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Life is full of surprises. Occasionally pleasant ones. The little booklet of Canadian beers analyses from just before WW I contained one of the nicer type.

Because it contained a surprising number of analyses for beer brewed in the USA. 18 of the 77 analyses, to be precise. The booklet lists beer by the district in which they were sold, so I can see incursions of US beer weren’t just limited to border regions: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and British Colombia. Clearly US beer was a big thing in Canada.

A couple of interesting points. First, there were only two US brewed beers amongst the Ales, both brewed in Washington State. While there were 7 beers from the UK. All IPAs, which is intriguing. The US Lagers mostly come from the Midwest. Specifically, from St. Louis and Milwaukee. Not so much of a shock that, I suppose. That was where the large Lager breweries evolved. There are also a couple of beers from the Pacific Northwest and two from New York, which remained an important brewing centre, for Lager as well as for Ale.

There’s not a huge amount of variation in these beers. The lowest OG is 1044.6º, the highest 1050.6º. There’s rather more difference in attenuation – 57.4% to 81.33%. Though most are around 70%. That might seem low today, but was pretty typical of Lagers back then.

It’s clear that even by this early date Anheuser Busch was a major player. Especially in the form of Budweiser. It appears more often in the booklet than any other beer, including those brewed in Canada. Though, to be fair, Canadian still seems to have been quite regional at this point.

I’m not going to pester with too many words today. Just leave you with some lovely numbers.



American Lagers in Canada in 1909


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


Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Budweiser
Pilsner
13.3c
bottle
1048.1
1016.1
4.56
66.53%


Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Budweiser
Pilsner
16.67c
pint
1048.6
1015.6
4.63
67.90%


Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Budweiser
Pilsner
25c
quart
1048.8
1015.1
4.71
69.06%


Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Budweiser
Pilsner
12.5c
pint
1050
1015.5
4.85
69.00%


Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Budweiser
Pilsner
15c
pint
1050.3
1015.3
4.93
69.58%


Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Budweiser
Pilsner
25c
quart
1050.6
1015.3
5.00
69.76%


America Brewing Co.
St. Louis
ABC Bohemia
Pilsner
25c
quart
1049
1013
5.08
73.47%


Dorfes Brewery
Washington
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1049.2
1011.8
5.16
76.02%


Ebling Brewing Co.
New York
Sunlight
Lager
10c
bottle
1046.5
1015.8
4.42
66.02%


Everard Brewing Co.
New York
Red Star
Lager
11.67c
pint
1047.1
1016.6
4.34
64.76%


Schlitz
Milwaukee
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1045.4
1013.8
4.42
69.60%


Schlitz
Milwaukee
Schlitz
Lager
11.67c
bottle
1045.9
1014
4.49
69.50%


Schlitz
Milwaukee
Lager Beer
Lager
12.5c
pint
1046.4
1011.4
4.93
75.43%


Schlitz
Milwaukee
Lager Beer
Lager
13.3c
bottle
1046.9
1011.3
5.00
75.91%


Schlitz
Milwaukee
Lager Beer
Lager
12.67c
bottle
1046.9
1009.6
5.24
79.53%


Lemps
St. Louis
Lager Beer
Lager
25c
quart
1048.2
1009
5.47
81.33%


Pabst
Milwaukee
Blue Ribbon
Lager
12.5c
pint
1044.6
1019
3.62
57.40%


Seattle Brewing & Malting
Seattle
Lager Beer
Lager
20c
pint
1047.1
1012.5
5.47
73.46%


Average





1047.8
1013.9
4.79
70.79%


Source:


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





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