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Numbers, numbers, numbers. Where would this blog be without them? just full of words, that's what.
Brown Ale. I won't stoop to mention the invented catgorisation of Northern and Southern Brown Ale. Let's try using a more useful split: Brown Ale and Double Brown Ale.
Why split that way? because it just seems to make so much more sense. Especially as some brewers produced more than one Brown Ale. And they usually called the Stronger one Double Brown.
Barclay Perkins and both brewed what I would call Double Brown. Even though, it Barclay Perkins case DBA stood for Doctor Brown Ale (after Doctor Johnson, their mascot) it fits the bill for a Double Brown. I suspect that they retrofitted the name Doctor.
There's a fair variety of strengths amongst the beers below. With Fremlin's Brown Ale at the bottom (1028.7º) and Newcastle Brown at the top (1060.1º). I suspect there was a similar variation in colour and character, but unfortunately I have no hard data.
Where to put the dividing line between Brown and Double Brown? I'd say somewhere around 1042º. But, like the difference between Bitter and Best Bitter, it's a hard one to pin down definitively. Any tipping point will necessarily be arbitrary.
Here's the table for you to contemplate and enjoy.
Brown Ale 1924 - 1938 |
Year |
Brewer |
country |
Beer |
Style |
Price |
size |
package |
Acidity |
FG |
OG |
Colour |
ABV |
atten-uation |
1931 |
Aitchison and Co |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1015.9 |
1047.9 |
|
4.14 |
66.81% |
1929 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1012.4 |
1047 |
|
4.49 |
73.62% |
1930 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Doctor Brown |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1016 |
1046 |
|
3.88 |
65.22% |
1931 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Doctor Brown |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1014.8 |
1046.5 |
|
4.10 |
68.17% |
1931 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Doctor Brown |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1014.6 |
1046.8 |
|
4.17 |
68.80% |
1931 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Doctor Brown |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1015.2 |
1046 |
|
3.99 |
66.96% |
1932 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Doctor Brown |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1015.4 |
1046 |
|
3.96 |
66.52% |
1935 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1018.5 |
1049 |
|
3.94 |
62.24% |
1936 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1017.2 |
1046 |
|
3.72 |
62.61% |
1936 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Doctor Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1018 |
1048 |
|
3.87 |
62.50% |
1938 |
Barclay Perkins |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1018.9 |
1046.8 |
|
3.60 |
59.62% |
1931 |
Beard |
UK |
Double Brown |
Brown Ale |
7d |
half pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1009.2 |
1043.4 |
|
4.45 |
78.80% |
1929 |
Campbell Praed |
UK |
Double Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1019.9 |
1053.4 |
|
4.33 |
62.73% |
1929 |
Campbell Praed |
UK |
Double Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1017.5 |
1046.7 |
|
3.77 |
62.53% |
1930 |
City of Winchester |
UK |
Double Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
|
1008.2 |
1049 |
|
5.32 |
83.27% |
1931 |
Davenport |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
6.5d |
pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1014.2 |
1044.8 |
|
3.96 |
68.30% |
1929 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1007 |
1028.7 |
|
2.81 |
75.61% |
1930 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Double Elephant Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1009 |
1043 |
|
4.42 |
79.07% |
1931 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1007.2 |
1041.2 |
|
4.43 |
82.52% |
1931 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1005.4 |
1035 |
|
3.85 |
84.57% |
1931 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Double Elephant Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
8d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1004.6 |
1040.7 |
|
4.71 |
88.70% |
