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Just a short numbery post today. One I wrote a couple of weeks ago to cover now, when I'm in Brazil. Having fun, I hope.
Lots of numbers and not much analysis. Just a quick comparison of typical cask and keg Ordinary Bitters.
What you're seeing here is keg beer move into the mainstream. The beers here aren't the first generation of specifically keg beers. Which were mostly Best Bitters. Or, at least, claiming to be. Some of the beers here, such as Tetley, are just a brewery-conditioned version of their cask Bitter.
That might explain why there's so little difference in price between the two. On average, about half a p. Not much at all, really.
Enough burbling on for today. I've important trip preparations to get on with.
Cask Ordinary Bitter in 1976
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (p)
º gravity per p
OG
Hardy & Hanson
Best Bitter
20
1.95
1039
Banks
Bitter
22
1.77
1039
Charles Wells
Draught IPA
23
1.57
1036
Tetley
Bitter
23
1.54
1035.5
Wem
Best Bitter
24
1.54
1037
Burtonwood
Best Bitter
23
1.52
1035
Jennings
Best Bitter
23
1.52
1035
Whitbread (Fremlins)
Trophy
25
1.46
1036.5
Average
22.9
1.61
1036.6
Source:
Sunday Mirror - Sunday 01 August 1976, page 17.
Keg Ordinary Bitter in 1976
Brewer
Beer
Price
º gravity per p
OG
Fullers
Bitter
21
1.67
1035
Matthew Brown
Heritage
24
1.63
1039
Border
Bitter
22
1.59
1035
Courage (Reading)
Tavern
24
1.58
1038
Tetley
Drum Bitter
23
1.54
1035.5
St. Austell
Extra
24
1.54
1037
Whitbread (London)
Trophy
24
1.48
1035.5
Alloa
Diamond Heavy
25
1.45
1036.2
Average
23.4
1.56
1036.4
Source:
Sunday Mirror - Sunday 01 August 1976, page 17.
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Just a short numbery post today. One I wrote a couple of weeks ago to cover now, when I'm in Brazil. Having fun, I hope.
Lots of numbers and not much analysis. Just a quick comparison of typical cask and keg Ordinary Bitters.
What you're seeing here is keg beer move into the mainstream. The beers here aren't the first generation of specifically keg beers. Which were mostly Best Bitters. Or, at least, claiming to be. Some of the beers here, such as Tetley, are just a brewery-conditioned version of their cask Bitter.
That might explain why there's so little difference in price between the two. On average, about half a p. Not much at all, really.
Enough burbling on for today. I've important trip preparations to get on with.
Cask Ordinary Bitter in 1976
Brewer
Beer
Price per pint (p)
º gravity per p
OG
Hardy & Hanson
Best Bitter
20
1.95
1039
Banks
Bitter
22
1.77
1039
Charles Wells
Draught IPA
23
1.57
1036
Tetley
Bitter
23
1.54
1035.5
Wem
Best Bitter
24
1.54
1037
Burtonwood
Best Bitter
23
1.52
1035
Jennings
Best Bitter
23
1.52
1035
Whitbread (Fremlins)
Trophy
25
1.46
1036.5
Average
22.9
1.61
1036.6
Source:
Sunday Mirror - Sunday 01 August 1976, page 17.
Keg Ordinary Bitter in 1976
Brewer
Beer
Price
º gravity per p
OG
Fullers
Bitter
21
1.67
1035
Matthew Brown
Heritage
24
1.63
1039
Border
Bitter
22
1.59
1035
Courage (Reading)
Tavern
24
1.58
1038
Tetley
Drum Bitter
23
1.54
1035.5
St. Austell
Extra
24
1.54
1037
Whitbread (London)
Trophy
24
1.48
1035.5
Alloa
Diamond Heavy
25
1.45
1036.2
Average
23.4
1.56
1036.4
Source:
Sunday Mirror - Sunday 01 August 1976, page 17.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/03/cask-vs-keg-ordinary-bitter-in-1976.html)