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Back to the 1970s again. Where I prefer to live. At least in my head. My body couldn't handle all the power cuts. I'm feeling really energised by all the new information that's been flooding over me. The last two weeks I've been happily wallowing in it. And I haven't even got to the 1970 Brewers' Guardian six-page Lager special.
Time to have a look at what went into 1970s Lager. Only three examples, but from quite an interesting range of brewers. Big Six (Drybrough), national (Truman) and small (Elgood). As Truman was still independent in 1969.
Typical of the era, is such a small brewer as Elgood, who only owned 65 pubs, brewing their own Lager. Many brewers wanted to be the source of all the draught beer in their tied houses. Making producing small quantities of Lager totally logical. Not many still bother (other than Sam Smith), serving instead a national or international brand.
At first glance, all three beers look very similar: OG 1034º. 3.4% ABV, 75% attenuation. Which was about standard for a 1970s Lager.
The hopping and colour are another matter. Elgood’s beer is far more heavily hopped than the other two. Both of which have only had a few hops waved at them’ Leaving them with pathetically low bitterness levels.
In terms of colour, it’s Truman’s beer that stands out. It’s a good bit darker than the others and isn’t that much paler than Truman’s standard-strength Bitter, which was 21. Was London Lager deliberately darker than most Lagers? Or was that just an accident?
Lager 1969 - 1975
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
colour
IBU
1970
Drybrough
Continental
1032.8
3.18
0.41
12
14
1975
Elgood
Lager
1034.3
1008.9
3.37
74.19%
5.22
0.68
10
20
1969
Truman
London Lager
1034.6
1008.9
3.41
74.40%
2.30
0.36
16
11.5
Average
1033.9
1008.9
3.39
74.30%
3.57
0.49
12.7
15.2
Sources:
Drybrough brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number D/6/1/1/9.
Elgood brewing record held at the brewery.
Truman brewing record held by Derek Prentice.
Note:
Colour values marked with * were taken from brewery sources rather than calculated.
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Back to the 1970s again. Where I prefer to live. At least in my head. My body couldn't handle all the power cuts. I'm feeling really energised by all the new information that's been flooding over me. The last two weeks I've been happily wallowing in it. And I haven't even got to the 1970 Brewers' Guardian six-page Lager special.
Time to have a look at what went into 1970s Lager. Only three examples, but from quite an interesting range of brewers. Big Six (Drybrough), national (Truman) and small (Elgood). As Truman was still independent in 1969.
Typical of the era, is such a small brewer as Elgood, who only owned 65 pubs, brewing their own Lager. Many brewers wanted to be the source of all the draught beer in their tied houses. Making producing small quantities of Lager totally logical. Not many still bother (other than Sam Smith), serving instead a national or international brand.
At first glance, all three beers look very similar: OG 1034º. 3.4% ABV, 75% attenuation. Which was about standard for a 1970s Lager.
The hopping and colour are another matter. Elgood’s beer is far more heavily hopped than the other two. Both of which have only had a few hops waved at them’ Leaving them with pathetically low bitterness levels.
In terms of colour, it’s Truman’s beer that stands out. It’s a good bit darker than the others and isn’t that much paler than Truman’s standard-strength Bitter, which was 21. Was London Lager deliberately darker than most Lagers? Or was that just an accident?
Lager 1969 - 1975
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
colour
IBU
1970
Drybrough
Continental
1032.8
3.18
0.41
12
14
1975
Elgood
Lager
1034.3
1008.9
3.37
74.19%
5.22
0.68
10
20
1969
Truman
London Lager
1034.6
1008.9
3.41
74.40%
2.30
0.36
16
11.5
Average
1033.9
1008.9
3.39
74.30%
3.57
0.49
12.7
15.2
Sources:
Drybrough brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number D/6/1/1/9.
Elgood brewing record held at the brewery.
Truman brewing record held by Derek Prentice.
Note:
Colour values marked with * were taken from brewery sources rather than calculated.
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