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Bottled Pale Ales fell into similar classes, except the same strength of beer cost 1d per pint more.
By far the most popular price class was the 7d per pint one, the equivalent of a 6d per point draught beer. Note that there’s only a single beer in the most expensive 9d class. Which is significant because the equivalent draught beer class was one of the more popular ones, at least in London.
One of the lasting effects of WW I was to make bottled Pale Ales generally weaker than draught versions. The big exception being the classic Burton beers, such as Bass Pale Ale which remained stronger than draught versions.
The rate of attenuation is generally pretty high, with only one example under 75% and around half are above 80%. Not so surprising, given that they would have been conditioned in the brewery for a while before bottling.
The war would swing production away from bottled to draught beer. For a couple of reasons. First was a shortage of glass and bottles. The second was simple economy: draught beer required less energy and labour to produce.
London bottled Pale Ale 1936 - 1938
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1938
Charrington
Golden Dinner Ale
6
1033.8
1006.3
3.57
81.36%
22
1938
Truman
Sparkling Ale
6
1029.6
1007.3
2.89
75.34%
27
1938
Truman
Eagle Ale
6
1036.6
1005.4
4.06
85.25%
20
1936
Beasley
PA
6
1036.6
1007.4
3.79
79.78%
1938
Barclay Perkins
Pale Ale
7
1038.3
1008.7
3.84
77.28%
1937
Fullers
Pale Ale
7
1039.8
1009.9
3.88
75.13%
1938
Ind Coope
Sparkling Ale
7
1040.4
1008
4.21
80.20%
20
1938
Lovibond
Yeoman Ale
7
1043.9
1005.4
5.03
87.70%
20
1938
Mann
Bitter Ale
7
1037.5
1006.6
4.02
82.40%
21
1938
Meux
Pale Ale
7
1037.6
1006.5
4.05
82.71%
23
1938
Taylor Walker
Pale Ale
7
1034.6
1010.6
3.11
69.36%
19
1937
Wenlock
Pale Ale
7
1042.2
1007.6
4.50
81.99%
1936
Friary Holroyd
Friary Ale
7
1038
1008.1
3.88
78.68%
1936
Lion Brewery
Dinner Ale
7
1039.9
1006.7
4.32
83.21%
1936
Watney
Watney's Pale Ale
7
1041
1009
4.16
78.05%
1938
Charrington
Toby Ale
8
1045.5
1011.1
4.47
75.60%
25
1938
Mann
Rustic Ale
9
1051.3
1008.03
5.65
84.35%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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Bottled Pale Ales fell into similar classes, except the same strength of beer cost 1d per pint more.
By far the most popular price class was the 7d per pint one, the equivalent of a 6d per point draught beer. Note that there’s only a single beer in the most expensive 9d class. Which is significant because the equivalent draught beer class was one of the more popular ones, at least in London.
One of the lasting effects of WW I was to make bottled Pale Ales generally weaker than draught versions. The big exception being the classic Burton beers, such as Bass Pale Ale which remained stronger than draught versions.
The rate of attenuation is generally pretty high, with only one example under 75% and around half are above 80%. Not so surprising, given that they would have been conditioned in the brewery for a while before bottling.
The war would swing production away from bottled to draught beer. For a couple of reasons. First was a shortage of glass and bottles. The second was simple economy: draught beer required less energy and labour to produce.
London bottled Pale Ale 1936 - 1938
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1938
Charrington
Golden Dinner Ale
6
1033.8
1006.3
3.57
81.36%
22
1938
Truman
Sparkling Ale
6
1029.6
1007.3
2.89
75.34%
27
1938
Truman
Eagle Ale
6
1036.6
1005.4
4.06
85.25%
20
1936
Beasley
PA
6
1036.6
1007.4
3.79
79.78%
1938
Barclay Perkins
Pale Ale
7
1038.3
1008.7
3.84
77.28%
1937
Fullers
Pale Ale
7
1039.8
1009.9
3.88
75.13%
1938
Ind Coope
Sparkling Ale
7
1040.4
1008
4.21
80.20%
20
1938
Lovibond
Yeoman Ale
7
1043.9
1005.4
5.03
87.70%
20
1938
Mann
Bitter Ale
7
1037.5
1006.6
4.02
82.40%
21
1938
Meux
Pale Ale
7
1037.6
1006.5
4.05
82.71%
23
1938
Taylor Walker
Pale Ale
7
1034.6
1010.6
3.11
69.36%
19
1937
Wenlock
Pale Ale
7
1042.2
1007.6
4.50
81.99%
1936
Friary Holroyd
Friary Ale
7
1038
1008.1
3.88
78.68%
1936
Lion Brewery
Dinner Ale
7
1039.9
1006.7
4.32
83.21%
1936
Watney
Watney's Pale Ale
7
1041
1009
4.16
78.05%
1938
Charrington
Toby Ale
8
1045.5
1011.1
4.47
75.60%
25
1938
Mann
Rustic Ale
9
1051.3
1008.03
5.65
84.35%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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