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I couldn’t leave these analyses unused. If only for my own peace of mind.

Plus there haven’t been that many tables here of late. Or much about Lager. Seems like several birds are being taken out by a single missile.

I was most intrigued by two beers called Salvador. Especially as both have very modest gravities, far away from Doppelbock levels. Evidently one of the brewers at Reinhardt had worked at Zacherl, which does imply that there was some connection between Salvador and Salvator. I’d love to know what colour Salvador was.

Because if it wasn’t dark, then it would have bugger all in common with the Salvator brewed in Munich. Some of those have an OG double that of the weaker Salvador. And while the average attenuation for the Munich beers is under 60%, both the Canadian beers are over 70%.

Which leaves me wondering: was Salvador originally similar to Salvator but changed over the years? Or was it always very different, basically using the name and little else from the original? We may never know.

Having said that, many of the OG’s look low compared to European Lagers. Pilsners were usually in the range 1048-1050º, Lagerbier over 1050º and Export over 1055º. About the only exception were the Schenkbiers sold in Austria-Hungary which were in the low 1040º’s. Virtually none of the Canadian Lagers is over 1050º. A couple that are on the stronger side – the two called Budweiser – I suspect were really imported Ameriucan beers.

I saw a similar pattern with Canadian Ales, which, while stronger than the Lagers, were also mostly weaker than their British equivalents. Was this generally the rule, I wonder, that Canadian beers were slightly weaker than elsewhere? Let me know if you have the answer.




Canadian Lagers in 1909


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


Reinhardt & Co.
Toronto
Bavarian
Dunkles
15c
bottle
1048.1
1011
5.39
77.13%


Beauport Brewing Co.
Quebec
Lager Beer
Lager
10c
bottle
1036.2
1003.3
4.63
90.88%


The Korman Brewery, Ltd.
Toronto
Perfecto
Lager
15c
bottle
1037
1005.1
4.56
86.22%


Bajus Brewery

Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1037.3
1010
3.90
73.19%


O. Archambault
Iberville
Salvador
Lager
13.3c
bottle
1038.4
1011.4
3.83
70.31%


Holliday

East Kent Lager
Lager
8.33c
bottle
1039.3
1009.4
4.27
76.08%


Carling Brewing & Malting
London, Ont.
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1040
1011.4
4.05
71.50%


Victoria Phoenix Brewing Co.
Victoria, BC
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
quart
1040.7
1012.7
4.05
68.80%


O'Keefe's Ltd.
Toronto
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1041.6
1009.8
4.49
76.44%


Cosgrove Brewing Co.
Toronto
Lager Beer
Lager
10c
bottle
1041.8
1015.7
3.76
62.44%


The Capital Brewing & Malting Co.
Ottawa
Capital Ale
Lager
5.83c
pint
1042
1009.6
4.71
77.14%


C.H. Harther
Hamilton
Lager Beer
Lager
11c
bottle
1042.7
1013.1
4.20
69.32%


Carling Brewing & Malting
London, Ont.
Lager Beer
Lager
11.67c
bottle
1042.7
1014.6
4.05
65.81%


L. Chapot Fils & Cie.
Montreal
Blue Ribbon
Lager
20c
bottle
1043.1
1017.5
3.69
59.40%


Carling Brewing & Malting
Ottawa
Canada Club
Lager
10c
pint
1043.1
1014.7
4.05
65.89%


Strathcona Brewing & Malting Co.
Strathcona
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1043.4
1011
4.56
74.65%


Union Brewing Ltd.
Montreal
Lager Beer
Lager
11.33c
bottle
1043.9
1012.6
4.42
71.30%


Kuntz & Co.
Waterloo
Lager Beer
Lager
11.67c
bottle
1043.9
1016.4
3.90
62.64%


Victoria Phoenix Brewing Co.
Victoria, BC
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1044.5
1011.5
4.63
74.16%


Reinhardt & Co.
Toronto
Salvador
Lager
10c
bottle
1044.9
1009
5.00
79.96%


Blackwood Ltd.
Winnipeg
Lager Beer
Lager

pint
1044.9
1015
4.27
66.59%


Lethbridge Brewing & Malting Co.
Lethbridge
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1044.9
1016.1
4.12
64.14%


The Moosejaw Brewing & Malting Co., Ltd.
Winnipeg
Lager Beer
Lager

pint
1045.1
1018
3.90
60.09%


James Ready, Ltd
Fairville, St. John N.B.
Lager Beer
Lager
13.3c
bottle
1045.2
1010.1
4.93
77.65%


