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Canadian Eddie Taylor’s acquisition of a British brewing empire began with he let the Hope & Anchor Brewery in Sheffield brew Carling Black Label under licence in 1952 . Initially, it had a very reasonable gravity of 1042º.

When sales were disappointing, mostly due to the small tied estate of Hope & Anchor, Taylor began buying breweries and their pubs. The United Breweries group he put together eventually merged with Charrington and later Bass to become Bass Charrington, the largest brewing enterprise in Britain. Carling was chosen as the group’s main Lager, a decision that catapulted it to become the leading Lager brand. A position it still holds today.

It wasn’t good news for Tennent’s, whom Taylor bought in 1963. Tennent’s had been a national Lager brand before the war, but it was pushed into the background by the selection of Carling Black Label as Bass Charrington’s flagship Lager.

Another victim of the merger was Charrington’s Pilsner Lager, which was first brewed in the 1950’s. That disappeared completely.




British Lagers in the 1950's


Year
Brewer
Beer
package
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation


1950
Barclay Perkins
Lager
bottled
1008
1036.1
11 B
3.65
77.84%


1950
Barclay Perkins
Lager
bottled
1008
1036.1
11 B
3.65
77.84%


1950
Red Tower
Lager
bottled
1008.2
1035.8
13 B
3.58
77.09%


1950
Alloa Brewery
Light Lager
bottled
1009.1
1043.4
7 B
4.46
79.03%


1950
Alloa Brewery
Graham's Golden Lager
bottled
1010.6
1040.6
9 B
3.89
73.89%


1952
Carlings (Brewed in Sheffield)
Black Label Lager Beer
bottled
1009.9
1042.3
10 B
4.21
76.60%


1952
Alloa Brewery
Graham's Golden Lager
bottled
1014.3
1039.2
15 B
3.22
63.52%


1954
Steel Coulson
Lager Beer
bottled
1004.3
1032
11
3.6
86.56%


1955
Tennent
Lager
bottled
1007.7
1036.1
9
3.69
78.67%


1956
Flowers
Lager
bottled
1014
1040.4
9
3.41
65.35%


1956
Flowers
Lager
bottled
1014
1045.3
9
4.05
69.09%


1956
Red Tower
Red Tower Pilsner Lager
bottled
1005.9
1031.2
10
3.29
81.09%


1957
Barclay Perkins
Pilsner Lager
bottled
1006.3
1035
9
3.73
82.00%


1957
Flowers
Lager
bottled
1017.9
1045
9
3.5
60.22%


1957
Flowers
Flowers Lager
bottled
1017.5
1050
14
4.2
65.00%


1957
Graham's
Pilsener Lager
bottled
1007.2
1035.6
9
3.69
79.78%


1957
Graham's Golden Lager
Pilsner Lager
bottled
1007.3
1030.4
11
3
75.99%


1957
Charrington
Pilsner Lager
can
1006.2
1035.5
4.5
3.81
82.54%


1957
Charrington
Pilsner Lager
can
1005.8
1036
5
3.93
83.89%


1957
Barclay Perkins
Pilsner Lager
bottled
1006.1
1034.3
6.5
3.67
82.22%


1957
McEwan & Younger
"MY" Export Lager
bottled
1006.3
1033.6
13
3.55
81.25%


1957
McEwan & Younger
"MY" Export Lager
bottled
1007.3
1035.2
13
3.62
79.26%


1957
McEwan & Younger
"MY" Export Lager
bottled
1010.9
1033.8
13
2.96
67.75%


1957
Tennent
Lager Beer
bottled
1008.6
1040.6
11
4.16
78.82%


1958
McEwan & Younger
MY Export Lager
can
1010.5
1034.3
9
2.97
69.39%


1959
Carling (brewed in Sheffield)
Black Label Lager
bottled
1004.4
1036.5
80
4.18
87.95%


1959
Lees
Lager


1037





1959
Lees
Lager


1037





Sources:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002


Lees brewing records




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