Devenish OHB

I still haven't quite finished going through the Whitbread Gravity Book. There's so much of it. Literally hundreds of pages. Yesterday, I reluctantly pulled on my swimming trunks and dived in. Like one of those lunatics breaking the ice on New Years Day.

I'm on 1920's beers, mostly bottled, from what they call "Sundry Brewers". Basically the ones not important enough to get a whole page to themselves.There's often a regional theme going on. One page will have several brewers from Brighton, then some from the Isle of Wight. (It's amazing how many breweries there were in Brighton. My favourite is Kidd and Hotblack)

There are problems other than just struggling to read the handwriting. My table includes a column for style. Flagon Ale, Shire Ale, Imperial Ale, Pioneer - four new beer style? I can only guess.

This one in particular has me stumped: Devenish OHB. Notable for having the lowest FG, 1000.9º. A puny OG. Must have been yummy. Anyone know what type of beer it was?

Here are some of the highlights so far. My favourite name is Smithers and Son, of Brighton. The Rock Brewery from the same town being a close second.

Date	Year	Brewer	Beer	Style	Price	size	package	FG	OG	ABV	attenuation
09	1928	Devenish	OHB	Pale Ale ??	6.5d	pint	bottled	1000.9	1032	4.06	97.19%
10	1926	Kidd & Hotblack	L.A.	Mild	3d	pint	draught	1004.1	1024.8	2.69	83.47%
11	1926	Disher	Ten Guinea Draught Ale	Strong Ale	20d	pint	draught	1034.5	1115.4	10.61	70.10%
10	1926	Smithers & Son	L.A.	Mild	4d	pint	draught	1009.6	1032.6	2.98	70.55%
02	1931	Shipstone	Mild	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1013	1048	4.54	72.92%
02	1931	Shipstone	Bitter	Pale Ale	8d	pint	draught	1011.9	1052.5	5.28	77.33%
02	1931	Shipstone	Best (Dark)	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught	1016.8	1058.1	5.36	71.08%
12	1926	Rock Brewery	Rock Pale Ale	Pale Ale	12d	reputed quart	bottled	1002.8	1036.2	4.36	92.27%
12	1926	Rock Brewery	Double Stout	Stout	6d	pint	bottled		1006.4	1036.7
02	1928	Tetley	Imperial Ale	Strong Ale	7d	pony	bottled	1034.8	1089.6	7.10	61.16%
03	1928	John Smith	No.5 Mild Ale	Mild	8d	pint	bottled	1009.8	1038.8	3.76	74.74%
05	1928	McEwan	Scotch Ale	Scotch Ale		pint	bottled	1017.2	1069.6	6.83	75.29%
05	1928	McEwan	Strong Ale	Strong Ale		pint	bottled	1026.4	1087.4	7.95	69.79%
04	1927	Cornbrook	Flagon Ale	Mild		pint	bottled		1028.2
Source:

See that Ten Guinea Draught Ale? Over 10% ABV. Why doesn't my local sell that?