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Having their beers start the war pretty weak had one advantage for Adnams: they were very little affected by it, at least in terms of strength. In many ways, Adnams beers in 1939 already looked like post-war versions.
PA and DS both dropped 3º during the war, X just 2º. But the latter, kicking off the war already at a meagre 1029º really didn’t have very far to go in terms of gravity reduction. Because of the way the tax system worked – a minimum rate, the equivalent of that for a beer of 1027º, was charged whatever the strength of a beer. Making a beer weaker than 1027º very financially unattractive.
The table below shows the percentage change in OG and hopping rate.
Falls in gravity of just 7% were very much below the average. Fullers gravities, for example, fell between 9.5% and 42% between 1939 and 1945. Those numbers are much more typical of the changes to strength wrought by the war.
There’s a similarly small change in the hopping rates. Despite breweries being compelled by the government in June 1941 brewers to reduce their hopping rates by 20%. I’m not sure how Adnams were able to effect such a small reduction in the amount of hops they used.
In a way, this is a good demonstration of the evening out of local strength differences during the war. Adnams beers were considerably weaker than those brewed in London in 1939. By 1946 they were roughly similar.
Adnams beers in 1946 |
Date |
Beer |
Style |
OG |
FG |
ABV |
App. Atten-uation |
lbs hops/ qtr |
hops lb/brl |
1st Jan |
PA |
Pale Ale |
1036 |
1008.9 |
3.59 |
75.38% |
7.20 |
1.02 |
2nd Jan |
XX |
Mild Ale |
1027 |
1005.5 |
2.84 |
79.48% |
4.63 |
0.50 |
10th Jan |
DS |
Stout |
1039 |
1012.7 |
3.47 |
67.33% |
5.78 |
0.92 |
Source: |
Adnams brewing record Book 33 held at the brewery. |
Adnams beers 1939 - 1946 |
Beer |
Style |
OG in 1939 |
OG in 1946 |
% fall |
lbs hops/ qtr in 1939 |
lbs hops/ qtr in 1946 |
% fall |
PA |
Pale Ale |
1039 |
1036 |
7.69% |
8.00 |
7.20 |
10.00% |
XX |
Mild Ale |
1029 |
1027 |
6.90% |
4.93 |
4.63 |
6.14% |
DS |
Stout |
1042 |
1039 |
7.14% |
5.78 |
5.78 |
-0.04% |
Sources: |
Adnams brewing records Book 26 and 33 held at the brewery. |
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