009.6
1039.2
40
3.84
75.49%


1922
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1005.4
1042.5
27
4.85
87.31%


1923
Carbonated Beer
Pale Ale
4d
half pint
bottled

1012.4
1037.6
45
3.26
67.02%


1923
PA
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1005
1039

4.43
87.18%


1924
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
4d
half pint
bottled

1013.2
1040.2
35
3.49
67.16%


1924
60/-
Pale Ale

pint


1014
1040
42
3.36
65.00%


1925
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
4d
half pint
bottled

1010
1038
39
3.63
73.68%


1926
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1009
1040
40
4.03
77.50%


1926
PA
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1009
1041
30
4.16
78.05%


1927
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1007
1040

4.29
82.50%


1927
90/-
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1011
1040
40
3.76
72.50%


1928
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
4d
half pint
bottled

1010
1039

3.76
74.36%


1928
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1005
1050
18
5.89
90.00%


1929
Crown Brand Export (carbonated)
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1005.3
1049
No. 00
5.72
89.29%


1929
90/- (carbonated)
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1008.5
1038.5
No. 10
3.90
77.92%


1930
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
draught

1012
1040
31
3.63
70.00%


1933
90/-
Pale Ale

pint
draught

1005
1039

4.43
87.18%


1933
Export Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1006
1051

5.89
88.24%


1934
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
draught

1011.3
1041

3.86
72.56%


1939
60/- Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1006
1037.8
9 – 10
4.13
84.11%


1940
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1008.3
1037.8

3.83
78.15%


1941
Pale Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1009
1037.5

3.70
76.00%


1947
80/- Ale
Pale Ale
16d
pint
bottled

1006.5
1034

3.57
80.88%


1947
80/- Ale
Pale Ale
16d
pint
bottled

1006
1033

3.51
81.82%


1947
80/- Ale
Pale Ale
16d
pint
bottled

1006
1034

3.64
82.35%


1947
60/- Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1003.5
1031

3.58
88.71%


1949
Special Export Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1009
1041.5

4.22
78.31%


1949
PA 60/-
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1007
1031.5

3.18
77.78%


1949
Special Export Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1007
1041

4.43
82.93%


1958
Export Beer
Pale Ale
26d
16 oz
can
0.05
1010.1
1043.1
100
4.12
76.57%


Sources:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002


Document WY/6/1/1/14 of the William Younger archive held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.


Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11


Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive



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What do I need to tell you about that lot? First, look at the different way 90/- was used between the wars. It's not a Strong Ale but a relatively low-gravity, bottle IPA. About 1040º before the war, under 1030º just after it. Shouldn't an IPA be stronger than its Pale Ale? Only if you're living in style-Nazi land. In Britain, especially in London and Scotland, it was often the other way around. And no, those brewers weren't willfully deceiving the public. Just adhering to a different set of conventions and consumer expectations.

You'll notice other points that conflict with modern usage. Like those 80/- Ales from 1947 with gravities around 1034º. The BJCP defines the gravity range as 1040º – 1054º. Yet more consumer fraud by those bastard brewers. Or perhaps a sign that definitions - at least those in drinkers' and brewers' minds - are ephemeral.

You'll see that same with 60/-. All the pre-war examples are way over the upper limit of 1035º imposed by the style definers. Though at least it as actually the type of beer they describe, a Pale Ale. Unlike modern 60/- which is Dark Mild.

The only beers that fit into modern styles are the last few. Those Special Exports squeeze in at the bottom of the modern idea of a Scottish Export. Probably more by coincidence than anything else.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-5024584479852996209?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com


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