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To go with yesterday's post of an advert (https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/12/beer-is-bust.html) listing various beers on sale here are analyses of most of them.The ones described as "all" beers selling for 3 shillings or so a quart are those with gravities in the low 1030ºs. They're things like Brown ale, Light Ale and low-gravity Stouts. A beer selling for 3 shillings a quart would be around 10d or 11d when packaged as a half pint.
1/4 (16d) seems like pretty good value for a beer as strong as Bass or Worthington. I'm sure the advert got it wrong when it spoke of red and green labelled Bass. Their Pale Ale came with either a red label (bottle conditioned) or a blue label (brewery conditioned). It was Worthington which had Green Shield, the brewery-conditioned version of White Shield.
In the strong Pale Ale segment, Double Diamond, Tavern and Ben Truman were less value for money, being only 0.5d per half pint cheaper, despite being considerably weaker than Bass or Worthington.
Beer is Bust beers
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
Price
size
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1955
Bass
Pale Ale (Blue Triangle)
Pale Ale
1063.5
1003.1
7.96
95.12%
19
1955
Bass
Pale Ale (Red Triangle)
Pale Ale
1063.2
1009.6
7.02
84.81%
19
1953
Bass
Barley Wine
Barley Wine
20d
nip
1104.6
1036.3
8.90
65.30%
80
1956
Ind Coope
Double Diamond
Pale Ale
17d
half pint
1048.3
1012.7
4.62
73.71%
20
1956
Simonds
Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
12d
half pint
1030.1
1010
2.60
66.78%
25
1956
Simonds
Berry Brown Ale
Brown Ale
16d
half pint
1031.9
1011.9
2.58
62.70%
85
1957
Simonds
Luncheon Stout
Stout
11d
half pint
1033.6
1014.9
2.41
55.65%
275
1959
Simonds
Tavern Export Ale
Pale Ale
17d
half pint
1045.8
1013
4.25
71.62%
18
1959
Simonds
SB Light Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
1034.2
1010.3
3.09
69.88%
19
1956
Truman
Trubrown
Brown Ale
10.5d
half pint
1034.9
1016.5
2.37
52.72%
95
1956
Truman
Light Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
1031.7
1011.4
2.62
64.04%
19
1956
Truman
Eagle Stout
Stout
11d
half pint
1034.8
1016.1
2.41
53.74%
225
1959
Truman
Ben Truman Pale Ale
Pale Ale
16d
half pint
1049.9
1010
5.20
79.96%
17
1953
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
Barley Wine
17d
nip
1089.6
1031.7
7.52
64.62%
110
1956
Watney
Brown Ale
Brown Ale
10d
half pint
1032.2
1011.1
2.73
65.53%
120
1957
Watney
Special Stout
Stout
13d
half pint
1042.3
1009.4
4.28
77.78%
200
1959
Watney
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
1033.2
1010.1
2.99
69.58%
23
1955
Worthington
India Pale Ale (Green Shield)
IPA
1063.3
1009.4
7.06
85.15%
18
1955
Worthington
India Pale Ale (White Shield)
IPA
1063.7
1002.9
8.02
95.45%
18
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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To go with yesterday's post of an advert (https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/12/beer-is-bust.html) listing various beers on sale here are analyses of most of them.The ones described as "all" beers selling for 3 shillings or so a quart are those with gravities in the low 1030ºs. They're things like Brown ale, Light Ale and low-gravity Stouts. A beer selling for 3 shillings a quart would be around 10d or 11d when packaged as a half pint.
1/4 (16d) seems like pretty good value for a beer as strong as Bass or Worthington. I'm sure the advert got it wrong when it spoke of red and green labelled Bass. Their Pale Ale came with either a red label (bottle conditioned) or a blue label (brewery conditioned). It was Worthington which had Green Shield, the brewery-conditioned version of White Shield.
In the strong Pale Ale segment, Double Diamond, Tavern and Ben Truman were less value for money, being only 0.5d per half pint cheaper, despite being considerably weaker than Bass or Worthington.
Beer is Bust beers
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
Price
size
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour
1955
Bass
Pale Ale (Blue Triangle)
Pale Ale
1063.5
1003.1
7.96
95.12%
19
1955
Bass
Pale Ale (Red Triangle)
Pale Ale
1063.2
1009.6
7.02
84.81%
19
1953
Bass
Barley Wine
Barley Wine
20d
nip
1104.6
1036.3
8.90
65.30%
80
1956
Ind Coope
Double Diamond
Pale Ale
17d
half pint
1048.3
1012.7
4.62
73.71%
20
1956
Simonds
Bitter Ale
Pale Ale
12d
half pint
1030.1
1010
2.60
66.78%
25
1956
Simonds
Berry Brown Ale
Brown Ale
16d
half pint
1031.9
1011.9
2.58
62.70%
85
1957
Simonds
Luncheon Stout
Stout
11d
half pint
1033.6
1014.9
2.41
55.65%
275
1959
Simonds
Tavern Export Ale
Pale Ale
17d
half pint
1045.8
1013
4.25
71.62%
18
1959
Simonds
SB Light Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
1034.2
1010.3
3.09
69.88%
19
1956
Truman
Trubrown
Brown Ale
10.5d
half pint
1034.9
1016.5
2.37
52.72%
95
1956
Truman
Light Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
1031.7
1011.4
2.62
64.04%
19
1956
Truman
Eagle Stout
Stout
11d
half pint
1034.8
1016.1
2.41
53.74%
225
1959
Truman
Ben Truman Pale Ale
Pale Ale
16d
half pint
1049.9
1010
5.20
79.96%
17
1953
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
Barley Wine
17d
nip
1089.6
1031.7
7.52
64.62%
110
1956
Watney
Brown Ale
Brown Ale
10d
half pint
1032.2
1011.1
2.73
65.53%
120
1957
Watney
Special Stout
Stout
13d
half pint
1042.3
1009.4
4.28
77.78%
200
1959
Watney
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
1033.2
1010.1
2.99
69.58%
23
1955
Worthington
India Pale Ale (Green Shield)
IPA
1063.3
1009.4
7.06
85.15%
18
1955
Worthington
India Pale Ale (White Shield)
IPA
1063.7
1002.9
8.02
95.45%
18
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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