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And here they are, the bottled Stouts of Hoare and Co. What a confusing bunch they are.
Why confusing? Because the gravities are all over the shop. I think what we a re looking at is more than one brand.
Before 1931 none of the beers is a version of their draught Stout because the OG's are all too low. After 1931, the ones hovering around 1040 could well be as, if you remember from the last part, that was about the OG of draught Stout.
Judging by its (low) gravity, Oatmeal Stout was definitely a different beer from the others. Not just the standard Stout with a token amount of oats in it packaged up differently. That was the case at both Whitbread and Barclay Perkins.
There's one feature all of these beers share: a relatively low degree of attenuation. In the case of the last Oatmeal Stout, very low. How ironic that Family Stout is the only one over 4% ABV.
Hoare bottled Stout 1828 - 1934
Year
Beer
Price
size
Acidity
FG
OG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1928
Stout
8d
pint
1047.3
1929
Stout
7d
pint
1012.4
1038
3.31
67.37%
1930
Toby Stout
8d
pint
1013.6
1042
3.67
67.62%
1931
Oatmeal Stout
pint
1036
1931
Toby Stout
pint
1016
1044.4
3.67
63.96%
1931
Stout
9d
pint
1041.6
1931
Stout
9d
pint
1036.4
1932
Stout
9d
pint
0.06
1013.4
1039
3.31
65.64%
1932
Stout
8d
pint
1033.8
1932
Stout
9d
pint
1039.3
1933
Family Stout
pint
0.06
1014.9
1047.7
4.25
68.76%
1933
Oatmeal Stout
9d
pint
0.05
1015
1032
2.19
53.13%
1933
Stout
8d
pint
1035.2
1933
Stout
9d
pint
1041.9
1934
Stout
8d
pint
1044.6
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252
Next time we'll be looking at Hoare's Pale Ales.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/04/hoare-bottled-stout-1828-1934.html)
And here they are, the bottled Stouts of Hoare and Co. What a confusing bunch they are.
Why confusing? Because the gravities are all over the shop. I think what we a re looking at is more than one brand.
Before 1931 none of the beers is a version of their draught Stout because the OG's are all too low. After 1931, the ones hovering around 1040 could well be as, if you remember from the last part, that was about the OG of draught Stout.
Judging by its (low) gravity, Oatmeal Stout was definitely a different beer from the others. Not just the standard Stout with a token amount of oats in it packaged up differently. That was the case at both Whitbread and Barclay Perkins.
There's one feature all of these beers share: a relatively low degree of attenuation. In the case of the last Oatmeal Stout, very low. How ironic that Family Stout is the only one over 4% ABV.
Hoare bottled Stout 1828 - 1934
Year
Beer
Price
size
Acidity
FG
OG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1928
Stout
8d
pint
1047.3
1929
Stout
7d
pint
1012.4
1038
3.31
67.37%
1930
Toby Stout
8d
pint
1013.6
1042
3.67
67.62%
1931
Oatmeal Stout
pint
1036
1931
Toby Stout
pint
1016
1044.4
3.67
63.96%
1931
Stout
9d
pint
1041.6
1931
Stout
9d
pint
1036.4
1932
Stout
9d
pint
0.06
1013.4
1039
3.31
65.64%
1932
Stout
8d
pint
1033.8
1932
Stout
9d
pint
1039.3
1933
Family Stout
pint
0.06
1014.9
1047.7
4.25
68.76%
1933
Oatmeal Stout
9d
pint
0.05
1015
1032
2.19
53.13%
1933
Stout
8d
pint
1035.2
1933
Stout
9d
pint
1041.9
1934
Stout
8d
pint
1044.6
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252
Next time we'll be looking at Hoare's Pale Ales.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/04/hoare-bottled-stout-1828-1934.html)