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Here's a weird paradox. I have more details about British bottled beer from the 1940's and 1950's than I do from the 1980's and 1990's. I blame CAMRA.
Because with cask beers, there's no problem. They've been documented by the Good Beer Guide since the 1970's. But only cask and bottle-conditioned beers. Which leaves all other forms of bottled beer and keg beer pretty much undocumented. Bit of a bummer for someone like me who's interested in every form of beer. At least from an academic point of view.
So I was delighted when Bailey (of Boak & Bailey) passed on some scans of a 1986 What's Brewing article about bottled beer. One that had lots of lovely gravities included.
It doesn't look that short a list, until you realise that for some styles, for example Stout, it's pretty much complete. Buy which I mean it includes most of the Stouts then brewed in Britain. Apart from Guinness and Courage Russian Stout. I have details for those two elsewhere.
Unfortunately, there weren't any Light Ales listed, which is a bit annoying. It's a style I'd like to trace through to its current virtual extinction. I can't think of many that are still brewed. Courage Light Ale is and maybe Harvey's still make one. How many others are there still?
Brown Ale is another former bottled favourite on its last legs. Well, apart from Newcastle Brown. Even Whitbread's Forest Brownm has now gone. I'd be surprised if there were still half a dozen of the weaker type of Brown Ale still knocking around.
Strong Ales and strong Pale Ales were probably the bottled types doing best in the 1980's. Again, my division of them into Strong Ale, Old Ale and Barley Wine is pretty arbitrary. I could just as easily have classified them all simply as Strong Ale.
Bottled beers in the 1980's
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
1986
Sam Smith
Golden Strong
Barley Wine
1100
1981
Lorimer
Barley Wine
Barley Wine
1074
1986
Adnams
Tally Ho
Barley Wine
1075
1986
Young
Old Nick
Barley Wine
1084
1986
Whitbread
Forest Brown
Brown Ale
1032
1986
Mann
Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1034
1986
Bass (Runcorn)
M & B Sam Brown
Brown Ale
1035
1986
Home Ales
Home Brewed
Brown Ale
1036
1986
Hardy & Hanson
Special Brown
Brown Ale
1036
1986
Scottish & Newcastle
Newcastle Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1045
1986
Vaux
Double Maxim
Brown Ale
1044
1986
Sam Smith
Strong Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1045
1986
Adnam
Fisherman Brown
Brown Ale
1042
1986
Northern Clubs
Federation Strong Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1047
1986
Home Ales
Robin Hood IPA
IPA
1045
1986
King & Barnes
Old XXXX
Old Ale
1046
1986
Banks
Imperial Old Ale
Old Ale
1096
1986
Robinson
Old Tom
Old Ale
1080
1986
Gale
Prize Old Ale
Old Ale
1095
1986
Greene King
Strong Suffolk
Old Ale
1056
1986
Greene King
5X
Old Ale
1106
1986
Young
Ramrod
Pale Ale
1046
1986
Shepherd Neame
Abbey
Pale Ale
1045
1986
Ridley
Old Bob
Pale Ale
1050
1986
Courage
Bulldog Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1068
1986
Adnam
Broadside
Pale Ale
1068
1986
Eldridge Pope
Royal Oak
Pale Ale
1048
1986
Gale
Strong Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1062
1986
Wadworth
Old Timer
Pale Ale
1051
1986
Timothy Taylor
Landlord
Pale Ale
1044
1986
Young
Strong Export
Pale Ale
1062
1986
Sam Smith
Taddy Porter
Porter
1051
1986
Whitbread
Mackeson
Stout
1042
1986
Sam Smith
Nourishing Sweet Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Sam Smith
Strong Stout
Stout
1050
1986
Hardy & Hanson
Blackamoor Stout
Stout
1044
1986
Timothy Taylor
Black Bess
Stout
1043
1986
Morrell
Malt Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Shipstone
Ship Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Courage
Velvet
Stout
1041
1986
Watney
Cream Label
Stout
1038
1986
Younger
Sweet Stout
Stout
1032
1986
Tennent
Sweetheart Stout
