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Hi there. It's time for more about Scottish Stout. You know the score, I assemble a pretty little table of numbers and then bullshit about it. Fun you can never tire of.
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A quick glance at the should tell you a few things.
First, that I've a much more varied range of sources and far more breweries represented.
Second, that they're a right disparate bunch of beers. Gravities going from 1078º all the way down to 1024º. The level of attenuation is just as varied, from a nice round 80% down 37.5%. Nourishing Stout? You're having a laugh.
The evolution of Tennent's Milk Stout is a marvel. Starting in 1924 with an OG of 1038.3,and ABV of 3.56% and 71.80% attenuation. By 1933 it was down to OG 1024, 1.16% ABV and 37.50% attenuation. 1.16% ABV. That's even lower that the watery German top-fermenting beers of the 19th century.
As you've probably guessed, there are several differnt types of Stout jumbled up in there. There are some old-fashioned style ones like McEwan's Double Imperial Stout, Bernard Imperial Stout, Usher Export Stout, Wright Crown Stout and George Younger XXX Stout. When the 1930's roll around, this type has mostly disappeared. Replaced by Nourishing Stout and Milk Stout.
Now here's a strange phenomenon. Some of the Milk Stouts are quite high OG - William Younger an McEwans, for example, which are over 1060º - and are normally attenuated, that is 70%-odd. You'd expect a Milk Stout, if it contains any amount of lactose, to have a much higher FG. Other, like Murrays, are much more like you would expect: low attenuation, low ABV.
And, of course, there are those barely-alcoholic Nourishing Stouts. Which must have been pretty damn sweet. Certainly sweeter than most of the Milk Stouts.
That's it for now. Though there's still one more instalment to come: the postwar years. If anyone is still awake.
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Scottish Stout 1920 - 1939
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1920
Usher
Stout
Stout
pint
draught
1021
1048
3.52
56.87%
1920
Usher
Export Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1024
1067
5.51
63.58%
1921
Brown (Coldstream Brewery)
Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1050.8
4.51
68.50%
1922
Calder
Stout
Stout
pint
draught
1011
1053
5.47
79.24%
1922
Ushers (Edinburgh)
Extra Stout (Belgian sample)
Stout
pint
bottled
1022
1069.2
6.15
68.50%
1923
Bernard
Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1023
1057.6
366
4.40
59.21%
1923
Henderson, Alloa
Stout
Stout
pint
1008
1040
4.16
80.00%
1923
Wright (Perth)
Crown Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1017
1050
4.27
66.00%
1924
Ballingall
Imperial Stout Special Quality
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1038.7
2.87
57.62%
1924
McEwan
Double Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1022
1056.5
4.49
61.59%
1924
McEwan
Double Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1078
7.57
74.36%
1924
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1011
1038.3
3.56
71.80%
1925
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1011
1037
3.37
70.27%
1927
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1039
3.23
64.10%
1928
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1015
1039
3.10
61.54%
1928
Usher
Stout
Stout
1022
1045
3.11
52.22%
1928
Wright (Perth)
Stout XXX
Stout
pint
bottled
1013
1035
2.84
62.86%
1929
McEwan
Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1010
1044
4.42
77.27%
1929
Murray
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1044
3.62
63.64%
1929
Younger, Geo
XXX Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1047.5
4.61
74.74%
1930
McLennan & Urquhart
Dalkeith Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1040.5
2.70
51.85%
1931
Caler
Milk Stout
Stout
nip
bottled
1023
1059
4.65
61.02%
1931
Dryborough
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1033
2.45
57.58%
1931
McEwan
Special Stout Red Label
Stout
nip
bottled
1019
1043.8
3.19
56.62%
1931
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
3d
nip
bottled
1016
1039
2.97
58.97%
1931
Younger, Geo
