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The years just after the end of WW II weren’t full of food and fun. To be honest, they were a bit grim, the food situation even managing to worsen. Brewing wasn’t immune.
A quick glance at the table below reveals one change: a big reduction in the number of different beers brewed, down from eight to four. All that’s left is a single beer in each style: a Mild, a Bitter, a Stout and a Burton Ale.
That there’s been a reduction in the gravity of the surviving beers won’t come as a surprise. However, the size of the drop varied considerably. X Ale fared best, with just a 9.5% reduction. While PA saw a gravity fall of over 40%.
It’s significant – and pretty sad – that Fullers only had one beer with a gravity above 1030º in 1946. BO is the only one that was likely to get you very tipsy.
Looking at the situation in 1946. Misses some of what happened ay Fullers during the war. In 1940 a new mid-strength Pale Ale called No. 2 was introduced. With an OG of 1042º it fell about halfway between XK and PA.
Later in the war a new, low-gravity Pale Ale called DA was introduced. This was dropped early in 1946 when the gravity of PA fell below 1030º
Not everything was doom and gloom in post-war Britain. In 1949 Fullers introduced a new, stronger Pale Ale called SPA. Which, presumably, stands for Special Pale Ale. It had the decent gravity of 1043º and was later redubbed London Pride.
Fullers beers in 1946
Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
3rd Oct
X
Mild
1029.6
1008.3
2.81
71.88%
4.83
0.59
2nd Oct
PA
Pale Ale
1029.5
1008.3
2.81
71.86%
6.94
0.83
22nd Oct
P
Porter
1029.3
1010.5
2.48
64.08%
5.95
0.81
25th Nov
BO
Strong Ale
1038.8
1010.8
3.70
72.14%
4.77
0.77
Source:
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery
Fullers beers 1939 - 1946
Beer
Style
1939 OG
1946 OG
% fall
X
Mild
1032.7
1029.6
9.58%
PA
Pale Ale
1051.1
1029.5
42.22%
P
Porter
1038.5
1029.3
23.88%
BO
Strong Ale
1055.5
1038.8
30.10%
Source:
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
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The years just after the end of WW II weren’t full of food and fun. To be honest, they were a bit grim, the food situation even managing to worsen. Brewing wasn’t immune.
A quick glance at the table below reveals one change: a big reduction in the number of different beers brewed, down from eight to four. All that’s left is a single beer in each style: a Mild, a Bitter, a Stout and a Burton Ale.
That there’s been a reduction in the gravity of the surviving beers won’t come as a surprise. However, the size of the drop varied considerably. X Ale fared best, with just a 9.5% reduction. While PA saw a gravity fall of over 40%.
It’s significant – and pretty sad – that Fullers only had one beer with a gravity above 1030º in 1946. BO is the only one that was likely to get you very tipsy.
Looking at the situation in 1946. Misses some of what happened ay Fullers during the war. In 1940 a new mid-strength Pale Ale called No. 2 was introduced. With an OG of 1042º it fell about halfway between XK and PA.
Later in the war a new, low-gravity Pale Ale called DA was introduced. This was dropped early in 1946 when the gravity of PA fell below 1030º
Not everything was doom and gloom in post-war Britain. In 1949 Fullers introduced a new, stronger Pale Ale called SPA. Which, presumably, stands for Special Pale Ale. It had the decent gravity of 1043º and was later redubbed London Pride.
Fullers beers in 1946
Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
3rd Oct
X
Mild
1029.6
1008.3
2.81
71.88%
4.83
0.59
2nd Oct
PA
Pale Ale
1029.5
1008.3
2.81
71.86%
6.94
0.83
22nd Oct
P
Porter
1029.3
1010.5
2.48
64.08%
5.95
0.81
25th Nov
BO
Strong Ale
1038.8
1010.8
3.70
72.14%
4.77
0.77
Source:
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery
Fullers beers 1939 - 1946
Beer
Style
1939 OG
1946 OG
% fall
X
Mild
1032.7
1029.6
9.58%
PA
Pale Ale
1051.1
1029.5
42.22%
P
Porter
1038.5
1029.3
23.88%
BO
Strong Ale
1055.5
1038.8
30.10%
Source:
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
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