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Quite predictable, isn't it, my stepping through the decades? Maybe a should throw you off by suddenly jumping to the 1930's. Or something. Just to be different. No-one likes being predictable.
The 1880's were a decade of great change - and prosperity - for the brewing industry. First there was the 1880 Free Mash Tun Act that removed the restricions on the ingredients used in brewing and moved taxation from malt to beer. More importantly, the tax was calculated on the gravity of wort before fermentation. One effect of this was to encourage the production of lower gravity beers. Particularly the low-gravity Pale Ales known as Light Dinner Ale, Family Ale, Luncheon and a host of similar names. Eventually their names would be shortened to simply Light Ale.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m46edPFFH0k/UjgmTVkPlUI/AAAAAAAAR9s/1JjBXxj2cB4/s640/Gordon_1889.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m46edPFFH0k/UjgmTVkPlUI/AAAAAAAAR9s/1JjBXxj2cB4/s1600/Gordon_1889.jpg)
This set has just two Mild Ales and no Porters whatsoever. Though, as I mentioned before, what was called Copper was likely really bottled Porter. At the price it was sold for, I'm sure that's the case. The same applies to the beers sold as Family Stout or Luncheon Stout. This is the start of Stout's slip from a strong to a weak beer.
At the top end of the market, there was clearly still a good demand for the IPA's of BAss and Allsopp. But this is getting close to the end of the good times for Burton brewers. They were particularly hard hit by the changes to the licensing rules in the 1890's, which saw local authorities actively trying to close pubs. The result was a scramble for tied houses. Burton brewers like Bass and Allsopp, who had previously had no trouble finding outlets for their beer began to be squeezed out as breweries insisted on their pubs only selling their products. Allsopps paniced in the 1890's and, using the cash raised when the company was floated, made a series of rash pub purchases. By the early 20th century the compant ws limping towards insolvency.
Somehow Guinness managed to avoid the fate of Bass and Allsopp. They, too, owned no pubs but weer increasingly making the bottled Stout market in the pub trade their own. Still not quite sure how they pulled that one off.
Bottled beers in the 1880's
Brewery
Place
year
beer
style
price per dozen
size
source
Barrett
??
1880
Ale
Ale
2s 3d
pint
The British Library
John Bird
Westerfield, Suff.
1883
Bottled Ale
Ale
2s 3d
pint
Bass
Burton
1883
Ale
Ale
3s 9d
pint
The British Library
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Amber Ale
Amber Ale
2s 6d
pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Amber Ale
Amber Ale
1s 6d
half pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Anglo-Bavarian
Shepton Mallet
1889
Amber Ale
Amber Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Cooper
Cooper
3s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Whitbread & Co.
London
1883
Cooper
Cooper
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1883
Cooper
Cooper
2s 4d
pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
London Cooper
Cooper
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Cooper
Cooper
2s 9d
pint
Simonds
Reading
1882
SB Fine Sparkling Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
3s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
SB Fine Sparkling Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Light Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
Family Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Light Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
2s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Family Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
W & S Lucas
Hitchin, Herts
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s
pint
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
Simonds
Reading
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
5s
bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
4s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Bass
Burton
1882
Bass's Pale Ale
IPA
6s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Bass
Burton
1882
Bass's Pale Ale
IPA
4s 6d
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Bass
Burton
1882
Bass's Pale Ale
IPA
3s 6d
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Allsopp
Burton
1883
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Bass
Burton
1883
Pale Ale
IPA
4s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Bass
Burton
1888
India Pale Ale
IPA
4s 6d
imperial pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
Bass
Burton
1888
India Pale Ale
IPA
2s 6d
half pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s 9d
pint
Bass
Burton
1889
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
English Lager
Lager
2s 10d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Lager
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Munich
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Bock
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Pilsen
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Lager
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Munich
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Bock
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Pilsen
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
??
??
1889
Pilsener Lager Beer (imported)
Lager
4s 9d
Imperial pint
The British Library
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Rich Mild Ale
Mild
2s 9d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Strong Mild Ale
Mild
4s 6d
pint
Ind Coope
Romford
1882
Romford Ale
Pale Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Ind Coope
Romford
1883
Romford Ale
Pale Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Globe
??
1883
Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Ale
Pale Ale
2s 9d
pint
The British Library
Ind Coope
Romford
1883
Ale
Pale Ale
2s 3d
pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Light Bitter
Pale Ale
2s 10d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Ind Coope
Romford
1883
Pale Romford Ale
Pale Ale
2s 3d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Mild Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
2s
pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Mild Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
1s 3d
half pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Fine Tonic Ale, Bitter
Pale Ale
2s 9d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Pale Ale, Bitter
Pale Ale
3s 3d
pint
Anglo-Bavarian
Shepton Mallet
1889
Light Bitter
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
VPA
Pale Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
XVPA
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
XXB
Pale Ale
4s
Imperial pint
Barrett
??
