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Numbers. So much easier to handle than slippery words. So true. So reliable. Such fun.

You guessed it. I'm all worded out and need to seek refuge in ciphers. But not just any ones. Oh no. Ones hand-harvested from the Whitbread Gravity Book this very morning, still bejewelled with dew. Fresh, plump, juicy, tempting.


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Same score as usual, a bunch of random analyses with little to group them but style and date. Not so random, then. Just very loosely associated. There's almost a full alphabet of names. Only E, I, Q, R, X and Y missing. Just counted how many of the breweries I'd tasted beer from. It's a surprising 14. Sadly, Barclay Perkins isn't amongst them.

The geographical spread isn't bad, either. Scotland, North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East Anglia, Home Counties, London, even the Isle of Wight.

On to the specifics. Again, there's plenty of variation in strength. I'm not sure how anyone dare call a beer of under 1030º a Stout, except in wartime. There's a mix of what I'd call normal strength Stouts from the London breweries and some pretty watery ones from country breweries. The average comes out fairly high at 1047º.

What's even weirder is that there are a couple that look like modern Guinness: 1040º-ish and 80% plus apparent attenuation. Rogers Special Stout, Ushers Stout, Tomson & Wotton Nourishing Stout, Smithers & Son Oatmeal Stout, Rogers Monarch Stout, M & B Nourishing Stout, Kidd & Hotblack Nourishing Stout. Didn't they realise English Stout was supposed to have been sweet by then?

Notice someting about the Barclay Perkins Stouts? There are ones called Russian Imperial Stout, Imperial Stout and Russian Stout. One, the 1100º we all love and another at just 1061º. Seems like the Russian tag was reserved for the stronger one. In the logs the beers appear as IBSt Ex (the strong one) and IBSt.

One last point. Note how many breweries were producing more than one Stout. Like Fremlin with Milk Stout, Dinner Stout and Oatmeal Stout. Shows the continuing popularity of Stout, at least as a boittled beer.




Stout 1921 - 1938


Year
Brewer
country
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
Colour
ABV
atten-uation


1931
Ansell
UK
Tonic Stout
Stout
8d
half pint
bottled
0.08
1010.2
1048.3

4.96
78.88%


1932
Ansell
UK
Tonic Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.08
1010.4
1050

5.16
79.20%


1927
Ashton Gate Brewery
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1015.7
1052.4

4.76
70.04%


1929
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1014.8
1054

5.09
72.59%


1929
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1015.6
1053

4.85
70.57%


1931
Barclay Perkins
UK
Dr. Johnson Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled

1014.6
1051.9

4.84
71.87%


1931
Barclay Perkins
UK
Dr. Johnson Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled

1014.5
1052.4

4.92
72.33%


1931
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.06
1013.5
1048.7

4.57
72.28%


1931
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.06
1012.4
1043

3.97
71.16%


1932
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.06
1016.8
1047

3.90
64.26%


1932
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.07
1013.4
1047

4.36
71.49%


1933
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.08
1014.1
1050

4.66
71.80%


1934
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
15d
quart
bottled
0.06
1018.6
1049.6

4.00
62.50%


1935
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.07
1014.2
1053

5.04
73.21%


1935
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.07
1018.9
1051

4.15
62.94%


1935
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.11
1018.2
1051

4.24
64.31%


1935
Barclay Perkins
UK
Imperial Stout
Stout
6d to 9d
pint
bottled
0.13
1014.23
1061.8

6.20
76.97%


1935
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
draught
0.14
1012.2
1058

5.97
78.97%


1935
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
draught
0.11
1012.6
1059