Stout
1035
1986
Randall (Guernsey)
Bobby Stout
Stout
1046
1986
Guernsey Brewery
Milk Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Ann Street Brewery
Mary Ann Stout
Stout
1038
1986
Belhaven
Sweet Stout
Stout
1033
1986
Brain
Extra Stout
Stout
1043
1986
Gale
Nourishing Stout
Stout
1034
1986
Greenall Whitley
Red Rose
Stout
1040
1986
Hardy & Hanson
Blackamoor Stout
Stout
1044
1986
Harvey
Sussex Sweet Stout
Stout
1032
1986
Holt
Brown Stout
Stout
1040
1986
Home Ales
Stout
Stout
1037
1986
King & Barnes
JK
Stout
1033
1986
Lees
Archer Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Morrell
Malt Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Palmer
Extra Stout
Stout
1032
1986
Sam Smith
Sweet Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Timothy Taylor
Black Bess
Stout
1044
1986
Sam Smith
Nourishing Stout
Stout
1050
1986
Sam Smith
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
1051
1986
Sam Smith
Imperial Stout
Stout
1073
1981
Elgood
Malt Stout
Stout
1031
1981
Greene King
Farm Stout
Stout
1035
1981
Robinson
Unicorn Stout
Stout
1038
1981
Devenish
S. West Stout
Stout
1040
1981
Marston
Mello Stout
Stout
1043
1986
Greene King
St. Edmund Ale
Strong Ale
1060
1986
St. Austell
Smuggler's Ale
Strong Ale
1070
1986
St. Austell
Prince's Ale
Strong Ale
1100
1986
Davenport
Top Brew de Luxe
Strong Ale
1074
1986
Davenport
Top Brew Original
Strong Ale
1071
1986
Morrell
College Ale
Strong Ale
1073
1986
Lees
Moonraker
Strong Ale
1074
1986
Holt
Sixex
Strong Ale
1064
1986
Higson
Stingo
Strong Ale
1078
1986
Harvey
Elizabethan Ale
Strong Ale
1090
1986
Harvey
Christmas Ale
Strong Ale
1090
1986
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
Strong Ale
1125
1981
Paine
EG
Strong Ale
1047
1981
McMullen
Mitre
Strong Ale
1058
1981
Devenish
Crabber's Nip
Strong Ale
1066
1981
Greene King
Audit Ale
Strong Ale
1078
1986
Hoskins & Oldfield
Christmas Noggin
Strong Ale
1100
1986
Hall & Woodhouse
Stingo
Strong Ale
1075
1986
Watney
Stingo
Strong Ale
1076
1986
Broughton
Old Jock
Strong Ale
1070
1986
Godson
Stock Ale
Strong Ale
1086
Sources:
GBG 1987
What's Brewing November 1986, page 7.
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Here's a weird paradox. I have more details about British bottled beer from the 1940's and 1950's than I do from the 1980's and 1990's. I blame CAMRA.
Because with cask beers, there's no problem. They've been documented by the Good Beer Guide since the 1970's. But only cask and bottle-conditioned beers. Which leaves all other forms of bottled beer and keg beer pretty much undocumented. Bit of a bummer for someone like me who's interested in every form of beer. At least from an academic point of view.
So I was delighted when Bailey (of Boak & Bailey) passed on some scans of a 1986 What's Brewing article about bottled beer. One that had lots of lovely gravities included.
It doesn't look that short a list, until you realise that for some styles, for example Stout, it's pretty much complete. Buy which I mean it includes most of the Stouts then brewed in Britain. Apart from Guinness and Courage Russian Stout. I have details for those two elsewhere.
Unfortunately, there weren't any Light Ales listed, which is a bit annoying. It's a style I'd like to trace through to its current virtual extinction. I can't think of many that are still brewed. Courage Light Ale is and maybe Harvey's still make one. How many others are there still?
Brown Ale is another former bottled favourite on its last legs. Well, apart from Newcastle Brown. Even Whitbread's Forest Brownm has now gone. I'd be surprised if there were still half a dozen of the weaker type of Brown Ale still knocking around.
Strong Ales and strong Pale Ales were probably the bottled types doing best in the 1980's. Again, my division of them into Strong Ale, Old Ale and Barley Wine is pretty arbitrary. I could just as easily have classified them all simply as Strong Ale.