1880
Stout
Stout
2s 4d
pint
The British Library
Mann & Crossmann
London
1880
Stout
Stout
2s 4d
pint
The British Library
Raggett
London
1880
Nourishing Stout
Stout
3s 6d
pint
Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 18 December 1880, page 7
Raggett
London
1880
Nourishing Stout
Stout
4s 6d
pint
Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 18 December 1880, page 7
W & S Lucas
Hitchin, Herts
1882
Double Stout
Stout
3s
pint
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Double Stout
Stout
5s
bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Double Stout
Stout
4s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Double Stout
Stout
3s
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
John Bird
Westerfield, Suff.
1883
Bottled Stout
Stout
3s 9d
pint
Combe
London
1883
London Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Guinness
Dublin
1883
Extra Stout
Stout
4s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Guinness
Dublin
1883
Extra Stout
Stout
3s 6d
pint
The British Library
Guinness
Dublin
1883
Dublin Extra Stout
Stout
3s 3d
Imperial pint
The British Library
South London Brewery
Southwark
1886
Generous Stout
Stout
3s
pint
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
London Stout
Stout
3s
pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
London Stout
Stout
1s 8d
half pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
London Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
Extra Stout
Stout
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Watney
London
1888
London Stout
Stout
4s 6d
imperial pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
Watney
London
1888
London Stout
Stout
2s 6d
half pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Stout
Stout
3s 3d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Double Stout
Stout
3s 9d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Imperial Stout
Stout
4s 6d
pint
Allsopp
Burton
1889
Luncheon Stout
Stout
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Bass
Burton
1889
Special Bottling Stout
Stout
3s 3d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Family Stout
Stout
2s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Luncheon Stout
Stout
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Nourishing Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
W & S Lucas
Hitchin, Herts
1882
Strong Ale
Strong Ale
3s
pint
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
Bass
Burton
1889
Light Table Ale
Table Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
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Quite predictable, isn't it, my stepping through the decades? Maybe a should throw you off by suddenly jumping to the 1930's. Or something. Just to be different. No-one likes being predictable.
The 1880's were a decade of great change - and prosperity - for the brewing industry. First there was the 1880 Free Mash Tun Act that removed the restricions on the ingredients used in brewing and moved taxation from malt to beer. More importantly, the tax was calculated on the gravity of wort before fermentation. One effect of this was to encourage the production of lower gravity beers. Particularly the low-gravity Pale Ales known as Light Dinner Ale, Family Ale, Luncheon and a host of similar names. Eventually their names would be shortened to simply Light Ale.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m46edPFFH0k/UjgmTVkPlUI/AAAAAAAAR9s/1JjBXxj2cB4/s640/Gordon_1889.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m46edPFFH0k/UjgmTVkPlUI/AAAAAAAAR9s/1JjBXxj2cB4/s1600/Gordon_1889.jpg)
This set has just two Mild Ales and no Porters whatsoever. Though, as I mentioned before, what was called Copper was likely really bottled Porter. At the price it was sold for, I'm sure that's the case. The same applies to the beers sold as Family Stout or Luncheon Stout. This is the start of Stout's slip from a strong to a weak beer.
At the top end of the market, there was clearly still a good demand for the IPA's of BAss and Allsopp. But this is getting close to the end of the good times for Burton brewers. They were particularly hard hit by the changes to the licensing rules in the 1890's, which saw local authorities actively trying to close pubs. The result was a scramble for tied houses. Burton brewers like Bass and Allsopp, who had previously had no trouble finding outlets for their beer began to be squeezed out as breweries insisted on their pubs only selling their products. Allsopps paniced in the 1890's and, using the cash raised when the company was floated, made a series of rash pub purchases. By the early 20th century the compant ws limping towards insolvency.
Somehow Guinness managed to avoid the fate of Bass and Allsopp. They, too, owned no pubs but weer increasingly making the bottled Stout market in the pub trade their own. Still not quite sure how they pulled that one off.
Bottled beers in the 1880's
Brewery
Place
year
beer
style
price per dozen
size
source
Barrett
??
1880
Ale
Ale
2s 3d
pint
The British Library
John Bird
Westerfield, Suff.
1883
Bottled Ale
Ale
2s 3d
pint
Bass
Burton
1883
Ale
Ale
3s 9d
pint
The British Library
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Amber Ale
Amber Ale
2s 6d
pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Amber Ale
Amber Ale
1s 6d
half pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Anglo-Bavarian
Shepton Mallet
1889
Amber Ale
Amber Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Cooper
Cooper
3s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Whitbread & Co.
