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The biggest surprise is that I’m still rambling across the moorland of 1950’s Stout. Surely I must eventually come across a pub?
As we gradually move our way down the attenuation scale, you’ll see the FGs rise and ABVs fall. Which is only logical. Though we’ve still got a way to go down that particular road.
There’s a considerable variation in price, not always that directly related to strength. The cheapest, Greenall’s Oatmeal Stout was just 21d – 8.75p in modern money – while the dearest, Mackeson cost 32d (13.33p). That’s almost 50% more, despite there being little difference in ABV. AAs national, heavily-advertised brand, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Mackeson demanded a premium price. The same seems to be true to a lesser extent of Charrington’s Punch Stout.
Just 5 of the 48 examples have the word “sweet” or “glucose” in their name. Almost as many, 4, are Oatmeal Stouts. More surprisingly, there are two Oyster Stouts. How modern.
There’s a reason why there are four analyses of Jubilee Stout. It was another widely available Stout which Whitbread presumably saw as a rival to their own Mackeson brand. A beer which was incredibly important for the company in the 1950’s.
There’s a very good geographical spread of breweries, from Scotland down to Southwest England, with pretty much every region inbetween represented. Including my hometown of Newark-on-Trent, in the form of Holes Castle Stout.
I can’t think of anything else to say. So here’s the table.
Bottled Stout in the 1950's - Standard Stouts 60-65% attenuation
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1953
Davenport
Celebration Stout
22
0.06
1041.9
1014.7
3.52
64.92%
1 + 17
1953
Hunt Edmunds
Country Stout
26
0.06
1043.8
1015.4
3.67
64.84%
1 + 15
1950
Castletown
Manx Oyster Stout
26
0.07
1043.7
1015.4
3.66
64.76%
1 + 17
1953
Young & Son
Victory Oyster Stout
26
0.05
1046.5
1016.4
3.89
64.73%
1R + 17B
1959
Vaux
Red Label Stout
28
1043.9
1015.5
3.67
64.69%
300
1957
Boddingtons
Extra Stout (lactose absent)
28
0.04
1043.9
1015.6
3.66
64.46%
250
1951
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
28
0.04
1041.7
1014.9
3.46
64.27%
1953
Samuel Smith
Sams Stout
22
0.11
1043.9
1015.7
3.64
64.24%
1 + 11
1952
Hammerton
Oatmeal Stout
29
0.07
1047.2
1017
3.90
63.98%
1 + 18.5
1959
Nimmo
Nimmo's Stout
28
1048.2
1017.4
3.98
63.90%
300
1954
Bent's
Red Label Stout
26
0.04
1049.2
1017.8
4.06
63.82%
300
1959
Plymouth Breweries
Imperial Brown Stout
26
1045.1
1016.4
3.71
63.64%
350
1954
Charrington
Punch Stout
30
0.04
1047.5
1017.3
3.90
63.58%
1 + 18
1955
Devenish
Double Weymouth Sweet Stout
28
0.06
1042.8
1015.6
3.51
63.55%
400
1959
Devenish
Devenish
28
1042.2
1015.4
3.46
63.51%
350
1953
James Hole & Co
Castle Stout
24
0.06
1041
1015
3.36
63.41%
1R + 17B
1951
Birkenhead Brewery
BB Stout
26
0.11
1046.6
1017.1
3.81
63.30%
1952
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
28
0.06
1040.5
1014.9
3.31
63.21%
1 + 11.5
1957
Charrington
Punch Stout
30
0.04
1047.2
1017.4
3.85
63.14%
270
1959
Flowers
Table Stout
30
1043.3
1016
3.53
63.05%
250
1952
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
26
0.05
1040.6
1015.1
3.29
62.81%
1 + 10
1950
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
26
0.05
1040
1014.9
3.24
62.75%
1 + 11
1952
Groves & Whitnall
Red Rose Stout
26
0.07
1047.9
1017.9
