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Yes, I've not got distracted this time. I'll be stumbling through London's brewers in alphabetical order, scoring their Mild Ales. Why alphabetical order? Because I can't be arsed to think up something cleverer.
According to Norman Barber (A Century of British Brewers Plus, 2005, page 83) the Cannon Brewery was bought by Taylor Walker in 1930, but continued to brew until 1955.
Which is surprising, given the brewery's location in Clerkenwell on a very cramped site. Even more surprisingly, part of the brewery is still standing at 160 St. John Street. One thing that does live on is their Cannon logo, which was knicked by Taylor Walker.
I'm continually amazed at just how long some breweries clung on in very hemmed in central London locations. It must have been a nightmare getting raw materials in and beer out.
Cannon Brewery Mild Ale quality 1922 - 1925
Year
Beer
FG
OG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Appearance
Flavour
Score
1922
X
1007
1033.5
3.44
79.10%
not bright
1922
X
1007
1033.1
3.44
80.06%
cloudy
fair
1
1922
X
1008
1034.5
3.44
76.81%
bright
Poor & thin
-2
1922
X
1007
1036.4
3.77
79.67%
bright
v fair
2
1922
X
1007
1034.7
3.64
80.69%
bright
not quite sound
-1
1923
X
1008
1034.8
3.50
77.59%
brilliant
fair
1
1923
X
1007
1034.9
3.57
78.80%
bright
v fair
2
1923
X
1008
1033.7
3.31
75.67%
fairly bright
poor
-1
1923
X
1008
1032.9
3.18
74.47%
bright
v fair
2
1923
X
1008
1034.2
3.37
76.02%
bright
good
2
1924
X
1031.7
sour
-3
1924
X
1009
1038
3.78
76.58%
bright
fair
1
1924
X
1011
1039
3.69
73.08%
brilliant
fair
1
1925
X
1010
1039.8
3.81
73.87%
bright
v fair
2
Average
0.54
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Straight off you can see that they didn't have the clarity problems that Barclay Perkins did. All but 2 out of 14 were bright. Or maybe they just trained their landlords better.
Only four have negative scores, which is also pretty good. Though none of the examples was excellent and there was one really bad one. Given that some of the examples are 10 gravity points weaker than Barclay's X Ale, that's fairly impressive. Or are Barclay Perkins negatively impressive?
Whatever, they average out to a positive score. I'd give their pubs a try, possibly. Though I'd prefer something with a little more poke.
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Yes, I've not got distracted this time. I'll be stumbling through London's brewers in alphabetical order, scoring their Mild Ales. Why alphabetical order? Because I can't be arsed to think up something cleverer.
According to Norman Barber (A Century of British Brewers Plus, 2005, page 83) the Cannon Brewery was bought by Taylor Walker in 1930, but continued to brew until 1955.
Which is surprising, given the brewery's location in Clerkenwell on a very cramped site. Even more surprisingly, part of the brewery is still standing at 160 St. John Street. One thing that does live on is their Cannon logo, which was knicked by Taylor Walker.
I'm continually amazed at just how long some breweries clung on in very hemmed in central London locations. It must have been a nightmare getting raw materials in and beer out.
Cannon Brewery Mild Ale quality 1922 - 1925
Year
Beer
FG
OG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Appearance
Flavour
Score
1922
X
1007
1033.5
3.44
79.10%
not bright
1922
X
1007
1033.1
3.44
80.06%
cloudy
fair
1
1922
X
1008
1034.5
3.44
76.81%
bright
Poor & thin
-2
1922
X
1007
1036.4
3.77
79.67%
bright
v fair
2
1922
X
1007
1034.7
3.64
80.69%
bright
not quite sound
-1
1923
X
1008
1034.8
3.50
77.59%
brilliant
fair
1
1923
X
1007
1034.9
3.57
78.80%
bright
v fair
2
1923
X
1008
1033.7
3.31
75.67%
fairly bright
poor
-1
1923
X
1008
1032.9
3.18
74.47%
bright
v fair
2
1923
X
1008
1034.2
3.37
76.02%
bright
good
2
1924
X
1031.7
sour
-3
1924
X
1009
1038
3.78
76.58%
bright
fair
1
1924
X
1011
1039
3.69
73.08%
brilliant
fair
1
1925
X
1010
1039.8
3.81
73.87%
bright
v fair
2
Average
0.54
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Straight off you can see that they didn't have the clarity problems that Barclay Perkins did. All but 2 out of 14 were bright. Or maybe they just trained their landlords better.
Only four have negative scores, which is also pretty good. Though none of the examples was excellent and there was one really bad one. Given that some of the examples are 10 gravity points weaker than Barclay's X Ale, that's fairly impressive. Or are Barclay Perkins negatively impressive?
Whatever, they average out to a positive score. I'd give their pubs a try, possibly. Though I'd prefer something with a little more poke.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/01/cannon-brewery-mild-ale-quality-1922.html)