London
1883
Cooper
Cooper
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1883
Cooper
Cooper
2s 4d
pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
London Cooper
Cooper
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Cooper
Cooper
2s 9d
pint
Simonds
Reading
1882
SB Fine Sparkling Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
3s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
SB Fine Sparkling Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Light Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
Family Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Light Dinner Ale
Dinner Ale
2s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
Family Ale
Dinner Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
W & S Lucas
Hitchin, Herts
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s
pint
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
Simonds
Reading
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
5s
bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
4s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Bass
Burton
1882
Bass's Pale Ale
IPA
6s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Bass
Burton
1882
Bass's Pale Ale
IPA
4s 6d
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Bass
Burton
1882
Bass's Pale Ale
IPA
3s 6d
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Allsopp
Burton
1883
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Bass
Burton
1883
Pale Ale
IPA
4s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Bass
Burton
1888
India Pale Ale
IPA
4s 6d
imperial pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
Bass
Burton
1888
India Pale Ale
IPA
2s 6d
half pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s 9d
pint
Bass
Burton
1889
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Foster
London
1889
India Pale Ale
IPA
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
English Lager
Lager
2s 10d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Lager
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Munich
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Bock
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Pilsen
Lager
3s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Lager
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Munich
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Bock
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
Austro-Bavarian Lager Beer Brewery
London
1884
Tottenham Pilsen
Lager
3s
reputed pint
The British Library
??
??
1889
Pilsener Lager Beer (imported)
Lager
4s 9d
Imperial pint
The British Library
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Rich Mild Ale
Mild
2s 9d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Strong Mild Ale
Mild
4s 6d
pint
Ind Coope
Romford
1882
Romford Ale
Pale Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Ind Coope
Romford
1883
Romford Ale
Pale Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Globe
??
1883
Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Ale
Pale Ale
2s 9d
pint
The British Library
Ind Coope
Romford
1883
Ale
Pale Ale
2s 3d
pint
The British Library
Allsopp
Burton
1883
Light Bitter
Pale Ale
2s 10d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Ind Coope
Romford
1883
Pale Romford Ale
Pale Ale
2s 3d
Imperial pint
The British Library
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Mild Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
2s
pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
Mild Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
1s 3d
half pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Fine Tonic Ale, Bitter
Pale Ale
2s 9d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Pale Ale, Bitter
Pale Ale
3s 3d
pint
Anglo-Bavarian
Shepton Mallet
1889
Light Bitter
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
VPA
Pale Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
XVPA
Pale Ale
3s
Imperial pint
Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
XXB
Pale Ale
4s
Imperial pint
Barrett
??
1880
Stout
Stout
2s 4d
pint
The British Library
Mann & Crossmann
London
1880
Stout
Stout
2s 4d
pint
The British Library
Raggett
London
1880
Nourishing Stout
Stout
3s 6d
pint
Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 18 December 1880, page 7
Raggett
London
1880
Nourishing Stout
Stout
4s 6d
pint
Hampshire Telegraph - Saturday 18 December 1880, page 7
W & S Lucas
Hitchin, Herts
1882
Double Stout
Stout
3s
pint
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Double Stout
Stout
5s
bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Double Stout
Stout
4s
imperial pint
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
Simonds
Reading
1882
Reading Double Stout
Stout
3s
half bottle
Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 November 1882, page 1
John Bird
Westerfield, Suff.
1883
Bottled Stout
Stout
3s 9d
pint
Combe
London
1883
London Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Guinness
Dublin
1883
Extra Stout
Stout
4s
Imperial pint
The British Library
Guinness
Dublin
1883
Extra Stout
Stout
3s 6d
pint
The British Library
Guinness
Dublin
1883
Dublin Extra Stout
Stout
3s 3d
Imperial pint
The British Library
South London Brewery
Southwark
1886
Generous Stout
Stout
3s
pint
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
London Stout
Stout
3s
pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Wright Brothers
Shoreditch
1888
London Stout
Stout
1s 8d
half pint
Shoreditch Observer 10th March 1888
Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
London Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
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Whitbread & Co.
London
1888
Extra Stout
Stout
3s 6d
Imperial pint
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Watney
London
1888
London Stout
Stout
4s 6d
imperial pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
Watney
London
1888
London Stout
Stout
2s 6d
half pint
Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 30 June 1888, page 3
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Stout
Stout
3s 3d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Double Stout
Stout
3s 9d
pint
A. Gordon & Co.
Islington
1889
Imperial Stout
Stout
4s 6d
pint
Allsopp
Burton
1889
Luncheon Stout
Stout
2s 6d
Imperial pint
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Bass
Burton
1889
Special Bottling Stout
Stout
3s 3d
Imperial pint
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Foster
London
1889
Family Stout
Stout
2s
Imperial pint
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Foster
London
1889
Luncheon Stout
Stout
2s 6d
Imperial pint
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Foster
London
1889
Nourishing Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
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Henry Lovibond, Cannon Brewery
Fulham
1889
Stout
Stout
3s
Imperial pint
W & S Lucas
Hitchin, Herts
1882
Strong Ale
Strong Ale
3s
pint
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
Bass
Burton
1889
Light Table Ale
Table Ale
2s 6d
Imperial pint
The British Library
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