Shut up about Barclay Perkins - London bottled Pale Ale on the eve of WW II

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Bottled Pale Ales fell into similar classes, except the same strength of beer cost 1d per pint more.

By far the most popular price class was the 7d per pint one, the equivalent of a 6d per point draught beer. Note that there’s only a single beer in the most expensive 9d class. Which is significant because the equivalent draught beer class was one of the more popular ones, at least in London.

One of the lasting effects of WW I was to make bottled Pale Ales generally weaker than draught versions. The big exception being the classic Burton beers, such as Bass Pale Ale which remained stronger than draught versions.

The rate of attenuation is generally pretty high, with only one example under 75% and around half are above 80%. Not so surprising, given that they would have been conditioned in the brewery for a while before bottling.

The war would swing production away from bottled to draught beer. For a couple of reasons. First was a shortage of glass and bottles. The second was simple economy: draught beer required less energy and labour to produce.

London bottled Pale Ale 1936 - 1938
Year	Brewer	Beer	Price per pint (d)	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	colour
1938	Charrington	Golden Dinner Ale	6	1033.8	1006.3	3.57	81.36%	22
1938	Truman	Sparkling Ale	6	1029.6	1007.3	2.89	75.34%	27
1938	Truman	Eagle Ale	6	1036.6	1005.4	4.06	85.25%	20
1936	Beasley	PA	6	1036.6	1007.4	3.79	79.78%
1938	Barclay Perkins	Pale Ale	7	1038.3	1008.7	3.84	77.28%
1937	Fullers	Pale Ale	7	1039.8	1009.9	3.88	75.13%
1938	Ind Coope	Sparkling Ale	7	1040.4	1008	4.21	80.20%	20
1938	Lovibond	Yeoman Ale	7	1043.9	1005.4	5.03	87.70%	20
1938	Mann	Bitter Ale	7	1037.5	1006.6	4.02	82.40%	21
1938	Meux	Pale Ale	7	1037.6	1006.5	4.05	82.71%	23
1938	Taylor Walker	Pale Ale	7	1034.6	1010.6	3.11	69.36%	19
1937	Wenlock	Pale Ale	7	1042.2	1007.6	4.50	81.99%
1936	Friary Holroyd	Friary Ale	7	1038	1008.1	3.88	78.68%
1936	Lion Brewery	Dinner Ale	7	1039.9	1006.7	4.32	83.21%
1936	Watney	Watney's Pale Ale	7	1041	1009	4.16	78.05%
1938	Charrington	Toby Ale	8	1045.5	1011.1	4.47	75.60%	25
1938	Mann	Rustic Ale	9	1051.3	1008.03	5.65	84.35%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001.

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