Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Ind Coope beers in the 1950's

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Here, as promised, are the Ind Coope beers I'd missed. I'd forgotten that I'd never quite made it all the way through the Whitbread Gravity Book. And that's after already transcribing several thousand entries. It really is an amazing document.

Here's a pretty little table with all the details:


Ind Coope beers in the 1950's
Year
Beer
Style

Price

size
package

FG

OG

Colour

ABV

attenuation
1948
Double Diamond Pale Ale
Pale Ale

13d

half pint
bottled

1009.4

1045.2

18 B

4.48

79.20%

1950
Sparkling Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1007

1029.7

24 B

2.84

76.43%

1950
Special Stout
Stout

pint
bottled

1011.7

1035.9

1 + 14

3.03

67.41%

1950
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

pint
bottled

1009.5

1029

40 + 9

2.44

67.24%

1950
Burton Pale Ale (Double Diamond)
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1011.2

1045.2

21 B

4.25

75.22%

1950
Arctic Ale No. 1
Barley Wine

pint
bottled

1020.8

1079.9

40 + 16

7.39

73.97%

1950
John Bull Ale
Pale Ale

pint
bottled

1012.2

1042.5

40 + 13

3.79

71.29%

1950
Allsopp Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

15d

pint
bottled

1007.7

1029.9

7.5 + 40

2.78

74.25%

1950
Sparkling Ale
Pale Ale

15d

pint
bottled

1007.4

1029.7

25 B

2.79

75.08%

1950
Allsopp Special Stout
Stout

18d

pint
bottled

1010.4

1034.4

1 + 40

3.00

69.77%

1950
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

half pint
bottled

1012.3

1047.9

19.5 B

4.45

74.32%

1950
Sparkling Ale
Pale Ale

9d

half pint
bottled

1007.7

1033.3

22 B

3.20

76.88%

1950
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

14.5d

pint
bottled

1010.9

1048.3

21 B

4.68

77.43%

1950
Special Stout
Stout

12d

pint
bottled

1014.9

1038.2

1 + 14

2.91

60.99%

1950
Arctic Ale
Barley Wine

18d

nip
bottled

1020.1

1079.8

18 + 40

7.46

74.81%

1950
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

9d

half pint
bottled

1008.6

1032.3

40 + 9

2.96

73.37%

1951
Special Stout
Stout

12d

half pint
bottled

1013.4

1038.3

1 + 14

3.11

65.01%

1951
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

9d

half pint
bottled

1007.7

1032.6

40 + 8

3.11

76.38%

1951
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

14.5d

half pint
bottled

1010

1047.7

25

4.71

79.04%

1951
Sparkling Ale
Pale Ale

9d

pint
bottled

1008

1032.1

25.5

3.01

75.08%

1951
Allsopp Special Stout
Stout

12d

half pint
bottled

1011.9

1037.8

3.24

68.52%

1951
Arctic Ale
Barley Wine

17.5d

nip
bottled

1019.1

1078.1

7.37

75.54%

1951
Special Stout
Stout

14.5d

half pint
bottled

1015.3

1037.1

1 + 16

2.72

58.76%

1951
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

9.5d

half pint
bottled

1008.3

1031.9

17 + 40

2.95

73.98%

1951
Sparkling Ale
Pale Ale

9d

half pint
bottled

1007.6

1032.6

21

3.12

76.69%

1952
Arctic Ale
Barley Wine

18d

nip
bottled

1020.2

1080.3

21 + 40

7.51

74.84%

1952
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

9.5d

half pint
bottled

1011.7

1030.9

11 + 40

2.40

62.14%

1952
Special Stout
Stout

23d

pint
bottled

1011.5

1037.9

1 + 11.5

3.30

69.66%

1952
Coronet Pale Ale
Pale Ale

11d

half pint
bottled

1008.6

1035.6

22 B

3.37

75.84%

1953
Arctic Ale
Barley Wine

18d

nip
bottled

1018

1079

18 + 40

7.63

77.22%

1953
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

11d

nip
bottled

1009.7

1048.7

23.5

4.88

80.08%

1953
Allsopp Special Stout
Stout

10d

nip
bottled

1013.4

1038.1

1 + 11

3.09

64.83%

1954
Sparkling Ale
Pale Ale

12d

half pint
bottled

1008.5

1030.5

26

2.75

72.13%

1954
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

9.5d

half pint
bottled

1009.7

1030.7

11 + 40

2.63

68.40%

1954
John Bull Ale
Pale Ale

15d

half pint
bottled

1014.8

1048.1

115

4.16

69.23%

1955
Double Brown Ale
Brown Ale

12.5d

half pint
bottled

1012.6

1047.8

45

4.40

73.64%

1955
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

11d

half pint
bottled

1011.2

1033.6

105

2.80

66.67%

1955
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

16d

half pint
bottled

1012.7

1048.5

19

4.47

73.81%

1956
Nut Brown Ale
Brown Ale

10d

half pint
bottled

1012.3

1032.2

90

2.49

61.80%

1956
Light Ale
Pale Ale

10d

half pint
bottled

1010.5

1031

22

2.56

66.13%

1956
Special Stout
Stout

13d

half pint
bottled

1014.9

1038.1

250

2.90

60.89%

1956
Sweet Stout (lactose present)
Stout

14d

half pint
bottled

1016.5

1038.5

250

2.75

57.14%

1956
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

17d

half pint
bottled

1012.7

1048.3

20

4.45

73.71%

1956
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

17d

half pint
bottled

1014.1

1047.9

19

4.23

70.56%

1956
Arctic Barley Wine
Barley Wine

18d

nip
bottled

1019.7

1077.1

105

7.17

74.45%

1959
Double Diamond
Pale Ale

16d

half pint
bottled

1011.9

1047.5

20

4.45

74.95%

1959
"Dry Club" Stout
Stout

13d

half pint
bottled

1013.2

1038.7

240

3.19

65.89%

1959
Allsopp's Sweet Stout
Stout

14d

half pint
bottled

1015.4

1037.8

275

2.80

59.26%

1959
Light Ale
Pale Ale

10d

half pint
bottled

1009.8

1031.5

20

2.71

68.89%

1959
Benskins Colne Spring Ale
Barley Wine

23.5d

half pint
bottled

1009.3

1092.8

80

10.44

89.98%

Source:
Whitbread Gravity Book

As you can see, bottled Double Diamond was around 1048 (good guess, Zythophile).

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I was pleased to find Coronet, another beer nmentioned by Campbell. It has a fairly puny OG of just 1035.6. Arctic Ale was another I'd hoped to discover. I wasn't disappointed. There are several entries for it. The OG was a very respectable 1080 or so and, because it was quite highly attenuated fro a strong beer, it had a very respectable ABV of about 7.5%.

Right at the end you'll see the legendary Benskins Colne Spring Ale, which is also mentioned by Campbell. It has an apparent degree of attenuation of nearly 90%. Very impressive for such a big beer, leaving it over 10% ABV.

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