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My final look at beer prices in the early 1970s. Where I compare and contrast the different styles.
I've created a combined table. Including the best and worst value of each style, along with the averages. I sorted the original tables on gravity points per penny rather than ABV. Why did I do that? Because the tax, at the time, was paid on the gravity. So the tax was directly related to the gravity. While with the ABV, the value was partly determined by the degree of attenuation.
This does make Lager look slightly worse, as its degree of attenuation, as you can see in the table, was higher than that of Bitter or Mild, at over 80%. An average Lager, with an OG of 1033.4º cost 17.8p. While Mild of just 1.5º lower gravity only cost 11.2p. And the best value Lager was worse than the worst value Mild.
Compared to Bitter, Lager was on average 4.1º lower in gravity, but 4.3p per pint more expensive. Why on earth did anyone drink the stuff? More expensive and weaker. It makes no sense. Though the best value Lager did just beat the worst value Bitter. While Bitter and Mild were very similar, on average, in terms of value.
Draught beer prices in 1972
Brewer
Beer
Price
º gravity per p
% ABV per p
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Greenall Whitley
Grunhalle
16
2.33
0.24
1037.3
1007.3
3.90
80.43%
Tuborg
Lager
22
1.33
0.14
1029.3
1005.4
3.10
81.57%
Average Lager
17.8
1.91
0.20
1033.4
1006.3
3.51
81.15%
Batham
Mild
11
3.24
0.34
1035.6
1007.1
3.70
80.06%
Truman
Mild
13
2.38
0.23
1031
1007.9
3.00
74.52%
Average Mild
11.2
2.86
0.27
1031.9
1008.5
3.03
73.13%
Three Tuns
Bitter
12
3.42
0.35
1041
1008.7
4.20
78.78%
Truman
Titan
16
2.28
0.25
1036.5
1005.8
4.00
84.11%
Average Bitter
13.5
2.79
0.27
1037.5
1009.1
3.68
75.80%
Source:
Daily Mirror July 10th 1972, page 15
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My final look at beer prices in the early 1970s. Where I compare and contrast the different styles.
I've created a combined table. Including the best and worst value of each style, along with the averages. I sorted the original tables on gravity points per penny rather than ABV. Why did I do that? Because the tax, at the time, was paid on the gravity. So the tax was directly related to the gravity. While with the ABV, the value was partly determined by the degree of attenuation.
This does make Lager look slightly worse, as its degree of attenuation, as you can see in the table, was higher than that of Bitter or Mild, at over 80%. An average Lager, with an OG of 1033.4º cost 17.8p. While Mild of just 1.5º lower gravity only cost 11.2p. And the best value Lager was worse than the worst value Mild.
Compared to Bitter, Lager was on average 4.1º lower in gravity, but 4.3p per pint more expensive. Why on earth did anyone drink the stuff? More expensive and weaker. It makes no sense. Though the best value Lager did just beat the worst value Bitter. While Bitter and Mild were very similar, on average, in terms of value.
Draught beer prices in 1972
Brewer
Beer
Price
º gravity per p
% ABV per p
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Greenall Whitley
Grunhalle
16
2.33
0.24
1037.3
1007.3
3.90
80.43%
Tuborg
Lager
22
1.33
0.14
1029.3
1005.4
3.10
81.57%
Average Lager
17.8
1.91
0.20
1033.4
1006.3
3.51
81.15%
Batham
Mild
11
3.24
0.34
1035.6
1007.1
3.70
80.06%
Truman
Mild
13
2.38
0.23
1031
1007.9
3.00
74.52%
Average Mild
11.2
2.86
0.27
1031.9
1008.5
3.03
73.13%
Three Tuns
Bitter
12
3.42
0.35
1041
1008.7
4.20
78.78%
Truman
Titan
16
2.28
0.25
1036.5
1005.8
4.00
84.11%
Average Bitter
13.5
2.79
0.27
1037.5
1009.1
3.68
75.80%
Source:
Daily Mirror July 10th 1972, page 15
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