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1044
3.09
54.55%
1932
Bernard
Double Brown Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1010
1035.5
3.37
73.24%
1932
Jeffrey & Co
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1031
2.45
61.29%
1932
Morrison
Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1033
2.19
51.52%
1932
Reid
Special Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1051.5
5.14
76.70%
1932
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1030
2.32
60.00%
1933
Dryborough
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1019
1031
1.54
38.71%
1933
Murray
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1018
1036
2.31
50.00%
1933
Tennent
Light Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1032
2.32
56.25%
1933
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1015
1024
1.16
37.50%
1933
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1029
1.93
51.72%
1933
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1013
1031
2.32
58.06%
1933
Younger, Wm. & Co
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
1052.6
1936
McEwan
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
half pint
bottled
0.07
1013
1064.4
6.70
79.66%
1936
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout
Stout
10.5d
pint
bottled
0.08
1015
1063
6.30
76.67%
1937
Calder Alloa
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1022
1055.8
4.32
60.09%
1937
Murray
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
pint
bottled
0.06
1019
1044.8
3.30
57.14%
1937
Younger, Geo
Cream Double Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1026
1045.5
2.56
43.96%
1937
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1068
6.24
70.59%
1939
Calder Alloa
Milk Stout
Stout
5d
half pint
bottled
1021
1052.5
4.06
60.00%
1939
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout (Monk Export Brand)
Stout
bottled
0.08
1024
1065.8
1 + 25
5.42
63.68%
1939
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
half pint
bottled
1019
1065.5
6.04
70.99%
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Thomas Usher brewing record TU/6/1/6 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252
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Hi there. It's time for more about Scottish Stout. You know the score, I assemble a pretty little table of numbers and then bullshit about it. Fun you can never tire of.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--McL6qWDzzo/Tr0g2Wj8ZdI/AAAAAAAAIVQ/KFWS1ooE-k4/s320/Calders_Famed_Stout.JPG (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--McL6qWDzzo/Tr0g2Wj8ZdI/AAAAAAAAIVQ/KFWS1ooE-k4/s1600/Calders_Famed_Stout.JPG)
A quick glance at the should tell you a few things.
First, that I've a much more varied range of sources and far more breweries represented.
Second, that they're a right disparate bunch of beers. Gravities going from 1078º all the way down to 1024º. The level of attenuation is just as varied, from a nice round 80% down 37.5%. Nourishing Stout? You're having a laugh.
The evolution of Tennent's Milk Stout is a marvel. Starting in 1924 with an OG of 1038.3,and ABV of 3.56% and 71.80% attenuation. By 1933 it was down to OG 1024, 1.16% ABV and 37.50% attenuation. 1.16% ABV. That's even lower that the watery German top-fermenting beers of the 19th century.
As you've probably guessed, there are several differnt types of Stout jumbled up in there. There are some old-fashioned style ones like McEwan's Double Imperial Stout, Bernard Imperial Stout, Usher Export Stout, Wright Crown Stout and George Younger XXX Stout. When the 1930's roll around, this type has mostly disappeared. Replaced by Nourishing Stout and Milk Stout.
Now here's a strange phenomenon. Some of the Milk Stouts are quite high OG - William Younger an McEwans, for example, which are over 1060º - and are normally attenuated, that is 70%-odd. You'd expect a Milk Stout, if it contains any amount of lactose, to have a much higher FG. Other, like Murrays, are much more like you would expect: low attenuation, low ABV.
And, of course, there are those barely-alcoholic Nourishing Stouts. Which must have been pretty damn sweet. Certainly sweeter than most of the Milk Stouts.