Bottled beers in the 1980's
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
1986
Sam Smith
Golden Strong
Barley Wine
1100
1981
Lorimer
Barley Wine
Barley Wine
1074
1986
Adnams
Tally Ho
Barley Wine
1075
1986
Young
Old Nick
Barley Wine
1084
1986
Whitbread
Forest Brown
Brown Ale
1032
1986
Mann
Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1034
1986
Bass (Runcorn)
M & B Sam Brown
Brown Ale
1035
1986
Home Ales
Home Brewed
Brown Ale
1036
1986
Hardy & Hanson
Special Brown
Brown Ale
1036
1986
Scottish & Newcastle
Newcastle Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1045
1986
Vaux
Double Maxim
Brown Ale
1044
1986
Sam Smith
Strong Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1045
1986
Adnam
Fisherman Brown
Brown Ale
1042
1986
Northern Clubs
Federation Strong Brown Ale
Brown Ale
1047
1986
Home Ales
Robin Hood IPA
IPA
1045
1986
King & Barnes
Old XXXX
Old Ale
1046
1986
Banks
Imperial Old Ale
Old Ale
1096
1986
Robinson
Old Tom
Old Ale
1080
1986
Gale
Prize Old Ale
Old Ale
1095
1986
Greene King
Strong Suffolk
Old Ale
1056
1986
Greene King
5X
Old Ale
1106
1986
Young
Ramrod
Pale Ale
1046
1986
Shepherd Neame
Abbey
Pale Ale
1045
1986
Ridley
Old Bob
Pale Ale
1050
1986
Courage
Bulldog Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1068
1986
Adnam
Broadside
Pale Ale
1068
1986
Eldridge Pope
Royal Oak
Pale Ale
1048
1986
Gale
Strong Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1062
1986
Wadworth
Old Timer
Pale Ale
1051
1986
Timothy Taylor
Landlord
Pale Ale
1044
1986
Young
Strong Export
Pale Ale
1062
1986
Sam Smith
Taddy Porter
Porter
1051
1986
Whitbread
Mackeson
Stout
1042
1986
Sam Smith
Nourishing Sweet Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Sam Smith
Strong Stout
Stout
1050
1986
Hardy & Hanson
Blackamoor Stout
Stout
1044
1986
Timothy Taylor
Black Bess
Stout
1043
1986
Morrell
Malt Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Shipstone
Ship Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Courage
Velvet
Stout
1041
1986
Watney
Cream Label
Stout
1038
1986
Younger
Sweet Stout
Stout
1032
1986
Tennent
Sweetheart Stout
Stout
1035
1986
Randall (Guernsey)
Bobby Stout
Stout
1046
1986
Guernsey Brewery
Milk Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Ann Street Brewery
Mary Ann Stout
Stout
1038
1986
Belhaven
Sweet Stout
Stout
1033
1986
Brain
Extra Stout
Stout
1043
1986
Gale
Nourishing Stout
Stout
1034
1986
Greenall Whitley
Red Rose
Stout
1040
1986
Hardy & Hanson
Blackamoor Stout
Stout
1044
1986
Harvey
Sussex Sweet Stout
Stout
1032
1986
Holt
Brown Stout
Stout
1040
1986
Home Ales
Stout
Stout
1037
1986
King & Barnes
JK
Stout
1033
1986
Lees
Archer Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Morrell
Malt Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Palmer
Extra Stout
Stout
1032
1986
Sam Smith
Sweet Stout
Stout
1042
1986
Timothy Taylor
Black Bess
Stout
1044
1986
Sam Smith
Nourishing Stout
Stout
1050
1986
Sam Smith
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
1051
1986
Sam Smith
Imperial Stout
Stout
1073
1981
Elgood
Malt Stout
Stout
1031
1981
Greene King
Farm Stout
Stout
1035
1981
Robinson
Unicorn Stout
Stout
1038
1981
Devenish
S. West Stout
Stout
1040
1981
Marston
Mello Stout
Stout
1043
1986
Greene King
St. Edmund Ale
Strong Ale
1060
1986
St. Austell
Smuggler's Ale
Strong Ale
1070
1986
St. Austell
Prince's Ale
Strong Ale
1100
1986
Davenport
Top Brew de Luxe
Strong Ale
1074
1986
Davenport
Top Brew Original
Strong Ale
1071
1986
Morrell
College Ale
Strong Ale
1073
1986
Lees
Moonraker
Strong Ale
1074
1986
Holt
Sixex
Strong Ale
1064
1986
Higson
Stingo
Strong Ale
1078
1986
Harvey
Elizabethan Ale
Strong Ale
1090
1986
Harvey
Christmas Ale
Strong Ale
1090
1986
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
Strong Ale
1125
1981
Paine
EG
Strong Ale
1047
1981
McMullen
Mitre
Strong Ale
1058
1981
Devenish
Crabber's Nip
Strong Ale
1066
1981
Greene King
Audit Ale
Strong Ale
1078
1986
Hoskins & Oldfield
Christmas Noggin
Strong Ale
1100
1986
Hall & Woodhouse
Stingo
Strong Ale
1075
1986
Watney
Stingo
Strong Ale
1076
1986
Broughton
Old Jock
Strong Ale
1070
1986
Godson
Stock Ale
Strong Ale
1086
Sources:
GBG 1987
What's Brewing November 1986, page 7.
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