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In London Burton Ale remained a standard draught beer. Though after the mid-1950’s it increasingly became a winter seasonal. There were also stronger versions that the standard KK. These were mostly sold in bottles, but sometimes appeared on draught.
Before WW I draught Burton Ale, or KK as it was often known, was a very powerful dark beer with an OG of 1070º-1075º. The war knocked the stuffing out of Burton and in the 1920s and 1930s it had a gravity of around 1055º. The next war lopped off another ten gravity points or so.
The lack of any analyses in the Whitbread Gravity Book is an indication that Burton was going out of fashion. By the 1960s, only a few London breweries still made a draught version. When Fullers replaced their Burton with ESB and Youngs changed the name of theirs to Winter Warmer the style was, in terms of its name, dead.
Draught Burton Ale 1948 - 1954
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1951
Barclay Perkins
Strong Ale
27
1079
1011
8.96
86.08%
120
1951
Barclay Perkins
Burton
21
1043
1010.5
4.22
75.58%
100
1954
Barclay Perkins
KK
21
1043
1011.1
4.14
74.19%
120
1953
Charrington
Strong Ale
19
1039.9
144
1954
Charrington
KK
19
1048.1
1010.7
4.86
77.75%
130
1951
Charrington
Burton
20
1046.3
1012.1
4.44
73.87%
180
1948
Courage
Burton
21
1044.5
1008.5
4.69
80.90%
140
1951
Courage
Strong Ale XXX
20
1048.1
1015.5
4.22
67.78%
1954
Courage
XXX
20
1046.2
1013.8
4.20
70.13%
200
1951
Ind Coope
Double Burton
24
1054.3
1013.9
5.25
74.40%
110
1953
Ind Coope
Strong Ale
19
1043.0
112
1951
Mann Crossman
Burton
19
1041.5
1007.6
4.41
81.69%
145
1948
Meux
Burton
20
1041
1006.4
4.51
84.39%
245
1951
Meux
XXX
20
1046.2
1013.1
4.29
71.65%
1953
Meux
Strong Ale
20
1045.8
152
1951
Taylor Walker
Burton
21
1050
1014.3
4.63
71.40%
120
1954
Taylor Walker
KKK
21
1049.1
1017
4.15
65.38%
110
1951
Truman
Strong Ale
22
1047.7
1010.7
4.81
77.57%
1953
Truman
Strong Ale
22
1045.6
1954
Truman
SA
22
1049.1
1009.3
5.19
81.06%
110
1948
Watney
KKKK
21
1046.1
1010.5
4.63
77.22%
115
1954
Watney
KKKK
24
1055.2
1013.5
5.42
75.54%
140
1953
Wenlock
Strong Ale
20
1043.4
176
1949
Whitbread
Strong Ale
20
1046.7
104
1951
Whitbread
KKKK
23
1053.5
1953
Whitbread
Strong Ale
23
1052.1
104
1954
Whitbread
KKKK
23
1051.2
1011.9
5.11
76.76%
100
Average
21.8
1049.4
1011.9
5.11
75.96%
128
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
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In London Burton Ale remained a standard draught beer. Though after the mid-1950’s it increasingly became a winter seasonal. There were also stronger versions that the standard KK. These were mostly sold in bottles, but sometimes appeared on draught.
Before WW I draught Burton Ale, or KK as it was often known, was a very powerful dark beer with an OG of 1070º-1075º. The war knocked the stuffing out of Burton and in the 1920s and 1930s it had a gravity of around 1055º. The next war lopped off another ten gravity points or so.
The lack of any analyses in the Whitbread Gravity Book is an indication that Burton was going out of fashion. By the 1960s, only a few London breweries still made a draught version. When Fullers replaced their Burton with ESB and Youngs changed the name of theirs to Winter Warmer the style was, in terms of its name, dead.
Draught Burton Ale 1948 - 1954
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1951
Barclay Perkins
Strong Ale
27
1079
1011
8.96
86.08%
120
1951
Barclay Perkins
Burton
21
1043
1010.5
4.22
75.58%
100
1954
Barclay Perkins
KK
21
1043
1011.1
4.14
74.19%
120
1953
Charrington
Strong Ale
19
1039.9
144
1954
Charrington
KK
19
1048.1
1010.7
4.86
77.75%
130
1951
Charrington
Burton
20
1046.3
1012.1
4.44
73.87%
180
1948
Courage
Burton
21
1044.5
1008.5
4.69
80.90%
140
1951
Courage
Strong Ale XXX
20
1048.1
1015.5
4.22
67.78%
1954
Courage
XXX
20
1046.2
1013.8
4.20
70.13%
200
1951
Ind Coope
Double Burton
24
1054.3
1013.9
5.25
74.40%
110
1953
Ind Coope
Strong Ale
19
1043.0
112
1951
Mann Crossman
Burton
19
1041.5
1007.6
4.41
81.69%
145
1948
Meux
Burton
20
1041
1006.4
4.51
84.39%
245
1951
Meux
XXX
20
1046.2
1013.1
4.29
71.65%
1953
Meux
Strong Ale
20
1045.8
152
1951
Taylor Walker
Burton
21
1050
1014.3
4.63
71.40%
120
1954
Taylor Walker
KKK
21
1049.1
1017
4.15
65.38%
110
1951
Truman
Strong Ale
22
1047.7
1010.7
4.81
77.57%
1953
Truman
Strong Ale
22
1045.6
1954
Truman
SA
22
1049.1
1009.3
5.19
81.06%
110
1948
Watney
KKKK
21
1046.1
1010.5
4.63
77.22%
115
1954
Watney
KKKK
24
1055.2
1013.5
5.42
75.54%
140
1953
Wenlock
Strong Ale
20
1043.4
176
1949
Whitbread
Strong Ale
20
1046.7
104
1951
Whitbread
KKKK
23
1053.5
1953
Whitbread
Strong Ale
23
1052.1
104
1954
Whitbread
KKKK
23
1051.2
1011.9
5.11
76.76%
100
Average
21.8
1049.4
1011.9
5.11
75.96%
128
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
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