Canadian Lagers in 1909

I couldn’t leave these analyses unused. If only for my own peace of mind.

Plus there haven’t been that many tables here of late. Or much about Lager. Seems like several birds are being taken out by a single missile.

I was most intrigued by two beers called Salvador. Especially as both have very modest gravities, far away from Doppelbock levels. Evidently one of the brewers at Reinhardt had worked at Zacherl, which does imply that there was some connection between Salvador and Salvator. I’d love to know what colour Salvador was.

Because if it wasn’t dark, then it would have bugger all in common with the Salvator brewed in Munich. Some of those have an OG double that of the weaker Salvador. And while the average attenuation for the Munich beers is under 60%, both the Canadian beers are over 70%.

Which leaves me wondering: was Salvador originally similar to Salvator but changed over the years? Or was it always very different, basically using the name and little else from the original? We may never know.

Having said that, many of the OG’s look low compared to European Lagers. Pilsners were usually in the range 1048-1050º, Lagerbier over 1050º and Export over 1055º. About the only exception were the Schenkbiers sold in Austria-Hungary which were in the low 1040º’s. Virtually none of the Canadian Lagers is over 1050º. A couple that are on the stronger side – the two called Budweiser – I suspect were really imported Ameriucan beers.

I saw a similar pattern with Canadian Ales, which, while stronger than the Lagers, were also mostly weaker than their British equivalents. Was this generally the rule, I wonder, that Canadian beers were slightly weaker than elsewhere? Let me know if you have the answer.

