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The final few years before the Free Mash Tun Act were notable for the decline in popularity of aged beers. That had the most effect on standard Porter, where aged versions completely disappeared. It also affected the weaker Stouts, which tended to be sold young.
I’m sticking with the categorisation into Single, Double and Treble Stout. Though the waters are starting to be muddied by vaguer terms such as Nourishing Stout.
Beer prices had fallen since the 1850s. There was a simple reason for this: in the mid-1850s the malt tax increased from 2s 7d (31d) + 5% per bushel to 4s (48d). What followed was a period of incredible price stability which lasted right up until WW I. Which must have made the rapid price increases during the Great War quite a shock.Once again, for reference purposes, here are the prices for standard Porter:
London Porter prices 1860 - 1880
year
Brewery
beer
price per barrel (s)
price per gallon (d)
1861
Overton
Porter
36
12
1863
John Murton
Porter
36
12
1874
Eltham Brewery
Porter
36
12
1873
L. Davis & Son
Porter
36
12
1879
Collier Brothers
Porter
36
12
1878
Crystal Palace Steam Brewery
Porter
38
12.67
1876
Santer and Collingwood
Porter
38
12.67
1877
Waltham Brothers
Porter
38
12.67
1871
Overton & Gibbon
Porter
40
13.33
1871
Barclay Perkins
Porter
40
13.33
1874
Whitbread & Co.
Porter
40
13.33
Average
37.6
12.55
Sources:
Gray & Warren’s 1861–2 Directory of Croydon
Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 31 October 1863, page 4.
Post Office Directory of Middlesex, 1874
Woolwich Gazette - Saturday 12 July 1873, page 1.
Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald - Saturday 24 May 1879, page 8.
Norwood News - Saturday 09 November 1878, page 8.
Islington Gazette - Friday 04 February 1876, page 1.
Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette - Saturday 08 December 1877, page 3.
Surrey Comet - Saturday 07 October 1871, page 8.
Edmund Oxborrow price list
"The Medical Times and Gazette", 1874, page 652
The average price is almost 2.5 shillings per barrel cheaper than in the 1840s and 1850s.
A similar pattern is repeated by the Stouts:
London Stout prices 1860 - 1880
year
Brewery
beer
price per barrel (s)
price per gallon (d)
1876
Santer and Collingwood
Single Stout
44
14.67
1871
Overton & Gibbon
Single Stout
44
14.67
1861
Overton
Stout
48
16
1863
John Murton
Single Stout
48
16
1874
Eltham Brewery
Single Stout
48
16
1878
Crystal Palace Steam Brewery
Nourishing Stout
50
16.67
1871
Barclay Perkins
Brown Stout
50
16.67
1874
Whitbread & Co.
Stout
50
16.67
1877
Waltham Brothers
Single Stout
50
16.67
Average
48
16.00
1876
Santer and Collingwood
Double Stout
50
16.67
1861
Overton
Double Stout
54
18
1871
Overton & Gibbon
Double Stout
54
18
1874
Eltham Brewery
Double Stout
54
18
1863
John Murton
Double Stout
60
20
1871
Barclay Perkins
Double Brown Stout
60
20
1874
Whitbread & Co.
Double Stout
60
20.00
1873
L. Davis & Son
Double Stout
60
20
1879
Collier Brothers
Double Stout
60
20
1878
Crystal Palace Steam Brewery
Nourishing Stout
62
20.67
1877
Waltham Brothers
Double Stout
62
20.67
Average
57.8
19.27
1874
Eltham Brewery
Treble Stout
60
20
Sources:
Islington Gazette - Friday 04 February 1876, page 1.
Gray & Warren’s 1861–2 Directory of Croydon
Surrey Comet - Saturday 07 October 1871, page 8.
Post Office Directory of Middlesex, 1874
Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 31 October 1863, page 4.
Edmund Oxborrow price list
"The Medical Times and Gazette", 1874, page 652
Woolwich Gazette - Saturday 12 July 1873, page 1.
Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald - Saturday 24 May 1879, page 8.
Norwood News - Saturday 09 November 1878, page 8.
Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette - Saturday 08 December 1877, page 3.
Single Stout is more than 5 shillings per barrel cheaper on average. While Double Stout is 4 shillings cheaper. Happy days for Stout drinkers.
Though you can see that there’s considerable variation in prices between breweries. For Single Stout from 44 shillings to 50 shillings per barrel. And Double Stout from 50 shillings to 62 shillings.