6.05
78.64%


1936
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.07
1014
1051

4.80
72.55%


1937
Barclay Perkins
UK
Russian Imperial Stout
Stout
10d
nip
bottled
0.12
1023.2
1102.7

10.47
77.41%


1937
Barclay Perkins
UK
Imperial Stout
Stout
6d & 7d
half pint
bottled
0.14
1010.1
1061.2

6.69
83.50%


1938
Barclay Perkins
UK
Russian Stout
Stout
7.5d
nip
bottled
0.07
1024.1
1101.5

10.18
76.26%


1938
Barclay Perkins
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.05
1019.2
1051.1
1 + 15
4.12
62.43%


1938
Barclay Perkins
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1019.2
1048.6

3.79
60.49%


1939
Barclay Perkins
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.06
1020.2
1049.2

3.74
58.94%


1925
Beer and Rigden
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled

1011.2
1031.3

2.60
64.22%


1927
Beer and Rigden
UK
Kent's Best Nourishing Stout
Stout
6d
bottle
bottled


1032.7





1929
Beer and Rigden
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled
0.06
1010.7
1029.9

2.48
64.21%


1930
Beer and Rigden
UK
Milk Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.06
1027
1054

3.47
50.00%


1930
Beer and Rigden
UK
Milk Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.04
1027.1
1054.4

3.50
50.18%


1928
Burt
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1004.8
1037

4.20
87.03%


1926
Cannonbury
UK
Brown Stout
Stout

pint
bottled

1016.9






1932
Carter, Milner and Bird
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled
0.06
1013.4
1044.2

3.99
69.68%


1927
Cornbrook
UK
Barley Stout
Stout

pint
bottled


1049.3





1931
Davenport
UK
Extra Stout
Stout
7d
reputed pint
bottled
0.14
1012.3
1057.9

5.94
78.76%


1925
DF Pritchard
UK
Cr??? Cream Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1016.2
1051.9

4.63
68.79%


1923
Forest Hill Brewery
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
12d
quart
bottled

1011.1
1038.6

3.56
71.24%


1921
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
8.5d
pint
bottled

1005.8
1044

4.99
86.82%


1921
Fremlin
UK
Light Dinner Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1004.5
1031

3.45
85.48%


1921
Fremlin
UK
Light Dinner Stout
Stout
13d
quart
bottled

1005.2
1030.3

3.26
82.84%


1921
Fremlin
UK
Light Oatmeal Stout
Stout
15d
quart
bottled

1005.4
1035.7

3.94
84.87%


1922
Fremlin
UK
Light Dinner Stout
Stout


bottled

1007.4
1031.8

3.16
76.73%


1923
Fremlin
UK
Light Dinner Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1007.7
1032.4

3.20
76.23%


1923
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
8.5d
pint
bottled

1011.3
1040.6

3.80
72.17%


1928
Fremlin
UK
Dinner Stout
Stout
10.5d
quart
bottled

1006.2
1031.7

3.31
80.44%


1929
Fremlin
UK
Dinner Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled

1011.5
1031.6

2.60
63.61%


1931
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.05
1017.6
1048.7

4.02
63.86%


1931
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1015.6
1036

2.63
56.67%


1931
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1013
1042.4

3.81
69.34%


1931
Fremlin
UK
Milk Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.05
1020.7
1047.4

3.44
56.33%


1931
Fremlin
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
10d
pint
bottled
0.05
1019.9
1047.5

3.56
58.11%


1933
Fremlin
UK
Dinner Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.05
1011
1032

2.71
65.63%


1934
Fremlin
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.05
1020.4
1048.7

3.65
58.11%


1934
Fremlin
UK
Dinner Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.07
1007.4
1033

3.32
77.58%


1934
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.06
1013.5
1043

3.82
68.60%


1935
Fremlin
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.06
1020.2
1048.8

3.69
58.61%


1935
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled
0.06
1015.3
1041

3.32
62.68%


1936
Fremlin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.06
1014.4
1042

3.57
65.71%


1926
Friary Holroyd
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
11d
quart
bottled


1041





1938
Fuller, Smith and Turner
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.06
1020.4
1045.5

3.23
55.16%


1929
Fussell and Sons
UK
Invalid Double Stout
Stout
6d
pint
bottled

1011.8
1040

3.65
70.50%


1929
Gardner
UK
Extra Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.19
1013.3
1044

3.98
69.77%


1927
Georges
UK
Bristol Stout
Stout
10d
pint
bottled

1018.1
1059.8

5.41
69.73%


1931
Gilmour
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1010.5
1056.1

5.95
81.28%


1933
Home Brewery
UK
Home Stout
Stout

pint
bottled
0.10
1014.7
1046.1

4.06
68.11%


1927
James Rose
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout

pint
bottled


1056.6





1928
John Smith
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled

1004.6
1043.6

5.09
89.45%


1929
Jude
UK
Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled
0.17
1008.6
1036.6

3.63
76.50%


1926
Kemp Town
UK
Double Stout
Stout
5d
pint
bottled

1014.1
1055.3

5.36
74.50%


1926
Kemp Town
UK
Dolphin Stout
Stout
7.5d
reputed quart
bottled

1008.4
1037.9

3.83
77.84%


1926
Kidd and Hotblack
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled

1008.7
1048

5.12
81.87%


1928
Lovibond
UK
Light Stout
Stout

pint
bottled

1013
1033.5

2.65
61.19%


1929
Mackeson
UK
Milk Stout
