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Here, as promised, is a little gap-filling, courtesy of the Whitbread Gravity book. It doesn't completely fill the hole in the brewing records, but it's still useful to see.
A couple of the names from the 1930's are familiar: Crystal Ale and Double Stout. The former, you may recall, is BAK, or bottling AK. It's fascinating to see how this beers was described over the years. In the 1890's it was a "Light Dinner Ale", after WW II simply "Light Ale". I've long suspected that the origin of Light Ale was in longer 19th-century names like Light Bitter Ale. It's nice to have a specific example.
We can see how the gravity of these two beers has fallen since our last look at Eldridge Pope's beers, on the eve of WW I:
beer
1896
1911
% fall
1934/35
% fall
Crystal Ale
1048.5
1044.3
8.66%
1037
16.48%
Double Stout
1061.5
1059.3
3.58%
1044.2
25.46%
I need to say something about the size of the gravity drop 1911 to 1934. Between those two dates were two gravity drop events: WW I and the 1931 tax rise. That accounts for the large size of the fall.
The Dorset Brown Ale, judging by its gravity, I would guess was a tweaked version of their Mild.
Moving on to the beers from the 1950's, we've an IPA a Srtrong Ale and Sweet Stout. Based on labels, I've seen, there was probably still a plain old Souble Stout in the 1950's. I'm quite surprised that it has the same OG as the pre-war Double Stout. Less surprisingly, the FG is 50% higher.
Both the IPA and Dorset Special Ale have very reasonable gravities for the 1950's. Eldridge Pope brewed quite a few strong beers. We'll be seeing more of this when we look at their brewing records from the 1960's in more detail.
Goldie Barley Wine is a case in point. This seems to have been a precursor to Hardy Ale. It's clearly a beer that has been designed to fit the Gold Label pale style of Barley Wine slot. The gravity is lower than Hardy Ale, but the grist is much the same.
The at 1968 Best Bitter is, let's be honest, way too weak to live up to the Best part of its name. And there's hardly any difference in strength between it and Crystal Bright, which I think was a keg version of BAK. Aaahh - could that be the beer called BK in the logs? The Best Bitter role is clearly being performed by IPA.
Next time we'll be looking at the logs from 1964. SO many laughs in that lot.
Eldridge Pope beers 1934 - 1968
Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Attenuation
1934
Crystal Ale
Pale Ale
7d
pint
bottled
0.05
1007.3
1037
3.86
80.27%
1935
Double Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
0.07
1013.5
1044.2
3.98
69.46%
1938
Crystal Ale
Pale Ale
4d
half pint
bottled
0.10
1005.9
1036.7
26
4.01
83.92%
1938
Dorset Brown Ale
Brown Ale
4d
half pint
bottled
0.07
1009.5
1038.2
40 + 13
3.72
75.13%
1955
India Pale Ale
IPA
1/2.5d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1012.8
1044.1
20
4.06
70.98%
1959
Dorset Special Ale
Strong Ale
halfpint
bottled
0.05
1019.9
1076.1
90
7.33
73.85%
1959
Sweet Double Stout
Stout
14d
halfpint
bottled
1020.2
1044.2
250
3.09
54.30%
1961
König Pilsener Lager
Pils
18d
half pint
bottled
0.04
1007.3
1038.6
8
3.91
81.09%
1967
Huntsman Goldie Barley Wine
Barley Wine
24d
nip
bottled
0.06
1016.9
1080.4
23
7.94
78.98%
1968
Mild Ale
Mild
18d
pint
draught
0.04
1005.6
1029.8
105
3.02
81.21%
1968
IPA
IPA
24d
pint
draught
0.04
1008
1041.5
27
4.19
80.72%
1968
Best Bitter
Pale Ale
20d
pint
draught
0.05
1005.3
1031.5
20
3.28
83.17%
1968
Crystal Bright
Pale Ale
20d
pint
draught
0.04
1005.9
1029.7
21
2.98
80.13%
Sources:
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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Here, as promised, is a little gap-filling, courtesy of the Whitbread Gravity book. It doesn't completely fill the hole in the brewing records, but it's still useful to see.
