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Request time again. We're still in Yorkshire, this time in the west of the county. In Halifax.


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I went to Halifax once. Only place I've ever seen a "Men Only" sign. That, coincidentally, was a Webster's pub.

I did drink a bit of Webster's in my youth, as they had several pubs in Leeds. What was that one in Armley called? They used to sell the Dark Mild, which wasn't that common. Most places seemed to sell Green Label rather than the Dark Mild.

That 1950's lineup is a good one. Something you see both sides of the Pennines. Mild, Best Mild and Bitter. With Best Mild pale and Mild dark. Though, in this case, the Mild isn't all that dark. 80 or 80 EBC is more typical for a Dark Mild. 55 EBC is more like Banks's Mild.

Look at that attenuation in the 1950's. Those draught beers must have been pretty dry. I'm being kind. Watery, more like.

Those two 1980's Milds, Light and Dark with the same OG. I wonder if they were the same beer, just the one got extra caramel? What am I saying? That's obviously the case. Who the hell would have bothered brewing two different Milds to the same gravity?

Here's a question to ponder. That Sam Brown Ale: is it a Northern or Southern type?

On that note, I'll pass you over to the numbers:




Samuel Webster beers 1955 - 1989


Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation


1955
Sam Brown Ale
Brown Ale
9.5d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1013
1035.7
95
2.93
63.59%


1956
Velvet Stout
Stout
1/2d
half pint
bottled
0.05
1022.3
1045.1
425
2.93
50.55%


1959
Velvet Stout
Stout
13d
halfpint
bottled

1019.8
1040.1
300
2.61
50.62%


1959
Dukes?? Ale
Pale Ale
10d
half pint
bottled
0.04
1006.8
1035.3
19
3.56
80.74%


1959
Old Brown
Brown Ale
15.5d
nip
bottled
0.05
1023.1
1071.4
110
6.27
67.65%


1959
Velvet Stout
Stout
14.5d
halfpint
bottled
0.05
1019.3
1046.1
300
3.45
58.13%


1959
Old Tom
Old Ale
13d
halfpint
bottled
0.05
1012.5
1045.1
150
4.23
72.28%


1959
Green Label Ale
Mild, Light
11.5d
halfpint
bottled
0.04
1006.7
1039
24
4.20
82.82%


1959
Sam Brown Ale
Brown Ale
9d
halfpint
bottled
0.04
1011.1
1036.8
95
3.33
69.84%


1959
Bitter
Pale Ale
16d
pint
draught
0.06
1004.7
1038
22
4.16
87.63%


1959
Best Mild
Mild, Light
13d
pint
draught
0.05
1004.4
1034.9
20
3.81
87.39%


1959
Mild
Mild
12d
pint
draught
0.06
1005.7
1032
50
3.29
82.19%


1959
Bitter
Pale Ale
15d
pint
draught
0.07
1005.4
1037
20
3.95
85.41%


1959
Best Mild
Mild, Light
13d
pint
draught
0.06
1005.9
1035
20
3.64
83.14%


1959
Mild
Mild
12d
pint
draught
0.05
1004.8
1031.6
55
3.35
84.81%


1964
Sam Brown Ale
Brown Ale
20d
pint
bottled
0.04
1009.6
1036
95
3.30
73.33%


1977
Pennine Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037.5





1977
Best Mild
Mild, Light

pint
draught


1033.8





1979
Pennine Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037.5





1979
Best Mild
Mild, Light

pint
draught


1033.8





1979
Nut Brown
Mild

pint
draught


1033.8





1981
Yorkshire Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037.5





1981
Yorkshire Light
Mild, Light

pint
draught


1033.8





1981
Yorkshire Dark
Mild

pint
draught


1033.8





1982
Yorkshire Dark
Mild

pint
draught


1033.8





1982
Yorkshire Light
Mild

pint
draught


1033.8





1982
Yorkshire Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037.5





1983
Yorkshire Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037.5





1983
Yorkshire Light
Mild, Light

pint
draught


1033.8





1983
Dark Mild
Mild

pint
draught


1032





1986
Yorkshire Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037.5





1986
Green Label Best
Mild, Light

pint
draught


1033





1986
Webster's Choice
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1032





1989
Yorkshire Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036





1989
Green Label Best
Mild, Light

pint
draught


1033





1989
Webster's Choice
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1045





Sources:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002


Good Beer Guide 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990



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