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By the time 1943 rolled around, the situation was getting pretty dire. Even Pils, which was the strongest beer produced during the war, was well under 2% ABV.
Not sure what was going on with the Leeuw sample. Perhaps it was old stock. What was the point of drinking such watery beer? I’d prefer to get half the volume of beer, but at double the strength. Then you’d at least get a little of the good alcohol effect.
Let’s add a little context by looking at the strength of beer in the UK in 1943. In 1943, average OG hit its wartime nadir. But that was still 1034.34º, which would have left average strength at around 3.5% ABV. More than double the average for Dutch Pils.
However, there were beers a good bit stronger than that average, as a large percentage of the beer sold in Britain was3% ABV Mild Ale Here’s the set of Ales from a randomly selected UK brewery:
Whitbread Ales in 1943
Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
21st Jul
XX
Mild
1028.3
1008.0
2.69
71.73%
22nd Jul
IPA
IPA
1031.4
1005.5
3.43
82.48%
28th Apr
PA
Pale Ale
1039.2
1008.5
4.06
78.32%
22nd Jul
XXXX
Strong Ale
1042.8
1013.0
3.94
69.63%
Source:
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/01/110.
I imagine Dutch drinkers would have ripped your arm off to get a beer of a heady 4% ABV.
Dutch Pils in 1943
Date
Brewer
Town
OG Plato
FG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Colour
18th Dec
Amstel
Amsterdam
3.77
0.96
1.41
74.83%
0.42
25th Jan
Grolsch
Groenlo
4.28
1.12
1.60
74.17%
0.6
25th Jan
Amstel
Amsterdam
3.76
0.87
1.46
77.13%
0.42
25th Jan
Heineken
Rotterdam
4.02
0.66
1.71
83.80%
0.55
25th Jan
Bavaria
Lieshout
4.13
1.14
1.51
72.73%
0.48
25th Jan
Hengelo
Hengelo
3.70
1.21
1.26
67.63%
0.48
16th Feb
De Leeuw
Valkenburg
8.81
2.57
3.26
71.55%
0.4
27th Jul
Heineken
Amsterdam
3.86
1.42
1.23
63.58%
0.58
27th Jul
Heineken
Rotterdam
4.03
1.19
1.44
70.81%
0.58
Average
4.48
1.24
1.65
72.91%
0.50
Source:
Rapporten van laboratoriumonderzoeken naar producten van Heinekenbrouwerijen in binnen- en buitenland en naar producten van andere brouwerijen held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1794.
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By the time 1943 rolled around, the situation was getting pretty dire. Even Pils, which was the strongest beer produced during the war, was well under 2% ABV.
Not sure what was going on with the Leeuw sample. Perhaps it was old stock. What was the point of drinking such watery beer? I’d prefer to get half the volume of beer, but at double the strength. Then you’d at least get a little of the good alcohol effect.
Let’s add a little context by looking at the strength of beer in the UK in 1943. In 1943, average OG hit its wartime nadir. But that was still 1034.34º, which would have left average strength at around 3.5% ABV. More than double the average for Dutch Pils.
However, there were beers a good bit stronger than that average, as a large percentage of the beer sold in Britain was3% ABV Mild Ale Here’s the set of Ales from a randomly selected UK brewery:
Whitbread Ales in 1943
Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
21st Jul
XX
Mild
1028.3
1008.0
2.69
71.73%
22nd Jul
IPA
IPA
1031.4
1005.5
3.43
82.48%
28th Apr
PA
Pale Ale
1039.2
1008.5
4.06
78.32%
22nd Jul
XXXX
Strong Ale
1042.8
1013.0
3.94
69.63%
Source:
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/01/110.
I imagine Dutch drinkers would have ripped your arm off to get a beer of a heady 4% ABV.
Dutch Pils in 1943
Date
Brewer
Town
OG Plato
FG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Colour
18th Dec
Amstel
Amsterdam
3.77
0.96
1.41
74.83%
0.42
25th Jan
Grolsch
Groenlo
4.28
1.12
1.60
74.17%
0.6
25th Jan
Amstel
Amsterdam
3.76
0.87
1.46
77.13%
0.42
25th Jan
Heineken
Rotterdam
4.02
0.66
1.71
83.80%
0.55
25th Jan
Bavaria
Lieshout
4.13
1.14
1.51
72.73%
0.48
25th Jan
Hengelo
Hengelo
3.70
1.21
1.26
67.63%
0.48
16th Feb
De Leeuw
Valkenburg
8.81
2.57
3.26
71.55%
0.4
27th Jul
Heineken
Amsterdam
3.86
1.42
1.23
63.58%
0.58
27th Jul
Heineken
Rotterdam
4.03
1.19
1.44
70.81%
0.58
Average
4.48
1.24
1.65
72.91%
0.50
Source:
Rapporten van laboratoriumonderzoeken naar producten van Heinekenbrouwerijen in binnen- en buitenland en naar producten van andere brouwerijen held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1794.
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