Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Charrington Pale Ale quality 1922 - 1925

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I'm not 100% certain where this beer was brewed. You think Burton, but may not be the case. Especially as it's Ordinary Bitter strength. Truman brewed a beer like this in their London brewery, despite also having a brewery in Burton.

Winder what happened to Charrington's Burton brewery? Well it was sold:

"Charrington's Brewery, Burton on-Trent, withdrawn the firm's recent sale at Birmingham at £30,000, has been purchased Messrs. H. Ellis and F. A. Bailey, Burton-on-Trent."
Derby Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 23 February 1926, page 4.

But what happened to it after that?

"THE PLACE TO SPEND A MERRY XMAS.
GRAND OPENING NIGHT.
BOXING DAY, December 26.
Door open at 7. Commence at 7.30.
At the CHARRINGTON OLD BREWERY, LICHFIELD ST., BURTON.


10 ROUNDS CONTEST.
JOCK RODGERS (Burton) V. STOKER BOB WILLIAMS.


8 ROUNDS CONTEST.
BATTLING ALF BARKS (Burton). v. VIC PARKER (Woodville).


6 ROUNDS.
Extra Special Paper-weight Contest.
NIPPER DAN DRAPER V. LEN SMITH (both of Burton).


8 ROUNDS.
FRED NAYLOR (Derby). V. ARTHUR REED (Swadlincote).

PRICES OF ADMISSION: Ringside 1/2, including tax. Main Hall 6d.
Referee: Mr. BILLY JORDAN. Jun.
Timekeeper: Mr. Jordan, Sen.
Promoters: C. Birch and B. Sherratt."
Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 21 December 1929, page 16.

There was no chance it would have been used for brewing again. It seems have turned into some sort of hall. I wonder which bit of the brewery it was? Some large room, obviously.

This is quite strong for a 8d Ordinary Bitter, with some of the samples around 1050º. It's another pretty highly attenuated beer.

Charrington, you may recall, had a shite Mild (14th of 17) but a fairly decent Burton (5th of 14). Let's see how their Bitter does.

Charrington Pale Ale quality 1922 - 1925
Year	Style	FG	OG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	Appearance	Flavour	score	Price
1922	PA	1006.3	1045.8	5.16	86.24%	grey	poor	-1	8d
1922	PA	1008.2	1047.4	5.11	82.70%	bright	rather poor	-1	8d
1922	PA	1009	1049.5	5.28	81.82%	grey	v fair	2	8d
1922	PA	1010.8	1048.3	4.88	77.64%	cloudy	not quite nice	-1	8d
1923	PA	1009.2	1047.7	5.01	80.71%	hazy	mawkish	-1	8d
1923	PA	1008.6	1048.6	5.21	82.30%	piecy	fair	1	8d
1923	PA	1008	1049.5	5.42	83.84%	not bright	gone off	-3	8d
1923	PA	1010	1047.5	4.88	78.95%	brilliant	v fair	2	8d
1923	PA	1007.2	1046.2	5.09	84.42%	not bright	gone off	-3	7d
1923	PA	1010.6	1048.1	4.88	77.96%	grey	v fair	2	7d
1925	PA	1008	1051.5	5.68	84.47%	bright	good	2	7d
Average		1008.7	1048.2	5.14	81.91%			-0.09
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001

Oh dear. Only three of eleven bright. That's woeful. Fewer than 50% with a positive score, just five, including two -3. But the four pretty good ones with scores of +2 almost balance that out. Almost, because is a small negative, -0.09.

Another gamble. Could be heaven or could be hell.

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