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Barclay Perkins made a few trial attempts at Lager brewing during WW I. It obviously opened their eyes its possibilities, as they started building a Lager brewery right after war’s end. It started brewing in 1921.
But Lager remained a tiny market, dominated by a handful of specialist producers. In 1936 a parliamentary debate revealed that a mere six breweries produced Lager in Britain. The total output of all six was just 114,000 barrels in 1935 . That’s out of a total of 20,864,814 barrels, making Lager just 0.55% of UK beer production.
The six breweries were: Arrol, Tennent, Barclay Perkins, the Red Tower Lager Brewery in Manchester, the Wrexham Lager Brewery and Jeffrey of Edinburgh. Three of six were located in Scotland.
Brewer
Location
Date started
Arrol
Alloa
1921
Tennent
Glasgow
1885
Barclay Perkins
London
1921
Red Tower Lager Brewery
Manchester
1920’s
Wrexham Lager Brewery
Wrexham
1883
Jeffrey
Edinburgh
1902
Newspaper advertisements of the period reveal that several Lagers - Graham’s, Barclay’s, Tennent’s and Wrexham - were available nationally, at a time when few beers were sold outside their own region.
Unlike the Lager that started its march to domination in the 1960s, those of the 1930s were mostly above-average strength. Though there were exceptions, such as Barclay’s Draught Lager.
Allsopp’s Lager was produced at Arrol in Alloa. They had installed a fancy American-built Lager plant in their Burton brewery in 1899. Their Lager wasn’t a great success and, after Allsopp went into receivership in 1913, the plant was moved to Alloa.
UK-brewed Lager before WW II
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1932
Allsopp
Lager
Lager
1041
1009.4
4.10
77.07%
1932
Allsopp
Lager
Lager
1045
1010
4.55
77.78%
1937
Allsopp
Lager
Lager
1045.2
1011.8
4.33
73.89%
1933
Arrol
Graham's Golden Lager
Lager
1044.5
1010.5
4.42
76.40%
1932
Barclay Perkins
Lager
Lager
1051
1011
5.21
78.43%
12.5
1934
Barclay Perkins
Draught
Lager
1032.2
1013.0
2.54
59.63%
1935
Barclay Perkins
Draught
Lager
1043.5
1011.0
4.30
74.71%
1936
Barclay Perkins
Lager (Dark)
Lager
1058
1017.6
5.24
69.66%
1936
Barclay Perkins
Lager (Light)
Lager
1045.7
1010.1
4.63
77.90%
1932
Jeffrey
Pilsener
Pils
1052
1007.8
5.77
85.00%
9
1936
Jeffrey
Lager
Lager
1046.4
1013.1
4.32
71.77%
1933
McEwan
Pilsener
Pils
1044
1010
4.42
77.27%
8
1934
McEwan
Pilsener
Pils
1049.6
1009.6
5.21
80.65%
1933
Red Tower
Lager Beer
Lager
1049.7
1011.4
4.98
77.06%
12.5
1934
Red Tower
Lager
Lager
1051
1011
5.21
78.43%
1932
Tennent
Light Beer
Lager
1049
1007.4
5.43
84.90%
6.5
1931
Tennent
Lager Beer
Lager
1043.1
1009.3
4.39
78.42%
8
1937
Tennent
Pilsener
Pils
1051.2
1010.8
5.26
78.91%
1934
Wrexham
Pilsener
Pils
1052
1010.7
5.38
79.42%
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
Barclay Perkins brewing records.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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Barclay Perkins made a few trial attempts at Lager brewing during WW I. It obviously opened their eyes its possibilities, as they started building a Lager brewery right after war’s end. It started brewing in 1921.
But Lager remained a tiny market, dominated by a handful of specialist producers. In 1936 a parliamentary debate revealed that a mere six breweries produced Lager in Britain. The total output of all six was just 114,000 barrels in 1935 . That’s out of a total of 20,864,814 barrels, making Lager just 0.55% of UK beer production.
The six breweries were: Arrol, Tennent, Barclay Perkins, the Red Tower Lager Brewery in Manchester, the Wrexham Lager Brewery and Jeffrey of Edinburgh. Three of six were located in Scotland.
Brewer
Location
Date started
Arrol
Alloa
1921
Tennent
Glasgow
1885
Barclay Perkins
London
1921
Red Tower Lager Brewery
Manchester
1920’s
Wrexham Lager Brewery
Wrexham
1883
Jeffrey
Edinburgh
1902
Newspaper advertisements of the period reveal that several Lagers - Graham’s, Barclay’s, Tennent’s and Wrexham - were available nationally, at a time when few beers were sold outside their own region.
Unlike the Lager that started its march to domination in the 1960s, those of the 1930s were mostly above-average strength. Though there were exceptions, such as Barclay’s Draught Lager.
Allsopp’s Lager was produced at Arrol in Alloa. They had installed a fancy American-built Lager plant in their Burton brewery in 1899. Their Lager wasn’t a great success and, after Allsopp went into receivership in 1913, the plant was moved to Alloa.
UK-brewed Lager before WW II
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1932
Allsopp
Lager
Lager
1041
1009.4
4.10
77.07%
1932
Allsopp
Lager
Lager
1045
1010
4.55
77.78%
1937
Allsopp
Lager
Lager
1045.2
1011.8
4.33
73.89%
1933
Arrol
Graham's Golden Lager
Lager
1044.5
1010.5
4.42
76.40%
1932
Barclay Perkins
Lager
Lager
1051
1011
5.21
78.43%
12.5
1934
Barclay Perkins
Draught
Lager
1032.2
1013.0
2.54
59.63%
1935
Barclay Perkins
Draught
Lager
1043.5
1011.0
4.30
74.71%
1936
Barclay Perkins
Lager (Dark)
Lager
1058
1017.6
5.24
69.66%
1936
Barclay Perkins
Lager (Light)
Lager
1045.7
1010.1
4.63
77.90%
1932
Jeffrey
Pilsener
Pils
1052
1007.8
5.77
85.00%
9
1936
Jeffrey
Lager
Lager
1046.4
1013.1
4.32
71.77%
1933
McEwan
Pilsener
Pils
1044
1010
4.42
77.27%
8
1934
McEwan
Pilsener
Pils
1049.6
1009.6
5.21
80.65%
1933
Red Tower
Lager Beer
Lager
1049.7
1011.4
4.98
77.06%
12.5
1934
Red Tower
Lager
Lager
1051
1011
5.21
78.43%
1932
Tennent
Light Beer
Lager
1049
1007.4
5.43
84.90%
6.5
1931
Tennent
Lager Beer
Lager
1043.1
1009.3
4.39
78.42%
8
1937
Tennent
Pilsener
Pils
1051.2
1010.8
5.26
78.91%
1934
Wrexham
Pilsener
Pils
1052
1010.7
5.38
79.42%
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
Barclay Perkins brewing records.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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