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Continuing my series on foreign-brewed Lager in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s, here are some from Holland.
One thing is immediately obvious: all these beers were brewed specifically for the UK market. How do I know that? Because they're all way too weak to have been sold in Holland, where Pils is always a standard 5% ABV. They have the typical OG of British Lagers of the period: somewhere in the low 1030ºs.
The names are pretty much as you would expect. Heineken, Amstel, Oranjeboom, ZHB. You might not have heard of the last one. It stands for Zuidhollandse Bierbrouwerij, which was a decent-sized brewery in The Hague. It closed in the early 1970s. Loosje, on the Nieuwe Markt in Amsterdam has a wonderful depiction of the brewery in tiles.
Bierbrouwerij De Wereld I'd never heard of. It was located in the village of Raamsdonk in Noord Brabant. The beers in the table can't have been brewed there because the brewery was bought and closed by Oranjeboom in 1948.
The one simply called Breda, must be Drie Hoefijzers. Which in 1968 formed Verenigde Nederlandse Brouwerijen Breda-Rotterdam with Oranjeboom. And which was later taken over by the UK's Allied Breweries.
Dutch-brewed Lager in the UK 1950 - 1963
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1950
Amstel
Lager
1033.6
1008.1
3.31
75.89%
15.5
1957
Amstel
Lager
42
1030.8
1007.2
3.06
76.62%
9.5
1961
Amstel
Amstel Lager
36
1030.9
1006.1
3.10
80.26%
9.5
1957
Amstel
Amstel Lager
1031.9
1006.9
3.24
78.37%
12
1957
Bierbrouwerij De Wereld
Piraat Lager Beer
30
1032.8
1005.7
3.52
82.62%
9
1959
Bierbrouwerij De Wereld
Piraat King Size Ale
27.5
1031.1
1005.6
3.31
81.99%
10
1950
Breda
Lager (light)
1036.9
1007.8
3.78
78.86%
13.5
1961
Heineken
Lager Beer
36
1030.6
1006.3
3.04
79.41%
4.5
1963
Heineken
Lager
40
1030
1008.4
2.70
72.00%
6
1957
Heineken
Lager
42
1038.7
1009
3.86
76.74%
5
1961
Oranjeboom
Dutch Pilsner
36
1031.1
1006.9
3.02
77.81%
9.5
1963
Oranjeboom
Pilsner Lager
42
1031.6
1005.9
3.21
81.33%
7.5
1957
Oranjeboom
Dutch Lager
1035.4
1007.5
3.62
78.81%
10
1957
Oranjeboom
Dutch Pilsener
42
1033.3
1007.8
3.31
76.58%
9
1947
Z.H.B.
Z.H.B. Lager
30
1032.4
1008.2
3.14
74.07%
11.5
1950
Z.H.B.
Lager
1033.7
1008.4
3.28
75.07%
12
1957
Z.H.B.
Export Pilsner Lager
1032.3
1005.8
3.44
82.04%
13
1957
Z.H.B.
Export Pilsner Lager
42
1031.6
1006.2
3.30
80.38%
10
1961
Z.H.B.
Export Pilsner Lager
37
1032
1005.9
3.26
81.56%
8
Average
37.1
1032.7
1007.0
3.3
78.44%
9.6
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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Continuing my series on foreign-brewed Lager in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s, here are some from Holland.
One thing is immediately obvious: all these beers were brewed specifically for the UK market. How do I know that? Because they're all way too weak to have been sold in Holland, where Pils is always a standard 5% ABV. They have the typical OG of British Lagers of the period: somewhere in the low 1030ºs.
The names are pretty much as you would expect. Heineken, Amstel, Oranjeboom, ZHB. You might not have heard of the last one. It stands for Zuidhollandse Bierbrouwerij, which was a decent-sized brewery in The Hague. It closed in the early 1970s. Loosje, on the Nieuwe Markt in Amsterdam has a wonderful depiction of the brewery in tiles.
Bierbrouwerij De Wereld I'd never heard of. It was located in the village of Raamsdonk in Noord Brabant. The beers in the table can't have been brewed there because the brewery was bought and closed by Oranjeboom in 1948.
The one simply called Breda, must be Drie Hoefijzers. Which in 1968 formed Verenigde Nederlandse Brouwerijen Breda-Rotterdam with Oranjeboom. And which was later taken over by the UK's Allied Breweries.
Dutch-brewed Lager in the UK 1950 - 1963
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint d
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1950
Amstel
Lager
1033.6
1008.1
3.31
75.89%
15.5
1957
Amstel
Lager
42
1030.8
1007.2
3.06
76.62%
9.5
1961
Amstel
Amstel Lager
36
1030.9
1006.1
3.10
80.26%
9.5
1957
Amstel
Amstel Lager
1031.9
1006.9
3.24
78.37%
12
1957
Bierbrouwerij De Wereld
Piraat Lager Beer
30
1032.8
1005.7
3.52
82.62%
9
1959
Bierbrouwerij De Wereld
Piraat King Size Ale
27.5
1031.1
1005.6
3.31
81.99%
10
1950
Breda
Lager (light)
1036.9
1007.8
3.78
78.86%
13.5
1961
Heineken
Lager Beer
36
1030.6
1006.3
3.04
79.41%
4.5
1963
Heineken
Lager
40
1030
1008.4
2.70
72.00%
6
1957
Heineken
Lager
42
1038.7
1009
3.86
76.74%
5
1961
Oranjeboom
Dutch Pilsner
36
1031.1
1006.9
3.02
77.81%
9.5
1963
Oranjeboom
Pilsner Lager
42
1031.6
1005.9
3.21
81.33%
7.5
1957
Oranjeboom
Dutch Lager
1035.4
1007.5
3.62
78.81%
10
1957
Oranjeboom
Dutch Pilsener
42
1033.3
1007.8
3.31
76.58%
9
1947
Z.H.B.
Z.H.B. Lager
30
1032.4
1008.2
3.14
74.07%
11.5
1950
Z.H.B.
Lager
1033.7
1008.4
3.28
75.07%
12
1957
Z.H.B.
Export Pilsner Lager
1032.3
1005.8
3.44
82.04%
13
1957
Z.H.B.
Export Pilsner Lager
42
1031.6
1006.2
3.30
80.38%
10
1961
Z.H.B.
Export Pilsner Lager
37
1032
1005.9
3.26
81.56%
8
Average
37.1
1032.7
1007.0
3.3
78.44%
9.6
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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