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Even yet more IPA analyses. This time from the style's spiritual styles: Edinburgh. No, Burton. Let's see how versions brewed in the town looked.
Rather surprisingly, this set averages out stronger, both in terms of OG and ABV. Though that's a little deceptive, as the older set didn't include any Burton-brewed beer. Bass Pale Ale still had a gravity of 1065º. Looking at it from that point of view, Burton IPA had lost about 10º on account of WW I.
The beers sold in Belgium look much like the domestic ones, at around 1055º. Attenuation remains mostly very high, averaging over 80%. Leaving them almost 7% ABV
1055º isn't a random choice. The top band of the last set of WW I price controls started at that gravity. Anything over 1055º could only be sold for the same maximum price. It made no economic sense to brew anything much over that gravity. It had a lasting effect on beer strengths all the way through the interwar period. Particularly amongst draught beers.
Lost interest yet? I wouldn't blame you. I'm nodding off as I write.
Loads more information about more recent IPAs. Plenty of the lovely weedy ones. Mostly lovely weedy ones, if I'm honest.
Burton IPA between the wars
Year
Brewer
Beer
package
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1921
Allsopp
IPA
bottled
1054.4
1004.4
6.56
91.91%
1921
Bass
Pale Ale (bottled by Whitbread)
bottled
1055.2
1921
Ind Coope
India Pale Ale
bottled
1051.9
1005.4
6.09
89.60%
1921
Worthington
IPA
bottled
1054.9
1007.4
6.22
86.52%
1922
Bass
Pale Ale (Belgian sample)
bottled
1055.1
1010.9
5.76
80.22%
1922
Bass
Pale Ale
bottled
1054.7
1011
5.70
79.90%
1922
Worthington
IPA (Belgian sample bottled by J Baker, Brussels)
bottled
1055
1004.7
6.60
91.45%
1922
Worthington
Pale Ale (Brussels)
bottled
1053
1009
5.74
83.02%
1927
Bass
Pale Ale
draught
1055.5
1927
Worthington
Pale Ale
draught
1052.7
1928
Bass
Pale Ale
bottled
1059
1013
6.00
77.97%
1929
Bass
Pale Ale
bottled
1056
1008
6.28
85.71%
1930
Bass
Blue Triangle
bottled
1058
1011.9
6.01
79.48%
1931
Bass
Blue Triangle
bottled
1056.3
1011.2
5.88
80.11%
1931
Worthington
IPA (bottled by RP Culley)
bottled
1059
1013.1
5.98
77.80%
1931
Worthington
Green Label (bottled by RP Culley)
bottled
1055.1
1014.3
5.30
74.05%
1932
Bass
Pale Ale
draught
1054.7
1012
5.56
78.06%
1932
Worthington
PA
draught
1054.7
1010.1
5.82
81.54%
1933
Bass
Pale Ale (bottled by Whitbread)
bottled
1055
1007
6.28
87.27%
1933
Bass
Pale Ale (Probyn & Co.)
bottled
1055.8
1012.2
5.68
78.14%
1933
Bass
Blue Label
bottled
1057.5
1014
5.66
75.65%
1933
Worthington
Pale Ale (bottled by RP Culley)
bottled
1055.4
1011.6
5.71
79.06%
1936
Worthington
Pale Ale
draught
1046.9
1937
Worthington
Pale Ale
draught
1054.3
Average
1055.0
1010.1
5.94
81.97%
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
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Even yet more IPA analyses. This time from the style's spiritual styles: Edinburgh. No, Burton. Let's see how versions brewed in the town looked.
Rather surprisingly, this set averages out stronger, both in terms of OG and ABV. Though that's a little deceptive, as the older set didn't include any Burton-brewed beer. Bass Pale Ale still had a gravity of 1065º. Looking at it from that point of view, Burton IPA had lost about 10º on account of WW I.
The beers sold in Belgium look much like the domestic ones, at around 1055º. Attenuation remains mostly very high, averaging over 80%. Leaving them almost 7% ABV
1055º isn't a random choice. The top band of the last set of WW I price controls started at that gravity. Anything over 1055º could only be sold for the same maximum price. It made no economic sense to brew anything much over that gravity. It had a lasting effect on beer strengths all the way through the interwar period. Particularly amongst draught beers.
Lost interest yet? I wouldn't blame you. I'm nodding off as I write.
Loads more information about more recent IPAs. Plenty of the lovely weedy ones. Mostly lovely weedy ones, if I'm honest.
Burton IPA between the wars
Year
Brewer
Beer
package
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1921
Allsopp
IPA
bottled
1054.4
1004.4
6.56
91.91%
1921
Bass
Pale Ale (bottled by Whitbread)
bottled
1055.2
1921
Ind Coope
India Pale Ale
bottled
1051.9
1005.4
6.09
89.60%
1921
Worthington
IPA
bottled
1054.9
1007.4
6.22
86.52%
1922
Bass
Pale Ale (Belgian sample)
bottled
1055.1
1010.9
5.76
80.22%
1922
Bass
Pale Ale
bottled
1054.7
1011
5.70
79.90%
1922
Worthington
IPA (Belgian sample bottled by J Baker, Brussels)
bottled
1055
1004.7
6.60
91.45%
1922
Worthington
Pale Ale (Brussels)
bottled
1053
1009
5.74
83.02%
1927
Bass
Pale Ale
draught
1055.5
1927
Worthington
Pale Ale
draught
1052.7
1928
Bass
Pale Ale
bottled
1059
1013
6.00
77.97%
1929
Bass
Pale Ale
bottled
1056
1008
6.28
85.71%
1930
Bass
Blue Triangle
bottled
1058
1011.9
6.01
79.48%
1931
Bass
Blue Triangle
bottled
1056.3
1011.2
5.88
80.11%
1931
Worthington
IPA (bottled by RP Culley)
bottled
1059
1013.1
5.98
77.80%
1931
Worthington
Green Label (bottled by RP Culley)
bottled
1055.1
1014.3
5.30
74.05%
1932
Bass
Pale Ale
draught
1054.7
1012
5.56
78.06%
1932
Worthington
PA
draught
1054.7
1010.1
5.82
81.54%
1933
Bass
Pale Ale (bottled by Whitbread)
bottled
1055
1007
6.28
87.27%
1933
Bass
Pale Ale (Probyn & Co.)
bottled
1055.8
1012.2
5.68
78.14%
1933
Bass
Blue Label
bottled
1057.5
1014
5.66
75.65%
1933
Worthington
Pale Ale (bottled by RP Culley)
bottled
1055.4
1011.6
5.71
79.06%
1936
Worthington
Pale Ale
draught
1046.9
1937
Worthington
Pale Ale
draught
1054.3
Average
1055.0
1010.1
5.94
81.97%
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.
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