Hoare Pale Ales 1925 - 1934

We've arrived at Hoare's Pale Ales, both bottled and draught.

Let's start with the draught version. It's obviously just one beer and, with a gravity in the mid-1040's, it's an Ordinary Bitter. What Can I really say about this beer? It looks very normal, that's about it.

Hoare Pale Ales 1925 - 1934
Year	Beer	Price	size	package	Acidity	FG	OG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
1925	Toby Ale	5.5d	half	bottled		1011.5	1046.1	4.49	75.05%
1929	Pale Ale	8d	pint	bottled		1013.8	1047	4.30	70.64%
1930	Golden Dinner Ale	7d	pint	bottled		1010.6	1035	3.16	69.71%
1931	Toby Ale		pint	bottled			1044
1931	Toby Ale	10d	pint	bottled		1011	1037	3.37	70.27%
1931	Toby Ale	9d	pint	bottled		1010.8	1040.7	3.88	73.46%
1932	Toby Ale	9d	pint	bottled	0.05	1013.6	1043	3.81	68.37%
1922	PA	8d	pint	draught		1013.8	1047.3	4.34	70.82%
1922	PA	8d	pint	draught		1012	1047	4.54	74.47%
1923	PA	8d	pint	draught		1010.8	1046.3	4.61	76.67%
1923	PA	7d	pint	draught		1012.2	1046.7	4.48	73.88%
1925	PA	7d	pint	draught		1010.6	1047.1	4.75	77.49%
1926	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught			1044.5
1928	PA	7d	pint	draught		1009.9	1045.5	4.63	78.24%
1929	PA	7d	pint	draught	0.07	1008.4	1046.3	4.94	81.86%
1930	PA	7d	pint	draught		1007.6	1047	5.14	83.83%
1930	PA	7d	pint	draught	0.07	1008.9	1044	4.57	79.77%
1931	PA	7d	pint	draught	0.08	1010.4	1046.5	4.69	77.63%
1931	PA	8d	pint	draught	0.07	1008	1044	4.69	81.82%
1932	PA	8d	pint	draught	0.06	1010.2	1044	4.39	76.82%
1932	Pale Ale	8d	pint	draught			1045.1
1933	PA	7d	pint	draught	0.07	1007.8	1043	4.58	81.86%
1934	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught			1045.3
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252

Here's proof of how typical Hoare's Bitter was. These are some other London Ordinary Bitters:

London Ordinary Bitters
Year	Brewer	Beer	Price per pint	FG	OG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
1923	Barclay Perkins	Pale Ale	7d	1009.4	1045.9	4.75	79.52%
1923	Barclay Perkins	Pale Ale	8d	1007.8	1046.3	5.02	83.15%
1923	Benskin	PA	8d	1010.4	1052.4	5.47	80.15%
1923	Cannon Brewery	PA	8d	1010.3	1045.3	4.55	77.26%
1923	Cannon Brewery	PA	7d	1009.8	1045.8	4.68	78.60%
1923	Charrington	PA	7d	1010.6	1048.1	4.88	77.96%
1923	Charrington	PA	8d	1008	1049.5	5.42	83.84%
1923	City of London	PA	7d	1009.4	1046.9	4.88	79.96%
1923	City of London	PA	8d	1007.8	1048.3	5.28	83.85%
1923	Huggins	PA	7d	1008.2	1046.7	5.02	82.44%
1923	Huggins	PA	8d	1009.4	1046.9	4.88	79.96%
1923	Lion Brewery	PA	8d	1011.2	1046.7	4.61	76.02%
1923	Meux	PA	7d	1008.8	1046.8	4.95	81.20%
1923	Meux	PA	8d	1007.8	1047.3	5.15	83.51%
1923	Truman	PA	7d	1009.6	1046.6	4.81	79.40%
1923	Truman	PA	8d	1008.6	1048.6	5.21	82.30%
1923	Wenlock	Pale Ale	7d	1008.4	1043.9	4.62	80.87%
1923	Wenlock	Pale Ale	8d	1007.2	1047.2	5.22	84.75%
1923	Whitbread	PA		1013.0	1046.4	4.42	71.98%
Average				1009.2	1047.1	4.94	80.35%
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/01/088

Maybe Hoare's had a slightly lower than average OG, but otherwise it looks very similar.  Which shouldn't really be that much of a surprise. London brewers kept a pretty close eye on their competitors.

Moving on to the bottled Pale Ales, the first two from 1925 and 1929 look like the same beer as the draught version. Golden Dinner I guess could be more accurately described as a Light Ale. One interesting point is that the FG of the bottles versions are generally higher. No idea why that might be, unless it's due to secondary fermentation in the cask version.

That was a bit tabletastic. We've still a couple of more sets to go: Mild, Burton and Brown Ale. So much fun, so little time.