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In the 1970s, draught Stout meant one thing: Guinness. In most of the UK, draught Stout died out between the wars. The exceptions were Northern Ireland and London. In the capital, it managed to hang on until sometime in the 1950s.
A large percentage of brewers were still producing a Stout at the start of the 1970s. Mostly, these were pretty low gravity, sometimes as low as 1030º. Coupled with a low degree of attenuation, it left these beers with less than 3% ABV.
Let’s take a look at some of the Stouts being brewed at the time.
UK Stout 1969 - 1973
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
colour
1969
Fremlin
Special Stout
1039.2
1016.7
2.98
57.40%
4.11
0.65
1970
Adnams
Double Stout
1037.0
1009.0
3.70
75.68%
5.54
0.86
1973
Whitbread
Mackeson
1038.8
1010.0
3.81
74.23%
6.31
1.01
300
1973
Whitbread
Extra Stout
1055.7
1013.7
5.56
75.40%
6.31
1.45
375
1971
Boddington
WSS
1030.5
1009.0
2.84
70.49%
5.75
0.74
300
1969
Truman
Stout
1030.7
1012.7
2.38
58.56%
4.48
0.57
1969
Elgood
Stout
1030.0
1011.1
2.50
63.07%
3.56
0.48
Average
1037.4
1011.7
3.40
67.83%
5.15
0.82
325
Sources:
Fremlin brewing record held at the Kent Archives, document number U3555/2/F/Bx2/1/93.
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/141.
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/134.
Truman Ale book held by Derek Prentice.
Elgood brewing record held at the brewery
Quite a variation in gravity there. But the outlier – Extra Stout – differs from the others in being purely an export beer. All the others are in the 1030ºs.
The rates of attenuation are all over the place. The Whitbread and Adnams Stout have a normal 75%. (Though it should be borne in mind that the Mackeson in the table is before the addition of lactose.) While the Truman and Fremlin examples are both under 60%.
It’s no surprise, then, four of the seven examples are below 3% ABV. Truman’s is even under 2.5% ABV. Lovely and watery with no kick of alcohol. Yum.
There’s also quite a spread in the hopping rates. Ranging from 3.5 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt to almost 6.5 lbs. That’s quite a difference.
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In the 1970s, draught Stout meant one thing: Guinness. In most of the UK, draught Stout died out between the wars. The exceptions were Northern Ireland and London. In the capital, it managed to hang on until sometime in the 1950s.
A large percentage of brewers were still producing a Stout at the start of the 1970s. Mostly, these were pretty low gravity, sometimes as low as 1030º. Coupled with a low degree of attenuation, it left these beers with less than 3% ABV.
Let’s take a look at some of the Stouts being brewed at the time.
UK Stout 1969 - 1973
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
colour
1969
Fremlin
Special Stout
1039.2
1016.7
2.98
57.40%
4.11
0.65
1970
Adnams
Double Stout
1037.0
1009.0
3.70
75.68%
5.54
0.86
1973
Whitbread
Mackeson
1038.8
1010.0
3.81
74.23%
6.31
1.01
300
1973
Whitbread
Extra Stout
1055.7
1013.7
5.56
75.40%
6.31
1.45
375
1971
Boddington
WSS
1030.5
1009.0
2.84
70.49%
5.75
0.74
300
1969
Truman
Stout
1030.7
1012.7
2.38
58.56%
4.48
0.57
1969
Elgood
Stout
1030.0
1011.1
2.50
63.07%
3.56
0.48
Average
1037.4
1011.7
3.40
67.83%
5.15
0.82
325
Sources:
Fremlin brewing record held at the Kent Archives, document number U3555/2/F/Bx2/1/93.
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/141.
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/134.
Truman Ale book held by Derek Prentice.
Elgood brewing record held at the brewery
Quite a variation in gravity there. But the outlier – Extra Stout – differs from the others in being purely an export beer. All the others are in the 1030ºs.
The rates of attenuation are all over the place. The Whitbread and Adnams Stout have a normal 75%. (Though it should be borne in mind that the Mackeson in the table is before the addition of lactose.) While the Truman and Fremlin examples are both under 60%.
It’s no surprise, then, four of the seven examples are below 3% ABV. Truman’s is even under 2.5% ABV. Lovely and watery with no kick of alcohol. Yum.
There’s also quite a spread in the hopping rates. Ranging from 3.5 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt to almost 6.5 lbs. That’s quite a difference.
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