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All those duty financial reports are making my throat dry. Time to give it some relief in the form of beer. Sadly not actual beer, just numbers about beer. It's close enough for me.
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Newcastle brewer Robert Deuchar, you will recall, bought Pattison's Duddingston Brewery at a knock-down price. They seem to have got the best deal of anyone out of the Pattison's bankruptcy. They got themselves a shiny new brewery to brew Scotch Ales for their pubs in the northeast. Let's take a look at what they brewed.
A lot of Pale Ales, it looks like. All the pre-war beers in the table are Pale Ales. pretty low-gravity Pale Ales. All are under 1040º. I know I've warned you about this before, but it bears repeating: don't assume that those 60/- Ales have any connection with modern Scottish 60/-. These were all clearly indicated as Pale Ales. The colours also show that they weren't dark like today's 60/-.
1038º was pretty weak for a London Pale Ale before WW II. Especially a draught Pale Ale. Standard Bitter was in the mid 1040's and Best Bitter over 1050º. The only beers with a similar gravity to Deuchar's were cheap bottled Pale Ales like Barclay Perkins XLK or Whitbread's Family Ale, which were both in the 1036-1038º range.
See anything unusual about the post-WW II beers? With the exception of one Pale Ale from the dark days of 1949 austerity (when Britain was most definitely in black and white) all are over 1040º. Normally you would expect the earlier beers to be stronger. There's a reason for that. The 1950's Pale Ales are of a different type: Export. It does appear that in the 1950's it was beginning to take on its modern form. Though today's Exports are a little lower in gravity, in the range 1042-1045º.
The Hampden Red Ale is an odd one. My guess would be that it's the Export with extra caramel to give it a darker colour. I'm trying to think if I've seen another Scottish beer described as a Red Ale. I don't believe I have. But I'm sure that won't stop some style Nazi making up guidelines and a fake history for it.
Finally there are a couple of Scottish-style Sweet Stouts. I didn't need the hint in the name to see that they were Sweet Stouts. The low attenuation gives that away. Though they aren't the most extreme in that respect. Plenty of Scottish Stouts had below 50% apparent attenuation.
Robert Deuchar beers 1929 - 1959
Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1929
60/-
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1010
1038.5
No. 4 1.5 glass paler than our standard.
3.76
75.32%
1929
60/-
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1010
1038.5
No.6 1 glass paler than our standard.
3.76
75.32%
1931
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
6d
half pint
bottled
1009
1034
26
3.24
73.53%
1936
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
5d
pint
bottled
1006
1028.5
7 – 8
2.92
78.95%
1938
60/- Ale
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1009
1038.3
13
3.80
76.47%
1939
60/- Ale
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1009
1037.5
3.77
77.33%
1939
60/- Ale
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1008
1031.5
8
3.11
76.19%
1949
PA 60/-
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1008
1030
2.85
73.33%
1955
Export Ale
Pale Ale
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1015
1049.5
23
4.48
69.90%
1956
Hampden Red Ale
Ale
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1016
1048.5
55
4.23
67.42%
1956
Edinburgh Sweet Stout
Stout
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.04
1017
1042.9
300
3.37
60.84%
1956
Export Ale
Pale Ale
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1014
1047.6
23
4.37
70.80%
1959
Edinburgh Sweet Stout
Stout
14d
halfpint
bottled
1020
1043.5
275
3.06
54.71%
1959
Edinburgh Export
Pale Ale
16d
halfpint
bottled
0.04
1015
1048.3
23
4.33
69.15%
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002
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All those duty financial reports are making my throat dry. Time to give it some relief in the form of beer. Sadly not actual beer, just numbers about beer. It's close enough for me.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ItvUAb3NshA/T88moyLeCjI/AAAAAAAAJMg/6fRBhNJZ5sY/s320/Deuchar_Duddingston_Pale_Ale.JPG (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ItvUAb3NshA/T88moyLeCjI/AAAAAAAAJMg/6fRBhNJZ5sY/s1600/Deuchar_Duddingston_Pale_Ale.JPG)
Newcastle brewer Robert Deuchar, you will recall, bought Pattison's Duddingston Brewery at a knock-down price. They seem to have got the best deal of anyone out of the Pattison's bankruptcy. They got themselves a shiny new brewery to brew Scotch Ales for their pubs in the northeast. Let's take a look at what they brewed.
A lot of Pale Ales, it looks like. All the pre-war beers in the table are Pale Ales. pretty low-gravity Pale Ales. All are under 1040º. I know I've warned you about this before, but it bears repeating: don't assume that those 60/- Ales have any connection with modern Scottish 60/-. These were all clearly indicated as Pale Ales. The colours also show that they weren't dark like today's 60/-.
1038º was pretty weak for a London Pale Ale before WW II. Especially a draught Pale Ale. Standard Bitter was in the mid 1040's and Best Bitter over 1050º. The only beers with a similar gravity to Deuchar's were cheap bottled Pale Ales like Barclay Perkins XLK or Whitbread's Family Ale, which were both in the 1036-1038º range.
See anything unusual about the post-WW II beers? With the exception of one Pale Ale from the dark days of 1949 austerity (when Britain was most definitely in black and white) all are over 1040º. Normally you would expect the earlier beers to be stronger. There's a reason for that. The 1950's Pale Ales are of a different type: Export. It does appear that in the 1950's it was beginning to take on its modern form. Though today's Exports are a little lower in gravity, in the range 1042-1045º.
The Hampden Red Ale is an odd one. My guess would be that it's the Export with extra caramel to give it a darker colour. I'm trying to think if I've seen another Scottish beer described as a Red Ale. I don't believe I have. But I'm sure that won't stop some style Nazi making up guidelines and a fake history for it.
Finally there are a couple of Scottish-style Sweet Stouts. I didn't need the hint in the name to see that they were Sweet Stouts. The low attenuation gives that away. Though they aren't the most extreme in that respect. Plenty of Scottish Stouts had below 50% apparent attenuation.
Robert Deuchar beers 1929 - 1959
Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1929
60/-
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1010
1038.5
No. 4 1.5 glass paler than our standard.
3.76
75.32%
1929
60/-
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1010
1038.5
No.6 1 glass paler than our standard.
3.76
75.32%
1931
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
6d
half pint
bottled
1009
1034
26
3.24
73.53%
1936
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
5d
pint
bottled
1006
1028.5
7 – 8
2.92
78.95%
1938
60/- Ale
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1009
1038.3
13
3.80
76.47%
1939
60/- Ale
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1009
1037.5
3.77
77.33%
1939
60/- Ale
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1008
1031.5
8
3.11
76.19%
1949
PA 60/-
Pale Ale
pint
bottled
1008
1030
2.85
73.33%
1955
Export Ale
Pale Ale
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1015
1049.5
23
4.48
69.90%
1956
Hampden Red Ale
Ale
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1016
1048.5
55
4.23
67.42%
1956
Edinburgh Sweet Stout
Stout
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.04
1017
1042.9
300
3.37
60.84%
1956
Export Ale
Pale Ale
1/3d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1014
1047.6
23
4.37
70.80%
1959
Edinburgh Sweet Stout
Stout
14d
halfpint
bottled
1020
1043.5
275
3.06
54.71%
1959
Edinburgh Export
Pale Ale
16d
halfpint
bottled
0.04
1015
1048.3
23
4.33
69.15%
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002
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