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The final few years before the Free Mash Tun Act were notable for the decline in popularity of aged beers. That had the most effect on standard Porter, where aged versions completely disappeared. It also affected the weaker Stouts, which tended to be sold young.
I’m sticking with the categorisation into Single, Double and Treble Stout. Though the waters are starting to be muddied by vaguer terms such as Nourishing Stout.
Beer prices had fallen since the 1850s. There was a simple reason for this: in the mid-1850s the malt tax increased from 2s 7d (31d) + 5% per bushel to 4s (48d). What followed was a period of incredible price stability which lasted right up until WW I. Which must have made the rapid price increases during the Great War quite a shock.Once again, for reference purposes, here are the prices for standard Porter:
London Porter prices 1860 - 1880
year
Brewery
beer
price per barrel (s)
price per gallon (d)
1861
Overton
Porter
36
12
1863
John Murton
Porter
36
12
1874
Eltham Brewery
Porter
36
12
1873
L. Davis & Son
Porter
36
12
1879
Collier Brothers
Porter
36
12
1878
Crystal Palace Steam Brewery
Porter
38
12.67
1876
Santer and Collingwood
Porter
38
12.67
1877
Waltham Brothers
Porter
38
12.67
1871
Overton & Gibbon
Porter
40
13.33
1871
Barclay Perkins
Porter
40
13.33
1874
Whitbread & Co.
Porter
40
13.33
Average
37.6
12.55
Sources:
Gray & Warren’s 1861–2 Directory of Croydon
Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 31 October 1863, page 4.
Post Office Directory of Middlesex, 1874
Woolwich Gazette - Saturday 12 July 1873, page 1.
Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald - Saturday 24 May 1879, page 8.
Norwood News - Saturday 09 November 1878, page 8.
Islington Gazette - Friday 04 February 1876, page 1.
Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette - Saturday 08 December 1877, page 3.
Surrey Comet - Saturday 07 October 1871, page 8.
Edmund Oxborrow price list
"The Medical Times and Gazette", 1874, page 652
The average price is almost 2.5 shillings per barrel cheaper than in the 1840s and 1850s.
A similar pattern is repeated by the Stouts:
London Stout prices 1860 - 1880
year
Brewery
beer
price per barrel (s)
price per gallon (d)
1876
Santer and Collingwood
Single Stout
44
14.67
1871
Overton & Gibbon
Single Stout
44
14.67
1861
Overton
Stout
48
16
1863
John Murton
Single Stout
48
16
1874
Eltham Brewery
Single Stout
48
16
1878
Crystal Palace Steam Brewery
Nourishing Stout
50
16.67
1871
Barclay Perkins
Brown Stout
50
16.67
1874
Whitbread & Co.
Stout
50
16.67
1877
Waltham Brothers
Single Stout
50
16.67
Average
48
16.00
1876
Santer and Collingwood
Double Stout
50
16.67
1861
Overton
Double Stout
54
18
1871
Overton & Gibbon
Double Stout
54
18
1874
Eltham Brewery
Double Stout
54
18
1863
John Murton
Double Stout
60
20
1871
Barclay Perkins
Double Brown Stout
60
20
1874
Whitbread & Co.
Double Stout
60
20.00
1873
L. Davis & Son
Double Stout
60
20
1879
Collier Brothers
Double Stout
60
20
1878
Crystal Palace Steam Brewery
Nourishing Stout
62
20.67
1877
Waltham Brothers
Double Stout
62
20.67
Average
57.8
19.27
1874
Eltham Brewery
Treble Stout
60
20
Sources:
Islington Gazette - Friday 04 February 1876, page 1.
Gray & Warren’s 1861–2 Directory of Croydon
Surrey Comet - Saturday 07 October 1871, page 8.
Post Office Directory of Middlesex, 1874
Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 31 October 1863, page 4.
Edmund Oxborrow price list
"The Medical Times and Gazette", 1874, page 652
Woolwich Gazette - Saturday 12 July 1873, page 1.
Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald - Saturday 24 May 1879, page 8.
Norwood News - Saturday 09 November 1878, page 8.
Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette - Saturday 08 December 1877, page 3.
Single Stout is more than 5 shillings per barrel cheaper on average. While Double Stout is 4 shillings cheaper. Happy days for Stout drinkers.
Though you can see that there’s considerable variation in prices between breweries. For Single Stout from 44 shillings to 50 shillings per barrel. And Double Stout from 50 shillings to 62 shillings.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-price-of-porter-and-stout-1860-1880.html)