Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Courage Stout 1914 - 1918

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Part three of my series on Courage beers in WW I? This time, it's their Stouts that come under the magnifying glass. (If you're wondering when I'll get to Pale Ale, don't worry. I won't. They didn't brew any at Courage's Horsleydown brewery until after WW II.)

Here's the (particularly wide) table:


Courage Stout 1914 - 1918
Date
Year
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
Pitch temp
dry hops (oz / barrel)
pale malt
brown malt
black malt
no. 3 sugar
black invert
caramel
glucose
other sugar
primings
total
21st Oct
1914
Double Stout
Stout

1078.95

1033.24

6.05

57.89%

7.20

2.33

2

2

1

61º

0.00

60.22%

19.59%

10.52%

9.67%

100.00%

10th Mar
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1078.95

1033.24

6.05

57.89%

7.23

2.37

1.5

2

1

61º

0.00

58.43%

20.22%

10.11%

11.24%

100.00%

17th Feb
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1078.95

1033.24

6.05

57.89%

7.20

2.37

1.5

2

1

61º

0.00

59.47%

19.47%

10.53%

10.53%

100.00%

3rd Feb
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1078.95

1033.24

6.05

57.89%

7.23

2.37

1.5

2

1

61º

0.00

58.08%

19.76%

10.18%

11.98%

100.00%

22nd Sep
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1075.90

1032.13

5.79

57.66%

8.09

2.62

2

2

1

61º

0.00

61.48%

20.23%

10.51%

7.78%

100.00%

29th Sep
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1075.90

1019.39

7.48

74.45%

8.14

2.81

2

2

1

61º

0.00

57.78%

19.26%

10.11%

12.84%

100.00%

6th Oct
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1075.90

1027.70

6.38

63.50%

7.23

2.49

2

2

1

61º

0.00

58.43%

20.22%

10.11%

11.24%

100.00%

1st Dec
1915
Double Stout
Stout

1075.90

1025.48

6.67

66.42%

7.13

2.28

2

2

1

61º

0.00

59.20%

20.62%

11.31%

8.87%

100.00%

10th May
1916
Double Stout
Stout

1068.70

1024.93

5.79

63.71%

7.26

2.24

2

2

1

60º

0.00

60.10%

20.03%

10.02%

9.35%

0.50%

100.00%

17th May
1916
Double Stout
Stout

1068.70

1025.48

5.72

62.90%

7.31

2.03

2

2

1

60º

0.00

60.43%

19.79%

9.09%

9.98%

0.71%

100.00%

3rd Jan
1917
Double Stout
Stout

1071.74

1028.81

5.68

59.85%

6.11

2.16

2

2

1

60º

0.00

58.46%

9.23%

7.69%

6.84%

6.84%

1.71%

9.23%

100.00%

10th Jan
1917
Double Stout
Stout

1071.74

1029.64

5.57

58.69%

6.16

2.17

2

2

1

60º

0.00

43.92%

12.84%

10.81%

4.50%

13.51%

2.25%

12.16%

100.00%

24th Oct
1917
Double Stout
Stout

1063.71

1023.27

5.35

63.48%

5.98

1.87

2

2

1

59º

0.00

66.07%

9.44%

8.09%

5.39%

5.39%

1.80%

3.82%

100.00%

7th Nov
1917
Double Stout
Stout

1063.71

1024.10

5.24

62.17%

5.98

1.87

2

2

1

59º

0.00

66.07%

9.44%

8.09%

5.39%

5.39%

1.80%

3.82%

100.00%

16th Jan
1918
Double Stout
Stout

1063.71

1021.05

5.64

66.96%

5.85

1.82

2

2

1

61º

0.00

67.44%

8.53%

10.85%

0.00%

8.27%

1.55%

3.36%

100.00%

26th Apr
1917
Stout
Stout

1071.74

1030.19

5.50

57.92%

5.96

2.14

2

2

1

60º

0.00

61.88%

10.18%

7.83%

7.31%

7.31%

1.57%

3.92%

100.00%

2nd May
1918
Stout
Stout

1035.46

1008.03

3.63

77.34%

5.52

1.00

2

2

1

60º

0.00

58.70%

9.32%

9.32%

6.21%

1.86%

14.60%

100.00%

25th Jul
1918
Stout
Stout

1035.46

1008.31

3.59

76.56%

5.55

1.01

2

2

1

60º

0.00

57.47%

8.77%

10.71%

1.95%

6.49%

14.61%

100.00%

14th Nov
1918
Stout
Stout

1035.46

1008.31

3.59

76.56%

5.51

1.01

1.5

1.5

1

61º

0.00

56.31%

8.74%

10.68%

1.94%

7.77%

14.56%

100.00%

21st Oct
1914
Imperial
Stout

1094.18

1038.78

7.33

58.82%

7.20

2.78

2

2

1

58º

0.00

60.22%

19.59%

10.52%

9.67%

100.00%

10th Mar
1915
Imperial
Stout

1094.18

1040.44

7.11

57.06%

7.23

2.83

1.5

2

1

58º

0.00

58.43%

20.22%

10.11%

11.24%

100.00%

3rd Feb
1915
Imperial
Stout

1094.18

1038.78

7.33

58.82%

7.23

2.83

1.5

2

1

58º

0.00

58.08%

19.76%

10.18%

11.98%

100.00%

22nd Sep
1915
Imperial
Stout

1091.96

1032.13

7.92

65.06%

8.09

3.17

2

2

1

58º

0.00

61.48%

20.23%

10.51%

7.78%

100.00%

29th Sep
1915
Imperial
Stout

1091.96

1036.01

7.40

60.84%

8.14

3.40

2

2

1

58º

0.00

57.78%

19.26%

10.11%

12.84%

100.00%

6th Oct
1915
Imperial
Stout

1091.96

1033.24

7.77

63.86%

7.23

3.01

2

2

1

58º

0.00

58.43%

20.22%

10.11%

11.24%

100.00%

Source:
Documents held in the Courage Archives and the London Metropolitan Archives: ACC/2305/08/247, ACC/2305/08/248, ACC/2305/08/249, ACC/2305/08/250

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You'll notice that there's a similar change to rather less coloured malts as we saw with Porter. As they were parti-gyled, this is no great surprise.

The name-change mid-war of their Stout seems only fair. After halving the gravity, it would have been a bit of a cheek to keep calling it Double Stout. You can also observe the sort of rationalisation of beers that took place. In 1914 Courage brewed, in ascecnnding order of strength: Porter, Double Stout and Imperial Stout. By 1918 they were only brewing Stout. But that, at 1035, was considerably weaker than pre-war Porter. Imperial Stout, like Whibread's strong Stouts SS and SSS, never reappeared. (Barclay Perkins, on the other hand, did brew strong Stouts after the war. Several of them, in fact.)

I've just about beaten this WW I Courage horse to death. But don't despair. There are still the 1920's and 1930's to come.https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...s.blogspot.com


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