3.87
62.63%
1 + 12
1951
Truman
Best Stout
22
0.06
1040.9
1015.3
3.31
62.59%
1 + 16
1951
Hammerton
Oatmeal Stout
23
0.07
1046.8
1017.6
3.77
62.39%
1 + 22
1950
M???? Manchester
Stout
24
0.06
1044.1
1016.6
3.55
62.36%
1 + 13
1951
Greenalls
Oatmeal Stout
21
0.05
1042.7
1016.1
3.43
62.30%
1950
H???? Manchester
M. Stout (HMS)
25
0.06
1047.2
1017.8
3.80
62.29%
1 + 14
1954
Plymouth Breweries
Brown Imperial Stout
25
0.04
1048.6
1018.5
3.89
61.93%
375
1952
Atkinsons
Punch Stout
24
0.05
1045.3
1017.3
3.61
61.81%
1R + 11B
1959
Joule
Royal Stout
28
1047.1
1018
3.76
61.78%
250
1959
Wrekin
MS Stout
28
1042.3
1016.2
3.37
61.70%
250
1953
Georges
Glucose Stout
28
0.06
1045.5
1017.6
3.60
61.32%
1 + 11
1959
Whitbread
Mackeson Stout
32
1046
1017.8
3.64
61.30%
400
1954
Calder
Scotch Stout
28
0.04
1040.9
1015.9
3.23
61.12%
1 + 14
1959
Boddingtons
Extra Stout
24
1043.8
1017.1
3.45
60.96%
325
1953
Charrington
Punch Stout
30
0.05
1047.8
1018.7
3.76
60.88%
1 + 15
1956
Deuchar R
Edinburgh Sweet Stout
30
0.04
1042.9
1016.8
3.37
60.84%
300
1954
Wilsons
Wembly Extra Stout
26
0.04
1044.3
1017.4
3.47
60.72%
325
1953
John Joule
Royal Stout
28
0.05
1046.3
1018.2
3.63
60.69%
1 + 16
1953
Camerons
Sovereign Stout
28
0.06
1047.3
1018.6
3.70
60.68%
1 + 15
1959
Butler, Wm
Black Satin Sweet Stout
29
1042.2
1016.6
3.30
60.66%
300
1959
Groves & Whitnall
Red Roses Stout
25
1047.5
1018.7
3.72
60.63%
250
1954
Whitworth Son & Nephew
Sweet Stout
28
0.04
1044.7
1017.6
3.50
60.63%
375
1954
Plymouth Breweries
Oatmeal Stout
25
0.04
1048.7
1019.2
3.81
60.57%
400
1959
Taylor Walker
Cannon Stout
29
0.04
1045.8
1018.1
3.57
60.48%
425
1952
Wilsons
Extra Stout
23
0.05
1043.7
1017.4
3.39
60.18%
1R + 16B
1954
Truman
Best Stout
24
0.04
1044
1017.6
3.41
60.00%
1 + 10
Average
26.54
0.05
1044.7
1016.8
3.60
62.46%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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The biggest surprise is that I’m still rambling across the moorland of 1950’s Stout. Surely I must eventually come across a pub?
As we gradually move our way down the attenuation scale, you’ll see the FGs rise and ABVs fall. Which is only logical. Though we’ve still got a way to go down that particular road.
There’s a considerable variation in price, not always that directly related to strength. The cheapest, Greenall’s Oatmeal Stout was just 21d – 8.75p in modern money – while the dearest, Mackeson cost 32d (13.33p). That’s almost 50% more, despite there being little difference in ABV. AAs national, heavily-advertised brand, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Mackeson demanded a premium price. The same seems to be true to a lesser extent of Charrington’s Punch Stout.
Just 5 of the 48 examples have the word “sweet” or “glucose” in their name. Almost as many, 4, are Oatmeal Stouts. More surprisingly, there are two Oyster Stouts. How modern.
There’s a reason why there are four analyses of Jubilee Stout. It was another widely available Stout which Whitbread presumably saw as a rival to their own Mackeson brand. A beer which was incredibly important for the company in the 1950’s.
There’s a very good geographical spread of breweries, from Scotland down to Southwest England, with pretty much every region inbetween represented. Including my hometown of Newark-on-Trent, in the form of Holes Castle Stout.
I can’t think of anything else to say. So here’s the table.
