Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Irish Porter before WW II

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The one place where Porter was still in good health was Ireland. During the interwar period, its sales kept up remarkably well, consistently amounting to around 37% of total Guinness sales.

One note: this table is for the whole of Ireland, including the part still in the UK.

Guinness sales in Ireland 1922 - 1938
Year	Extra Stout	Porter	total	% Porter
1922	724,894	416,594	1,141,288	36.50%
1923	696,582	378,085	1,074,667	35.18%
1924	640,974	367,708	1,008,682	36.45%
1925	583,730	351,040	934,770	37.55%
1926	544,008	337,620	861,628	39.18%
1927	520,923	315,636	836,559	37.73%
1928	508,483	303,641	812,124	37.39%
1929	508,158	302,002	810,160	37.28%
1930	493,669	291,194	784,863	37.10%
1931	468,272	265,538	733,810	36.19%
1932	441,568	226,759	668,326	33.93%
1933	432,064	248,115	680,179	36.48%
1934	425,519	263,675	689,194	38.26%
1935	446,908	277,124	724,032	38.28%
1936	455,521	271,220	726,741	37.32%
1937	466,541	274,882	741,423	37.07%
1938	479,506	278,321	757,827	36.73%
Source:
"A Bottle of Guinness please" by David Hughes, pages 276-279.

The quantity of Porter brewed by Guinness must have been more than the total brewed by all London brewers.

Here are a couple of examples of Irish pre-war Porter.

Irish Porter before WW II
Year	Brewer	Beer	Price per pint (d)	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
1933	Guinness	Porter (as sold in Belfast)	7	1041.6	1009.9	4.12	76.20%
1934	Beamish & Crawford	XX Porter		1035
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.
"Classic Porter and Stout", by Roger Protz.

The one from Guinness is a good bit stronger than London versions, looking like a 6d per pint beer. It’s also better attenuated, at a bit over 75%. While Beamish & Crawford Porter looks very much like those from London.


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