Golden West Brewing Co.
Calgary
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1045.4
1013.7
4.49
69.82%


McDonagh & Shea
Winnipeg
Lager Beer
Lager

pint
1045.5
1014.4
4.42
68.35%


Reinhardt & Co.
Toronto
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1046.3
1007.8
5.39
83.15%


Calgary Brewing & Malting Co.
Calgary
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1046.6
1015.7
4.34
66.31%


Canadian Breweries Ltd
Montreal
Ekerts
Lager
8.33c
bottle
1046.8
1010.1
4.63
78.42%


Kuntz & Co.
Waterloo
Lager Beer
Lager
10c
bottle
1046.8
1016.1
4.27
65.60%


George Patry
Quebec
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1047.4
1019.2
4.12
59.49%


H. Kuntz
Hamilton
Lager Beer
Lager
10.67c
bottle
1047.6
1017.2
4.34
63.87%


The Union Brewery Ltd.
Montreal
Kuntz
Lager
20c
bottle
1047.9
1015.8
4.49
67.01%


G.E. Amyot
Quebec
B.B.
Lager
13.3c
bottle
1048
1012.4
5.00
74.17%


The Hamilton Brewing Association, Ltd.
Hamilton
Regal
Lager
20c
bottle
1048.4
1015.4
4.63
68.18%


Edmonton Brewing & Malting Co.
Edmonton
Lager Beer
Lager
16.67c
quart
1048.4
1015.1
4.71
68.80%


G.E. Amyot
Quebec
Lager Beer
Lager
10c
bottle
1050
1011.5
5.39
77.00%


George Patry
Quebec
Lager Beer
Lager
15c
bottle
1051.2
1013.3
5.32
74.02%


G.E. Amyot
Quebec
Lager Beer
Lager
11.67c
bottle
1051.7
1012
5.55
76.79%


Vancouver Breweries. Ltd.
Vancouver
Cascade
Lager
13.33c
quart
1052.2
1016.2
5.00
68.97%


Vancouver Breweries. Ltd.
Vancouver
Cascade
Lager
16.67c
quart
1055
1015.3
5.55
72.18%


Average





1044.8
1013.0
4.49
71.17%


O'Keefe's Ltd.
Toronto
Pilsener
Pilsner
10c
pint
1039.6
1008.6
4.42
78.28%


O'Keefe's Ltd.
Toronto
Pilsener
Pilsner
15c
bottle
1041
1007.5
4.85
81.71%


The National Breweries, Ltd.
Montreal
Ekers Bohemian
Pilsner
8.33c
bottle
1043.4
1012.5
4.42
71.20%


L. Chapot Fils & Cie.
Montreal
Budweiser
Pilsner
25c
bottle
1049.8
1015.3
4.85
69.28%


Copeland Brewing Co., Ltd.
Toronto
Budweiser
Pilsner
15c
bottle
1050.4
1012.4
5.24
75.40%


Average





1044.8
1011.3
4.76
75.17%


Reinhardt & Sons
Montreal
Vienna
Vienna Lager
10c
bottle
1037.1
1006.5
4.71
82.48%


Source:


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






Munich Salvator 1869 - 1914


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


1869
Zacherl
Salvator
Bock
1065.7
1022
5.63
66.51%


1890
Hackerbräu
Salvator
Bock
1071.6
1030.3
5.32
57.68%


1890
Münchener Salvator
Bock
Bock
1073.2
1028
5.80
61.72%


1890
Zacherlbräu
Salvator
Bock
1074.7
1033.9
5.25
54.63%


1890
Salvatorbräu
Salvator
Bock
1075.9
1034.2
5.37
54.94%


1890
Spatenbräu
Salvator
Bock
1076.7
1040.6
4.62
47.05%


1898
Zacherl
Salvator
Bock
1077.1
1029.9
6.10
61.22%


1914
Paulaner
Salvator
Doppelbock
1071.2
1033.5
4.7
51.27%


Average



1073.3
1031.6
5.35
56.88%


Sources:


"British Medical Journal" March 6th 1869, page 218


"Handbuch der chemischen technologie" by Otto Dammer, Rudolf Kaiser, 1896, pages 696-697


"Brockhaus' konversations-lexikon, Band 2" by F.A. Brockhaus, 1898


"Beer from the Expert's Viewpoint" by Arnold Spencer Wahl and Robert Wahl, 1937, page 168.





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