Bottled Stout in the 1950's - Standard Stouts 60-65% attenuation
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
Acidity
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1953
Davenport
Celebration Stout
22
0.06
1041.9
1014.7
3.52
64.92%
1 + 17
1953
Hunt Edmunds
Country Stout
26
0.06
1043.8
1015.4
3.67
64.84%
1 + 15
1950
Castletown
Manx Oyster Stout
26
0.07
1043.7
1015.4
3.66
64.76%
1 + 17
1953
Young & Son
Victory Oyster Stout
26
0.05
1046.5
1016.4
3.89
64.73%
1R + 17B
1959
Vaux
Red Label Stout
28
1043.9
1015.5
3.67
64.69%
300
1957
Boddingtons
Extra Stout (lactose absent)
28
0.04
1043.9
1015.6
3.66
64.46%
250
1951
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
28
0.04
1041.7
1014.9
3.46
64.27%
1953
Samuel Smith
Sams Stout
22
0.11
1043.9
1015.7
3.64
64.24%
1 + 11
1952
Hammerton
Oatmeal Stout
29
0.07
1047.2
1017
3.90
63.98%
1 + 18.5
1959
Nimmo
Nimmo's Stout
28
1048.2
1017.4
3.98
63.90%
300
1954
Bent's
Red Label Stout
26
0.04
1049.2
1017.8
4.06
63.82%
300
1959
Plymouth Breweries
Imperial Brown Stout
26
1045.1
1016.4
3.71
63.64%
350
1954
Charrington
Punch Stout
30
0.04
1047.5
1017.3
3.90
63.58%
1 + 18
1955
Devenish
Double Weymouth Sweet Stout
28
0.06
1042.8
1015.6
3.51
63.55%
400
1959
Devenish
Devenish
28
1042.2
1015.4
3.46
63.51%
350
1953
James Hole & Co
Castle Stout
24
0.06
1041
1015
3.36
63.41%
1R + 17B
1951
Birkenhead Brewery
BB Stout
26
0.11
1046.6
1017.1
3.81
63.30%
1952
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
28
0.06
1040.5
1014.9
3.31
63.21%
1 + 11.5
1957
Charrington
Punch Stout
30
0.04
1047.2
1017.4
3.85
63.14%
270
1959
Flowers
Table Stout
30
1043.3
1016
3.53
63.05%
250
1952
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
26
0.05
1040.6
1015.1
3.29
62.81%
1 + 10
1950
Hope & Anchor
Jubilee Stout
26
0.05
1040
1014.9
3.24
62.75%
1 + 11
1952
Groves & Whitnall
Red Rose Stout
26
0.07
1047.9
1017.9
3.87
62.63%
1 + 12
1951
Truman
Best Stout
22
0.06
1040.9
1015.3
3.31
62.59%
1 + 16
1951
Hammerton
Oatmeal Stout
23
0.07
1046.8
1017.6
3.77
62.39%
1 + 22
1950
M???? Manchester
Stout
24
0.06
1044.1
1016.6
3.55
62.36%
1 + 13
1951
Greenalls
Oatmeal Stout
21
0.05
1042.7
1016.1
3.43
62.30%
1950
H???? Manchester
M. Stout (HMS)
25
0.06
1047.2
1017.8
3.80
62.29%
1 + 14
1954
Plymouth Breweries
Brown Imperial Stout
25
0.04
1048.6
1018.5
3.89
61.93%
375
1952
Atkinsons
Punch Stout
24
0.05
1045.3
1017.3
3.61
61.81%
1R + 11B
1959
Joule
Royal Stout
28
1047.1
1018
3.76
61.78%
250
1959
Wrekin
MS Stout
28
1042.3
1016.2
3.37
61.70%
250
1953
Georges
Glucose Stout
28
0.06
1045.5
1017.6
3.60
61.32%
1 + 11
1959
Whitbread
Mackeson Stout
32
1046
1017.8
3.64
61.30%
400
1954
Calder
Scotch Stout
28
0.04
1040.9
1015.9
3.23
61.12%
1 + 14
1959
Boddingtons
Extra Stout
24
1043.8
1017.1
3.45
60.96%
325
1953
Charrington
Punch Stout
30
0.05
1047.8
1018.7
3.76
60.88%
1 + 15
1956
Deuchar R
Edinburgh Sweet Stout
30
0.04
1042.9
1016.8
3.37
60.84%
300
1954
Wilsons
Wembly Extra Stout
26
0.04
1044.3
1017.4
3.47
60.72%
325
1953
John Joule
Royal Stout
28
0.05
1046.3
1018.2
3.63
60.69%
1 + 16
1953
Camerons
Sovereign Stout
28
0.06
1047.3
1018.6
3.70
60.68%
1 + 15
1959
Butler, Wm
Black Satin Sweet Stout
29
1042.2
1016.6
3.30
60.66%
300
1959
Groves & Whitnall
Red Roses Stout
25
1047.5
1018.7
3.72
60.63%
250
1954
Whitworth Son & Nephew
Sweet Stout
28
0.04
1044.7
1017.6
3.50
60.63%
375
1954
Plymouth Breweries
Oatmeal Stout
25
0.04
1048.7
1019.2
3.81
60.57%
400
1959
Taylor Walker
Cannon Stout
29
0.04
1045.8
1018.1
3.57
60.48%
425
1952
Wilsons
Extra Stout
23
0.05
1043.7
1017.4
3.39
60.18%
1R + 16B
1954
Truman
Best Stout
24
0.04
1044
1017.6
3.41
60.00%
1 + 10
Average
26.54
0.05
1044.7
1016.8
3.60
62.46%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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