A couple of the names from the 1930's are familiar: Crystal Ale and Double Stout. The former, you may recall, is BAK, or bottling AK. It's fascinating to see how this beers was described over the years. In the 1890's it was a "Light Dinner Ale", after WW II simply "Light Ale". I've long suspected that the origin of Light Ale was in longer 19th-century names like Light Bitter Ale. It's nice to have a specific example.
We can see how the gravity of these two beers has fallen since our last look at Eldridge Pope's beers, on the eve of WW I:
beer
1896
1911
% fall
1934/35
% fall
Crystal Ale
1048.5
1044.3
8.66%
1037
16.48%
Double Stout
1061.5
1059.3
3.58%
1044.2
25.46%
I need to say something about the size of the gravity drop 1911 to 1934. Between those two dates were two gravity drop events: WW I and the 1931 tax rise. That accounts for the large size of the fall.
The Dorset Brown Ale, judging by its gravity, I would guess was a tweaked version of their Mild.
Moving on to the beers from the 1950's, we've an IPA a Srtrong Ale and Sweet Stout. Based on labels, I've seen, there was probably still a plain old Souble Stout in the 1950's. I'm quite surprised that it has the same OG as the pre-war Double Stout. Less surprisingly, the FG is 50% higher.
Both the IPA and Dorset Special Ale have very reasonable gravities for the 1950's. Eldridge Pope brewed quite a few strong beers. We'll be seeing more of this when we look at their brewing records from the 1960's in more detail.
Goldie Barley Wine is a case in point. This seems to have been a precursor to Hardy Ale. It's clearly a beer that has been designed to fit the Gold Label pale style of Barley Wine slot. The gravity is lower than Hardy Ale, but the grist is much the same.
The at 1968 Best Bitter is, let's be honest, way too weak to live up to the Best part of its name. And there's hardly any difference in strength between it and Crystal Bright, which I think was a keg version of BAK. Aaahh - could that be the beer called BK in the logs? The Best Bitter role is clearly being performed by IPA.
Next time we'll be looking at the logs from 1964. SO many laughs in that lot.
Eldridge Pope beers 1934 - 1968
Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Attenuation
1934
Crystal Ale
Pale Ale
7d
pint
bottled
0.05
1007.3
1037
3.86
80.27%
1935
Double Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
0.07
1013.5
1044.2
3.98
69.46%
1938
Crystal Ale
Pale Ale
4d
half pint
bottled
0.10
1005.9
1036.7
26
4.01
83.92%
1938
Dorset Brown Ale
Brown Ale
4d
half pint
bottled
0.07
1009.5
1038.2
40 + 13
3.72
75.13%
1955
India Pale Ale
IPA
1/2.5d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1012.8
1044.1
20
4.06
70.98%
1959
Dorset Special Ale
Strong Ale
halfpint
bottled
0.05
1019.9
1076.1
90
7.33
73.85%
1959
Sweet Double Stout
Stout
14d
halfpint
bottled
1020.2
1044.2
250
3.09
54.30%
1961
König Pilsener Lager
Pils
18d
half pint
bottled
0.04
1007.3
1038.6
8
3.91
81.09%
1967
Huntsman Goldie Barley Wine
Barley Wine
24d
nip
bottled
0.06
1016.9
1080.4
23
7.94
78.98%
1968
Mild Ale
Mild
18d
pint
draught
0.04
1005.6
1029.8
105
3.02
81.21%
1968
IPA
IPA
24d
pint
draught
0.04
1008
1041.5
27
4.19
80.72%
1968
Best Bitter
Pale Ale
20d
pint
draught
0.05
1005.3
1031.5
20
3.28
83.17%
1968
Crystal Bright
Pale Ale
20d
pint
draught
0.04
1005.9
1029.7
21
2.98
80.13%
Sources:
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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