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Time to move on to the 20th century and take look at Eldridge Pope's beers on the eve of WW I.

First, a general impression: those gravities look awfully low. This is before WW I, remember. The gravities of all the beers have fallen since 1896. I know, let's compare the beers from 1896 and 1911:




Beer
1896-97
1911-12
% fall


AK
1048.5
1042.7
11.96%


BAK
1048.5
1044.3
8.66%


KK
1051.5




PA
1057.6
1051.2
11.11%


X

1036



XX
1049




XXX
1065.1
1058.1
10.75%


XXXX
1074.8
1076.2
-1.87%


LTS
1051.2
1047.4
7.42%


S
1061.5
1059.3
3.58%



Only the XXX Strong Ale didn't drop in gravity, perversely going up slightly. The biggest seller - AK - saw the greatest drop in gravity, almost 12%. Though the fall was almost as great for PA and XXX.

I assume that the reason KK no longer appears in 1911 is connected with the fall in gravity of PA. Esentially PA has taken over the gravity slot formerly filled by KK.

The X is the most shocking beer. Just 1036. That's like kiddie beer for the period. I've been telling you that there was already a trend towards lower-gravity beer before WW I. This is proof. At no time in the 19th century would it have been classed as anything more than Table Beer. In fact most Table Beers were stronger.

I'm really happy to be looking outside London. The beers of the capital aren't totally typical of brewing across the country as a whole. The trend of dropping gravities in the decade before WW I isn't really visible in London.

There a bit of a gap (until the 1960's) between these and the next Eldridge Pope records I've got. Luckily I've got Whitbread's Gravity Book to fall back on. That's got a few Eldridge Pope beers from the years 1934 to 1961. We'll be turning our attention to them next time.



Eldridge Pope beers 1911 - 1912


Date
Year
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
Pitch temp
max. fermen-tation temp
length of fermen-tation (days)


10th Feb
1911
Sp AK
Pale Ale
1040.2
1011.1
3.85
72.41%
8.09
1.41
2
2
2
2
60.25º
67.5º
4


10th Feb
1911
BAK
Pale Ale
1044.3
1012.7
4.18
71.25%
8.09
1.56
2
2
2
2
60.25º
67.75º
4


10th Feb
1911
AK
Pale Ale
1042.7
1011.1
4.18
74.03%
8.09
1.50
2
2
2
2
60º
67.5º
4


15th Feb
1911
XXXX
Strong Ale
1076.2
1024.4
6.85
68.00%
9.77
3.18
4.17



60º
79.25º
3


16th Feb
1911
S
Stout
1059.3
1018.0
5.46
69.63%
7.30
1.98
2
2


59.5º
70º
4


16th Feb
1911
LTS
Stout
1047.4
1014.7
4.32
69.01%
7.30
1.58
2
2


60º
67.5º
4


21st Feb
1911
PA
Pale Ale
1051.2
1015.5
4.73
69.73%
4.15
2.09
2
2
2

60º
67.5º
4


21st Feb
1911
XXX
Mild
1058.2
1017.2
5.42
70.48%
4.29
1.85
2
2
2

60º
76º
4


21st Feb
1911
X
Mild
1036.0
1009.1
3.55
74.62%
4.29
1.14
2
2
2

61º
68.5º
4


6th Jun
1912
S
Stout
1059.3
1019.1
5.31
67.76%
7.38
2.00
2.08
3.25


60º
69.5º
4


6th Jun
1912
LTS
Stout
1047.4
1014.7
4.32
69.01%
7.38
1.60
2.08
3.25


60º
67.5º
4


23rd Aug
1912
BAK
Pale Ale
1044.3
1013.3
4.10
70.00%
7.75
1.49
2
2.42


60º
68.5º
4


23rd Aug
1912
AK
Pale Ale
1042.7
1012.7
3.96
70.13%
8.22
1.48
2
2.42


60º
68.5º
4


27th Aug
1912
PA
Pale Ale
1051.0
1015.2
4.73
70.11%
9.61
2.08
2
2


60º
68.5º
4


Source:


Eldridge Pope brewing records



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