1931 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Double Elephant Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1010.6 |
1041.1 |
|
3.96 |
74.21% |
1934 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Double Elephant Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1012.2 |
1043 |
|
3.99 |
71.63% |
1935 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Double Elephant Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1010.3 |
1042 |
|
4.12 |
75.48% |
1936 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
|
1013.8 |
1041 |
|
3.52 |
66.34% |
1936 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Double Elephant Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1012.2 |
1043 |
|
3.99 |
71.63% |
1936 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
6d |
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1007.6 |
1036.8 |
|
3.79 |
79.35% |
1938 |
Fremlin |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.04 |
1012.8 |
1041.8 |
|
3.76 |
69.38% |
1929 |
Friary |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1012.2 |
1045 |
|
4.25 |
72.89% |
1928 |
Gilmour |
UK |
Nut Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1008.8 |
1043.8 |
|
4.55 |
79.91% |
1932 |
Gilmour |
UK |
Nut Brown |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.08 |
1008.8 |
1033 |
|
3.14 |
73.33% |
1929 |
Hodgson |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1009 |
1040 |
|
4.03 |
77.50% |
1932 |
Hoskins |
UK |
City Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
6d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1009.7 |
1036.6 |
|
3.49 |
73.50% |
1929 |
Jenners |
UK |
Double Nut Brown |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1011.8 |
1040.4 |
|
3.71 |
70.79% |
1930 |
John Smith |
UK |
Double Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1014.8 |
1055 |
|
5.22 |
73.09% |
1930 |
Kemp Town |
UK |
No. 1 Brown |
Brown Ale |
5.5d |
half pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1014.3 |
1057.4 |
|
5.61 |
75.09% |
1930 |
Mew Langton |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
|
1018.8 |
1047 |
|
3.64 |
60.00% |
1928 |
Newcastle Breweries |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
0.08 |
1012.5 |
1060.1 |
|
6.21 |
79.20% |
1932 |
Northampton Brewery |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1009.8 |
1038 |
|
3.66 |
74.21% |
1929 |
Page and Overton |
UK |
Double Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
5d |
half pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1011.7 |
1044.9 |
|
4.31 |
73.94% |
1931 |
Pompey |
UK |
Double Brown |
Brown Ale |
6d |
half pint |
bottled |
0.07 |
1009.3 |
1048.3 |
|
5.08 |
80.75% |
1930 |
Portsmouth and Brighton Breweries |
UK |
Pompey Double Brown |
Brown Ale |
9d |
pint |
bottled |
0.08 |
1008.3 |
1052 |
|
5.71 |
84.04% |
1931 |
Shipstone |
UK |
Nut Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
|
1010.9 |
1037.6 |
|
3.46 |
71.01% |
1929 |
Steward and Patteson |
UK |
Norfolk Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.08 |
1009.4 |
1035 |
|
3.32 |
73.14% |
1930 |
Steward and Patteson |
UK |
Norfolk Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1011.8 |
1036.6 |
|
3.21 |
67.76% |
1932 |
Stone, Wm. |
UK |
Nut Brown |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1008.8 |
1036 |
|
3.53 |
75.56% |
1931 |
Strong |
UK |
Treble Brown |
Brown Ale |
6d |
half pint |
bottled |
0.05 |
1014.9 |
1057.2 |
|
5.50 |
73.95% |
1932 |
Tennant Bros. |
UK |
Nut Brown |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.08 |
1008.9 |
1032 |
|
2.99 |
72.19% |
1924 |
Vaux |
UK |
Maxim Ale |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
|
|
1043.6 |
|
|
|
1925 |
Vaux |
UK |
Maxim Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1011.1 |
1039.4 |
|
3.67 |
71.83% |
1930 |
Vaux |
UK |
Dark Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1012.7 |
1058.7 |
40 + 6 |
6.00 |
78.36% |
1932 |
Ward |
UK |
Nut Brown |
Brown Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
0.06 |
1007.6 |
1035 |
|
3.56 |
78.29% |
1928 |
West's |
UK |
Brown Ale |
Brown Ale |
7d |
pint |
bottled |
|
1006.1 |
1040.2 |
|
4.44 |
84.83% |
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.06 |
1011.9 |
1043.84 |
|
4.1402 |
72.93% |
Source: |
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001 |
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