That's it for now. Though there's still one more instalment to come: the postwar years. If anyone is still awake.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LI6IqY0J5ag/Tr0h7sqdemI/AAAAAAAAIVY/gYqU4-oMy-o/s320/Scottish_Stout_1920_1939.JPG (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LI6IqY0J5ag/Tr0h7sqdemI/AAAAAAAAIVY/gYqU4-oMy-o/s1600/Scottish_Stout_1920_1939.JPG)
Scottish Stout 1920 - 1939
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation
1920
Usher
Stout
Stout
pint
draught
1021
1048
3.52
56.87%
1920
Usher
Export Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1024
1067
5.51
63.58%
1921
Brown (Coldstream Brewery)
Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1050.8
4.51
68.50%
1922
Calder
Stout
Stout
pint
draught
1011
1053
5.47
79.24%
1922
Ushers (Edinburgh)
Extra Stout (Belgian sample)
Stout
pint
bottled
1022
1069.2
6.15
68.50%
1923
Bernard
Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1023
1057.6
366
4.40
59.21%
1923
Henderson, Alloa
Stout
Stout
pint
1008
1040
4.16
80.00%
1923
Wright (Perth)
Crown Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1017
1050
4.27
66.00%
1924
Ballingall
Imperial Stout Special Quality
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1038.7
2.87
57.62%
1924
McEwan
Double Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1022
1056.5
4.49
61.59%
1924
McEwan
Double Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1078
7.57
74.36%
1924
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1011
1038.3
3.56
71.80%
1925
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1011
1037
3.37
70.27%
1927
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1039
3.23
64.10%
1928
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1015
1039
3.10
61.54%
1928
Usher
Stout
Stout
1022
1045
3.11
52.22%
1928
Wright (Perth)
Stout XXX
Stout
pint
bottled
1013
1035
2.84
62.86%
1929
McEwan
Imperial Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1010
1044
4.42
77.27%
1929
Murray
Oatmeal Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1044
3.62
63.64%
1929
Younger, Geo
XXX Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1047.5
4.61
74.74%
1930
McLennan & Urquhart
Dalkeith Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1040.5
2.70
51.85%
1931
Caler
Milk Stout
Stout
nip
bottled
1023
1059
4.65
61.02%
1931
Dryborough
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1033
2.45
57.58%
1931
McEwan
Special Stout Red Label
Stout
nip
bottled
1019
1043.8
3.19
56.62%
1931
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
3d
nip
bottled
1016
1039
2.97
58.97%
1931
Younger, Geo
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1044
3.09
54.55%
1932
Bernard
Double Brown Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1010
1035.5
3.37
73.24%
1932
Jeffrey & Co
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1031
2.45
61.29%
1932
Morrison
Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1016
1033
2.19
51.52%
1932
Reid
Special Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1051.5
5.14
76.70%
1932
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1012
1030
2.32
60.00%
1933
Dryborough
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1019
1031
1.54
38.71%
1933
Murray
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1018
1036
2.31
50.00%
1933
Tennent
Light Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1032
2.32
56.25%
1933
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1015
1024
1.16
37.50%
1933
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1014
1029
1.93
51.72%
1933
Tennent
Nourishing Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1013
1031
2.32
58.06%
1933
Younger, Wm. & Co
Stout
Stout
8d
pint
bottled
1052.6
1936
McEwan
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
half pint
bottled
0.07
1013
1064.4
6.70
79.66%
1936
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout
Stout
10.5d
pint
bottled
0.08
1015
1063
6.30
76.67%
1937
Calder Alloa
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1022
1055.8
4.32
60.09%
1937
Murray
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
pint
bottled
0.06
1019
1044.8
3.30
57.14%
1937
Younger, Geo
Cream Double Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1026
1045.5
2.56
43.96%
1937
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout
Stout
pint
bottled
1020
1068
6.24
70.59%
1939
Calder Alloa
Milk Stout
Stout
5d
half pint
bottled
1021
1052.5
4.06
60.00%
1939
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout (Monk Export Brand)
Stout
bottled
0.08
1024
1065.8
1 + 25
5.42
63.68%
1939
Younger, Wm. & Co
Milk Stout
Stout
6d
half pint
bottled
1019
1065.5
6.04
70.99%
Sources:
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book document WY/6/1/1/19 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Thomas Usher brewing record TU/6/1/6 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252
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