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I'm not 100% certain where this beer was brewed. You think Burton, but may not be the case. Especially as it's Ordinary Bitter strength. Truman brewed a beer like this in their London brewery, despite also having a brewery in Burton.

Winder what happened to Charrington's Burton brewery? Well it was sold:


"Charrington's Brewery, Burton on-Trent, withdrawn the firm's recent sale at Birmingham at £30,000, has been purchased Messrs. H. Ellis and F. A. Bailey, Burton-on-Trent."
Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 23 February 1926, page 4.But what happened to it after that?



"THE PLACE TO SPEND A MERRY XMAS.
GRAND OPENING NIGHT.
BOXING DAY, December 26.
Door open at 7. Commence at 7.30.
At the CHARRINGTON OLD BREWERY, LICHFIELD ST., BURTON.


10 ROUNDS CONTEST.
JOCK RODGERS (Burton) V. STOKER BOB WILLIAMS.


8 ROUNDS CONTEST.
BATTLING ALF BARKS (Burton). v. VIC PARKER (Woodville).


6 ROUNDS.
Extra Special Paper-weight Contest.
NIPPER DAN DRAPER V. LEN SMITH (both of Burton).


8 ROUNDS.
FRED NAYLOR (Derby). V. ARTHUR REED (Swadlincote).

PRICES OF ADMISSION: Ringside 1/2, including tax. Main Hall 6d.
Referee: Mr. BILLY JORDAN. Jun.
Timekeeper: Mr. Jordan, Sen.
Promoters: C. Birch and B. Sherratt."
Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 21 December 1929, page 16.
There was no chance it would have been used for brewing again. It seems have turned into some sort of hall. I wonder which bit of the brewery it was? Some large room, obviously.

This is quite strong for a 8d Ordinary Bitter, with some of the samples around 1050º. It's another pretty highly attenuated beer.

Charrington, you may recall, had a shite Mild (14th of 17) but a fairly decent Burton (5th of 14). Let's see how their Bitter does.



Charrington Pale Ale quality 1922 - 1925


Year
Style
FG
OG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Appearance
Flavour
score
Price


1922
PA
1006.3
1045.8
5.16
86.24%
grey
poor
-1
8d


1922
PA
1008.2
1047.4
5.11
82.70%
bright
rather poor
-1
8d


1922
PA
1009
1049.5
5.28
81.82%
grey
v fair
2
8d


1922
PA
1010.8
1048.3
4.88
77.64%
cloudy
not quite nice
-1
8d


1923
PA
1009.2
1047.7
5.01
80.71%
hazy
mawkish
-1
8d


1923
PA
1008.6
1048.6
5.21
82.30%
piecy
fair
1
8d


1923
PA
1008
1049.5
5.42
83.84%
not bright
gone off
-3
8d


1923
PA
1010
1047.5
4.88
78.95%
brilliant
v fair
2
8d


1923
PA
1007.2
1046.2
5.09
84.42%
not bright
gone off
-3
7d


1923
PA
1010.6
1048.1
4.88
77.96%
grey
v fair
2
7d


1925
PA
1008
1051.5
5.68
84.47%
bright
good
2
7d


Average
1008.7
1048.2
5.14
81.91%


-0.09



Source:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001



Oh dear. Only three of eleven bright. That's woeful. Fewer than 50% with a positive score, just five, including two -3. But the four pretty good ones with scores of +2 almost balance that out. Almost, because is a small negative, -0.09.

Another gamble. Could be heaven or could be hell.

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