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Numbers – I can never get enough of them. If only I had more time to harvest them. But for some reason a day only has 24 hours rather than the 60 I’d need to get through everything.

This particular set come from a handy little pamphlet published by the Canadian Department of Inland Revenue’s Laboratory. Who says the taxman is no use for anything?

I‘ve billed this as Canadian Ales, but there are a couple of exceptions. Namely the Pilsener that for some inexplicable reason is included with the Ales. And McEwan and Bass, which are British imports. It’s handy having the latter two, as it gives some sort of context for the Canadian beers.

You’ll note that the Canadian examples are generally weaker than the British ones. Though the imports were both top-class beers. Overall, the average of 1050º for Canadian Pale Ales looks low compared to British beers of the period, which you would expect to be around 1055º.

What does surprise me is the high degree of attenuation amongst the Canadian samples. Though this could be because these are finished, bottled beers. Whereas I usually taken the FG of British beers form brewing records, which gives the racking gravity rather than the true final gravity. As many British Pale Ales were still genuine Stock Ales with a long secondary fermentation, the final gravity would have been a good few points lower.

I was also interested to see just how alcoholic the Ginger Beer and Root Beer is. As strong as a lot of 1920’s British Mild Ale.

No long dissertation this time. I’ll just leave you with the table.



Canadian Ale in 1909


Brewer
Town
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation


Dolan Bros.
St. Johns, NB
Stone Ginger Beer
Ginger Beer

1028.7
1.34



S.H. McKee & Sons
St. Johns, NB
Stone Ginger Beer
Ginger Beer

1010.7
2.93



Simeon Jones
St. Johns, NB
Red Ball India Pale Ale
IPA
1050.6
1007
6.02
86.17%


McEwan
Edinburgh
India Pale Ale
IPA
1060.1
1004.7
7.61
92.18%


Bass
Burton
Pale Ale
IPA
1065.7
1008.7
7.74
86.76%


average IPA



1058.8
1006.8
7.12
88.37%


T.B. Renaud & Co.
Quebec
Ale
Pale Ale
1010.6
1000.3
1.65
97.17%


John Labatt
London, Ont.
Ale
Pale Ale
1037
1014.1
3.42
61.89%


G.E. Amiot
Quebec
Ale
Pale Ale
1047.1
1009.4
5.24
80.04%


G.E. Amiot
Quebec
Ale
Pale Ale
1047.3
1009.8
5.24
79.28%


John Labatt
London, Ont.
Ale
Pale Ale
1049.4
1010.3
5.31
79.15%


Protean & Carignan
Quebec
Ale
Pale Ale
1050.3
1012.2
5.32
75.75%


Boswell
Quebec
Ale
Pale Ale
1052.2
1004.8
6.48
90.80%


Oland & Son
Halifax, NS
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1053.4
1008.8
6.24
83.52%


Keith
Halifax, NS
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1055.5
1006.5
6.71
88.29%


James Ready
St. Johns, NB
Ready's Pale Ale
Pale Ale
1059.8
1005.1
7.40
91.47%


James Ready
Fairville, NS
Ale
Pale Ale
1061.5
1007.1
7.48
88.46%


Halifax Breweries
Halifax, NS
Howard's Ale
Pale Ale
1061.7
1006.7
7.57
89.14%


Halifax Brewing Co.
Halifax, NS
Ale
Pale Ale
1065.6
1014.1
7.01
78.51%


average Pale Ale



1050.1
1008.4
5.77
83.34%


Crystal Spring Mineral Waters Co.
Halifax, NS
Ramey's Pilsener Beer
Pilsner
1024.9
1001.4
3.48
94.38%


W.B. Daley
St. Johns, NB
Root Beer
Root Beer

997.7
2.72



Source:


"Ale and lager beer" by McGill, A. (Anthony), 1910, pages 4 - 19.







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