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More shit about London Stout, I'm afraid. This just happens to be what I'm working on at the moment.
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Outside London, draught Stout was becoming somewhat of rarity. Even within the capital it was coming under threat. Bottled Stout, on the other hand, remained popular. As is evidenced by the broad range of Stouts of different strengths which were brewed.
Many London brewers were still producing multiple Stouts. Forest Hill, for example, had Stouts at 6d, 7d and 8d per pint. While Hoare and Charrington both had 7d and 8d Stouts.
In order to compare prices between draught and bottled beer, a simple rule of thumb is that the latter cost 1d more. So, an 8d per pint bottled Stout is the equivalent of a 7d draught Stout.
As with the draught Stouts, most of the beers fall nicely into the last price control bands with regards to gravity. The 8d bottled Stouts average 1048.7º and the 9d ones 1055.6º. Quite close to the 1046.6º and 1055.2º of draught 7d and 8d Stouts.
You’ll note that there were bottled versions which were much weaker than any draught Stouts. The weakest make a mockery of the term Stout, being under 4% ABV.
There are quite a few Oatmeal Stouts in the table. It’s a type of beer which was very popular at the time. I’ve deliberately included the standard Stout from the same brewery. Just to show that they were likely the same beer, simply labelled differently.
Between the wars bottled London Stout
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1926
Forest Hill Brewery
Stout
6
1033.3
1928
Hammerton
V.C.Stout
6
1035.9
1006.7
3.80
81.34%
1929
Lovibond
Pioneer Stout
1032.6
1007.3
3.28
77.61%
Average
1033.9
1007.0
3.54
79.47%
1929
Charrington
Stout
7
1038
1009.4
3.71
75.26%
1927
Forest Hill Brewery
Stout
7
1046.4
1929
Hoare
Stout
7
1038
1012.4
3.31
67.37%
1928
Isleworth
Stout
7
1040.7
1008.3
4.21
79.61%
1930
Taylor Walker
Nourishing Stout
7
1037
1008.6
3.69
76.76%
Average
1040.0
1009.7
3.73
74.75%
1930
Cannon Brewery
Cannon Stout
8
1047
1013.2
4.38
71.91%
1929
Charrington
Oatmeal Stout
8
1046
1010.1
4.67
78.04%
1930
Charrington
Stout
8
1049
1930
Courage
Stout
8
1050.2
1926
Forest Hill Brewery
Stout
8
1055
1928
Friary Holroyd
Stout
8
1042.6
1926
Hammerton
Oatmeal Stout
8
1050.1
1015.9
4.43
68.26%
1929
Hammerton
Stout
8
1049
1014.6
4.46
70.20%
1930
Hoare
Toby Stout
8
1042
1013.6
3.67
67.62%
1928
Hoare & Co
Stout
8
1047.3
1928
Mann Crossman
London Stout
8
1050.5
1012.2
4.98
75.84%
1930
Meux
Stout
8
1049.2
1930
Meux
Oatmeal Stout
8
1050
1009.4
5.29
81.20%
1928
Noakes & Co
Stout
8
1055.9
1926
Reid
Stout
8
1050.3
1928
Truman
Eagle Stout
8
1048.9
1009.5
5.13
80.57%
1928
Watney
Reids Oatmeal Stout
8
1050
1015.6
4.46
68.80%
1928
Watney
Reids Family Stout
8
1050.2
1012.7
4.87
74.70%
1930
Young & Co
Stout
8
1042.01
Average
1048.7
1012.7
4.63
73.72%
1928
Barclay Perkins
Stout
9
1053.9
1014.5
5.12
73.10%
1929
Barclay Perkins
Stout
9
1053
1015.6
4.85
70.57%
1929
Barclay Perkins
Stout
9
1054
1014.8
5.09
72.59%
1926
Whitbread
Stout
9
1057.7
1928
Watney
Reids Special Stout
1056
1014.7
5.37
73.75%
1928
Mann Crossman
Extra Stout
9
1059.9
1016.2
5.68
72.95%
1927
Taylor Walker
Special Stout
10
1055
1013.7
5.37
75.09%
Average
1055.6
1014.9
5.25
73.01%
Sources:
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
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More shit about London Stout, I'm afraid. This just happens to be what I'm working on at the moment.
