Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Draught Imperial Stout 1880 - 1889

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I've completed another bit of my Imperial Stout research and thought I'd pester you with it.
I say finished, but the information here is information I'd already collected. The second part will be the new stuff. And will refer specifically to Imperial Stouts advertised in Scottish newspapers. While all of these were beers on sale in England.

Finding so many examples of draught Imperial Stout did rather surprise me. Even in the 19th century, it was a type of beer mostly found in bottled form.
More confirmation that Imperial Stout was a thing in London. Four of the nine examples in the table were brewed there. Though there are also two from Ireland. I'm not sure if that's how they were described within the brewery or for the Irish market.
Most don't look to be full Imperial Stout strength. Something like Barclay Perkins version, being about double the strength of their X Ale, you would expect to cost about double the 36 shilling price. So around 72 shillings. Only the Caffrey's beer gets anywhere near that.
60 shillings a barrel implies a beer of around 1090º, 54 shillings 1082º and 48 shillings just 1073º. The latter two look more like a Double Stout and a Single Stout, respectively. Clearly there was a very wide interpretation of what constituted and Imperial Stout.

Draught Imperial Stout 1880 - 1889
year	Brewery	Place	beer	price per barrel	price (per gallon)
1880	Bentley	Woodlesford, Yorkshire	Imperial Stout	54	18
1882	J Caffrey & Sons	Dublin	Dublin Imperial Stout	70	23.33
1882	Manns	London	London Imperial Stout	60	20
1882	Smithwick	Kilkenny	Imperial Export Stout	48	16
1885	Joseph Wyles & Co.	Bourn	IS Imperial Stout	48	16
1886	RH Jenner & Sons	London	IS Imperial Stout	58	19.33
1889	A. Gordon & Co.	London	IDS Imperial Double Stout	60	20
1889	Allsopp	Burton	Imperial Stout	60	20
1889	Wimbeldon Brewery	London	Imperial Double Stout IDS	56	18.67
Sources:
Various newspaper advertisements.

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