Stout
10d
pint
bottled
0.07
1020.4
1060.4

5.18
66.23%


1925
Mackie and Gladstone
UK
Extra Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled

1014.3
1054.8

5.26
73.91%


1922
Manning of Northampton
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1010.6
1049.2

5.02
78.46%


1932
Matthew Brown
UK
LS Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.07
1007
1041.2

4.45
83.01%


1928
Mellersh and Neale
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.05
1017.4
1038.8

2.76
55.15%


1932
Mercers
UK
Meat Stout
Stout
10.5d
pint
bottled
0.07
1019.2
1054

4.50
64.44%


1928
Mew Langton
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1013.4
1041

3.57
67.32%


1926
Mitchell and Butler
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled


1048.7





1929
Mitchell and Butler
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
8.5d
pint
bottled
0.07
1006.3
1048.4

5.50
86.98%


1931
Mitchell and Butler
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1005
1046.1

5.37
89.15%


1932
Mitchell and Butler
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.06
1006.7
1043

4.73
84.42%


1932
Mitchell and Butler
UK
Extra Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.06
1006.8
1049

5.51
86.12%


1933
Morgans Brewery Ltd [Norwich]
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
0.07
1014.7
1041

3.40
64.15%


1925
Morgans, Tamworth
UK
Stout
Stout
7.5d
half pint
bottled

1013
1053.7

5.29
75.79%


1932
Newcastle Breweries
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled

1010.2
1036

3.34
71.67%


1927
Nicholls, Hertford
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1010.2
1048.3

4.96
78.88%


1922
Northampton Brewery
UK
Double Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1015.8
1048.5

4.23
67.42%


1931
Nottingham Brewery
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout

pint
bottled

1020.1
1053.2

4.27
62.22%


1927
Oakhill Brewery
UK
Invalid Stout
Stout
10d
pint
bottled

1018.5
1054.8

4.70
66.24%


1922
Phipps
UK
Ratcliffe Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1020.9
1049.6

3.70
57.86%


1926
Powell and Co.
UK
Luncheon Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled


1041





1926
Powell and Co.
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled


1044.3





1926
Rock Brewery
UK
Double Stout
Stout
6d
pint
bottled

1006.4
1036.7

3.94
82.56%


1927
Rogers
UK
Special Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1005.5
1041.7

4.72
86.81%


1927
Rogers
UK
Monarch Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1008.5
1044.9

4.74
81.07%


1931
Rogers
UK
Cream Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.07
1019.1
1057.4

4.96
66.72%


1925
Russells, Gravesend
UK
Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1012
1056.4

5.79
78.72%


1929
Russells, Gravesend
UK
Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled
0.10
1010.1
1057.7

6.22
82.50%


1929
Shepherd Neame
UK
Single Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled
0.07
1009.8
1034.8

3.24
71.84%


1926
Smithers and Son
UK
Old Malt Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled

1012.2
1037.7

3.30
67.64%


1928
Smithers and Son
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
5.5d
pint
bottled

1009
1048

5.08
81.25%


1927
Sprake, Chale I of W
UK
Special Stout
Stout

pint
bottled

1010
1043.2

4.31
76.85%


1928
Sprake, Chale I of W
UK
Special Stout
Stout
7.5d
pint
bottled

1015.7
1047.1

4.06
66.67%


1930
Steward and Patteson
UK
Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled
0.06
1013.8
1037.8

3.10
63.49%


1926
Stretton
UK
Stretton's Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled


1050.1





1926
Tamplin
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout

pint
bottled

1011.3
1043.7

4.20
74.14%


1926
Tamplin
UK
No.1 Cheerio Stout
Stout
7d
half pint
bottled

1015.6
1074.1

7.65
78.95%


1926
Tamplin
UK
Double Stout
Stout
7.5d
reputed quart
bottled

1009
1044.2

4.58
79.64%


1929
Thompsons
UK
Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled
0.04
1010.9
1038.7

3.60
71.83%


1929
Tomson and Wotton
UK
Nourishing Stout
Stout
6d
pint
bottled
0.14
1006
1040.7

4.52
85.26%


1931
Usher
UK
Stout
Stout
8d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1019.7
1050.7

4.00
61.14%


1928
Ushers
UK
Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1008.4
1044.4

4.69
81.08%


1922
Ushers (Edinburgh)
UK
Extra Stout (Belgian sample)
Stout

pint
bottled

1021.8
1069.2

6.15
68.50%


1924
Vaux
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout

pint
bottled


1039.6





1925
Vaux
UK
Invalid Stout
Stout
9d
pint
bottled

1017.6
1052.5

4.52
66.48%


1925
Vaux
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1012.6
1039.7

3.51
68.26%


1926
W Riding Bottling Co.
UK
White Rose Oatmeal Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled


1049.9





1928
West's
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
7d
pint
bottled

1015.1
1040.6

3.29
62.81%


1926
Wethered
UK
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
16d
quart
bottled


1049.5





1926
Whitaker
UK
Standard Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled


1044.3






Average






0.08
1013.39
1047.14

4.41
71.72%


Source:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001


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