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Outside London, draught Stout was becoming somewhat of rarity. Even within the capital it was coming under threat. Bottled Stout, on the other hand, remained popular. As is evidenced by the broad range of Stouts of different strengths which were brewed.
Many London brewers were still producing multiple Stouts. Forest Hill, for example, had Stouts at 6d, 7d and 8d per pint. While Hoare and Charrington both had 7d and 8d Stouts.
In order to compare prices between draught and bottled beer, a simple rule of thumb is that the latter cost 1d more. So, an 8d per pint bottled Stout is the equivalent of a 7d draught Stout.
As with the draught Stouts, most of the beers fall nicely into the last price control bands with regards to gravity. The 8d bottled Stouts average 1048.7º and the 9d ones 1055.6º. Quite close to the 1046.6º and 1055.2º of draught 7d and 8d Stouts.
You’ll note that there were bottled versions which were much weaker than any draught Stouts. The weakest make a mockery of the term Stout, being under 4% ABV.
There are quite a few Oatmeal Stouts in the table. It’s a type of beer which was very popular at the time. I’ve deliberately included the standard Stout from the same brewery. Just to show that they were likely the same beer, simply labelled differently.
Between the wars bottled London Stout
Year
Brewer
Beer
Price
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1926
Forest Hill Brewery
Stout
6
1033.3
1928
Hammerton
V.C.Stout
6
1035.9
1006.7
3.80
81.34%
1929
Lovibond
Pioneer Stout
1032.6
1007.3
3.28
77.61%
Average
1033.9
1007.0
3.54
79.47%
1929
Charrington
Stout
7
1038
1009.4
3.71
75.26%
1927
Forest Hill Brewery
Stout
7
1046.4
1929
Hoare
Stout
7
1038
1012.4
3.31
67.37%
1928
Isleworth
Stout
7
1040.7
1008.3
4.21
79.61%
1930
Taylor Walker
Nourishing Stout
7
1037
1008.6
3.69
76.76%
Average
1040.0
1009.7
3.73
74.75%
1930
Cannon Brewery
Cannon Stout
8
1047
1013.2
4.38
71.91%
1929
Charrington
Oatmeal Stout
8
1046
1010.1
4.67
78.04%
1930
Charrington
Stout
8
1049
1930
Courage
Stout
8
1050.2
1926
Forest Hill Brewery
Stout
8
1055
1928
Friary Holroyd
Stout
8
1042.6
1926
Hammerton
Oatmeal Stout
8
1050.1
1015.9
4.43
68.26%
1929
Hammerton
Stout
8
1049
1014.6
4.46
70.20%
1930
Hoare
Toby Stout
8
1042
1013.6
3.67
67.62%
1928
Hoare & Co
Stout
8
1047.3
1928
Mann Crossman
London Stout
8
1050.5
1012.2
4.98
75.84%
1930
Meux
Stout
8
1049.2
1930
Meux
Oatmeal Stout
8
1050
1009.4
5.29
81.20%
1928
Noakes & Co
Stout
8
1055.9
1926
Reid
Stout
8
1050.3
1928
Truman
Eagle Stout
8
1048.9
1009.5
5.13
80.57%
1928
Watney
Reids Oatmeal Stout
8
1050
1015.6
4.46
68.80%
1928
Watney
Reids Family Stout
8
1050.2
1012.7
4.87
74.70%
1930
Young & Co
Stout
8
1042.01
Average
1048.7
1012.7
4.63
73.72%
1928
Barclay Perkins
Stout
9
1053.9
1014.5
5.12
73.10%
1929
Barclay Perkins
Stout
9
1053
1015.6
4.85
70.57%
1929
Barclay Perkins
Stout
9
1054
1014.8
5.09
72.59%
1926
Whitbread
Stout
9
1057.7
1928
Watney
Reids Special Stout
1056
1014.7
5.37
73.75%
1928
Mann Crossman
Extra Stout
9
1059.9
1016.2
5.68
72.95%
1927
Taylor Walker
Special Stout
10
1055
1013.7
5.37
75.09%
Average
1055.6
1014.9
5.25
73.01%
Sources:
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/between-wars-bottled-london-stout.html)