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This has all been inspired by a label that I found. You can it there to the right. Ind Coope AKK Ale.
It's beer names like this that have left me doubting Martyn Cornell's explanation of AK standing for Ankel Koyt. If it did, then what does the extra K stand for in AKK? To me names like this confirm my explanation of AK. That the AK and the K both stand for something.
Though I'll be honest that the usual meaning of K - Keeping - on the face of it makes little sense for the type of Light Bitter that was called AK. It being one of the classic types of 19th-century Running Beers. Let me think a bit more about that one.
I've a few examples of AKK from old brewery price lists. Always alongside an AK. Interesting that. There are plenty of examples of AK without AKK, but not the other way around. I think that makes clear which came first: AK. AKK is usually one step up in price and strength from AK.
Sometimes, like at Fuller's, the strength slot one up from AK is filled by XK. Which works with my explanation of AK. A being an indication of strength, just like X. In the late 19th-century, X implies a gravity of about 1055º, A 1050º. K specifying that it's a Pale Ale rather than a Mild Ale.
Tables. I don't like to leave you without one or two. Some examples from price lists would seem appropriate.
First Ind Coope themselves:
Brewery |
Place |
year |
beer |
price per barrel (shillings) |
price per gallon (pence) |
Ind Coope & Co |
Romford |
1865 |
AKK |
44 |
14.6667 |
Ind Coope & Co |
Romford |
1865 |
AK |
46 |
15.3333 |
Source: |
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 03 November 1865, page 8 |
This one shows where AK and AKK fitted into a range of Pale Ales:
Brewery |
Place |
year |
beer |
price per barrel (shillings) |
price per gallon (pence) |
Rogers' Ales |
Bristol |
1900 |
AK Bitter Ale |
36 |
12 |
Rogers' Ales |
Bristol |
1900 |
AKK Bitter Ale |
42 |
14 |
Rogers' Ales |
Bristol |
1900 |
PA Pale Ale |
48 |
16 |
Rogers' Ales |
Bristol |
1900 |
IPA India Pale Ale |
54 |
18 |
Source: |
Western Daily Press - Saturday 15 December 1900, page 3 |
And so does this one, except I've included the brewery's whole set of beers:
Brewery |
Place |
year |
beer |
price per barrel (shillings) |
price per gallon (pence) |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
X Mild Ale |
30 |
10d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
XX Mild Ale |
36 |
1s |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
XXXX Mild Ale |
48 |
1s 4d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
XXX Old Ale |
48 |
1s 4d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
IPA India Pale Ale |
54 |
1s 6d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
AK Light Dinner Ale |
36 |
1s |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
AKK Bitter Ale |
42 |
1s 2d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
AB Pale Ale |
48 |
1s 4d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
A1 Strong Ale |
54 |
1s 6d |
Godsell & Sons |
Stroud, Gloucs |
1909 |
XXX Extra Stout |
48 |
1s 4d |
You may have spotted something odd. And illogical. Ind Coope's AKK was weaker than its AK. Don't ask me why. It makes absolutely no sense. The more letters, the stronger the beer is the usual rule.
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