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Brown Beer – Porter and Stout – were the beers that made London the most important brewing centre in the world. The glory may have faded a little, but the capital remained home to some of the country’s largest breweries. They hadn’t turned their backs on Stout, even if Porter was on its last legs.
No surprise, then, that Stout was still part of a pub’s standard draught range, along with Mild, Bitter and Burton. Indeed, there were two classes of draught Stout. What you could, I suppose call Ordinary Stout at 7d per pint and Best Stout at 8d.
We’ll start with the weaker of the two.
There are a couple of outliers, Wenlock at the top end and Courage at the bottom. Which look like a 6d and an 8d beer, respectively. The average of 1047º looks about right for the norm.
Let’s move onto the pricier one. Noting that Truman had beers in each class.
1055º or so was usually about as draught beer got between the wars, as a result of WW I price controls. There’s not a lot to choose between the examples from different breweries. No really a shack, seeing as they were all paddling in the same pool.
7d London draught Stout before WW II
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1937
Charrington
Stout
7
1045.8
1937
Courage
Stout
7
1040.0
1937
Mann
Stout
7
1047.1
1935
Meux
Stout
7
1047
1016.7
3.92
64.47%
1935
Truman
Stout
7
1048
1011.2
4.78
76.67%
1935
Watney
Stout
7
1046
1008.9
4.83
80.65%
1937
Wenlock
Stout
7
1054.4
1937
Whitbread
Stout
7
1050.8
average
1047.4
1012.3
4.5
73.93%
Sources:
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
8d London draught Stout before WW II
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1935
Barclay Perkins
Stout
8
1059
1012.6
6.05
78.64%
1937
Barclay Perkins
Stout
8
1055.3
1937
Taylor Walker
Stout
8
1055.8
1933
Truman
Stout
8
1053.4
1015.8
4.88
70.41%
average
1055.9
1014.2
5.47
74.53%
Sources:
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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Brown Beer – Porter and Stout – were the beers that made London the most important brewing centre in the world. The glory may have faded a little, but the capital remained home to some of the country’s largest breweries. They hadn’t turned their backs on Stout, even if Porter was on its last legs.
No surprise, then, that Stout was still part of a pub’s standard draught range, along with Mild, Bitter and Burton. Indeed, there were two classes of draught Stout. What you could, I suppose call Ordinary Stout at 7d per pint and Best Stout at 8d.
We’ll start with the weaker of the two.
There are a couple of outliers, Wenlock at the top end and Courage at the bottom. Which look like a 6d and an 8d beer, respectively. The average of 1047º looks about right for the norm.
Let’s move onto the pricier one. Noting that Truman had beers in each class.
1055º or so was usually about as draught beer got between the wars, as a result of WW I price controls. There’s not a lot to choose between the examples from different breweries. No really a shack, seeing as they were all paddling in the same pool.
7d London draught Stout before WW II
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1937
Charrington
Stout
7
1045.8
1937
Courage
Stout
7
1040.0
1937
Mann
Stout
7
1047.1
1935
Meux
Stout
7
1047
1016.7
3.92
64.47%
1935
Truman
Stout
7
1048
1011.2
4.78
76.67%
1935
Watney
Stout
7
1046
1008.9
4.83
80.65%
1937
Wenlock
Stout
7
1054.4
1937
Whitbread
Stout
7
1050.8
average
1047.4
1012.3
4.5
73.93%
Sources:
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
8d London draught Stout before WW II
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (d)
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1935
Barclay Perkins
Stout
8
1059
1012.6
6.05
78.64%
1937
Barclay Perkins
Stout
8
1055.3
1937
Taylor Walker
Stout
8
1055.8
1933
Truman
Stout
8
1053.4
1015.8
4.88
70.41%
average
1055.9
1014.2
5.47
74.53%
Sources:
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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