Canadian Lagers in 1909
Brewer	Town	Beer	Style	Price	size	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
Reinhardt & Co.	Toronto	Bavarian	Dunkles	15c	bottle	1048.1	1011	5.39	77.13%
Beauport Brewing Co.	Quebec	Lager Beer	Lager	10c	bottle	1036.2	1003.3	4.63	90.88%
The Korman Brewery, Ltd.	Toronto	Perfecto	Lager	15c	bottle	1037	1005.1	4.56	86.22%
Bajus Brewery		Lager Beer	Lager	15c	bottle	1037.3	1010	3.90	73.19%
O. Archambault	Iberville	Salvador	Lager	13.3c	bottle	1038.4	1011.4	3.83	70.31%
Holliday		East Kent Lager	Lager	8.33c	bottle	1039.3	1009.4	4.27	76.08%
Carling Brewing & Malting	London, Ont.	Lager Beer	Lager	15c	bottle	1040	1011.4	4.05	71.50%
Victoria Phoenix Brewing Co.	Victoria, BC	Lager Beer	Lager	15c	quart	1040.7	1012.7	4.05	68.80%
O'Keefe's Ltd.	Toronto	Lager Beer	Lager	15c	bottle	1041.6	1009.8	4.49	76.44%
Cosgrove Brewing Co.	Toronto	Lager Beer	Lager	10c	bottle	1041.8	1015.7	3.76	62.44%
The Capital Brewing & Malting Co.	Ottawa	Capital Ale	Lager	5.83c	pint	1042	1009.6	4.71	77.14%
C.H. Harther	Hamilton	Lager Beer	Lager	11c	bottle	1042.7	1013.1	4.20	69.32%
Carling Brewing & Malting	London, Ont.	Lager Beer	Lager	11.67c	bottle	1042.7	1014.6	4.05	65.81%
L. Chapot Fils & Cie.	Montreal	Blue Ribbon	Lager	20c	bottle	1043.1	1017.5	3.69	59.40%
Carling Brewing & Malting	Ottawa	Canada Club	Lager	10c	pint	1043.1	1014.7	4.05	65.89%
Strathcona Brewing & Malting Co.	Strathcona	Lager Beer	Lager	16.67c	quart	1043.4	1011	4.56	74.65%
Union Brewing Ltd.	Montreal	Lager Beer	Lager	11.33c	bottle	1043.9	1012.6	4.42	71.30%
Kuntz & Co.	Waterloo	Lager Beer	Lager	11.67c	bottle	1043.9	1016.4	3.90	62.64%
Victoria Phoenix Brewing Co.	Victoria, BC	Lager Beer	Lager	16.67c	quart	1044.5	1011.5	4.63	74.16%
Reinhardt & Co.	Toronto	Salvador	Lager	10c	bottle	1044.9	1009	5.00	79.96%
Blackwood Ltd.	Winnipeg	Lager Beer	Lager		pint	1044.9	1015	4.27	66.59%
Lethbridge Brewing & Malting Co.	Lethbridge	Lager Beer	Lager	16.67c	quart	1044.9	1016.1	4.12	64.14%
The Moosejaw Brewing & Malting Co., Ltd.	Winnipeg	Lager Beer	Lager		pint	1045.1	1018	3.90	60.09%
James Ready, Ltd	Fairville, St. John N.B.	Lager Beer	Lager	13.3c	bottle	1045.2	1010.1	4.93	77.65%
Golden West Brewing Co.	Calgary	Lager Beer	Lager	16.67c	quart	1045.4	1013.7	4.49	69.82%
McDonagh & Shea	Winnipeg	Lager Beer	Lager		pint	1045.5	1014.4	4.42	68.35%
Reinhardt & Co.	Toronto	Lager Beer	Lager	15c	bottle	1046.3	1007.8	5.39	83.15%
Calgary Brewing & Malting Co.	Calgary	Lager Beer	Lager	16.67c	quart	1046.6	1015.7	4.34	66.31%
Canadian Breweries Ltd	Montreal	Ekerts	Lager	8.33c	bottle	1046.8	1010.1	4.63	78.42%
Kuntz & Co.	Waterloo	Lager Beer	Lager	10c	bottle	1046.8	1016.1	4.27	65.60%
George Patry	Quebec	Lager Beer	Lager	15c	bottle	1047.4	1019.2	4.12	59.49%
H. Kuntz	Hamilton	Lager Beer	Lager	10.67c	bottle	1047.6	1017.2	4.34	63.87%
The Union Brewery Ltd.	Montreal	Kuntz	Lager	20c	bottle	1047.9	1015.8	4.49	67.01%
G.E. Amyot	Quebec	B.B.	Lager	13.3c	bottle	1048	1012.4	5.00	74.17%
The Hamilton Brewing Association, Ltd.	Hamilton	Regal	Lager	20c	bottle	1048.4	1015.4	4.63	68.18%
Edmonton Brewing & Malting Co.	Edmonton	Lager Beer	Lager	16.67c	quart	1048.4	1015.1	4.71	68.80%
G.E. Amyot	Quebec	Lager Beer	Lager	10c	bottle	1050	1011.5	5.39	77.00%
George Patry	Quebec	Lager Beer	Lager	15c	bottle	1051.2	1013.3	5.32	74.02%
G.E. Amyot	Quebec	Lager Beer	Lager	11.67c	bottle	1051.7	1012	5.55	76.79%
Vancouver Breweries. Ltd.	Vancouver	Cascade	Lager	13.33c	quart	1052.2	1016.2	5.00	68.97%
Vancouver Breweries. Ltd.	Vancouver	Cascade	Lager	16.67c	quart	1055	1015.3	5.55	72.18%
Average						1044.8	1013.0	4.49	71.17%
O'Keefe's Ltd.	Toronto	Pilsener	Pilsner	10c	pint	1039.6	1008.6	4.42	78.28%
O'Keefe's Ltd.	Toronto	Pilsener	Pilsner	15c	bottle	1041	1007.5	4.85	81.71%
The National Breweries, Ltd.	Montreal	Ekers Bohemian	Pilsner	8.33c	bottle	1043.4	1012.5	4.42	71.20%
L. Chapot Fils & Cie.	Montreal	Budweiser	Pilsner	25c	bottle	1049.8	1015.3	4.85	69.28%
Copeland Brewing Co., Ltd.	Toronto	Budweiser	Pilsner	15c	bottle	1050.4	1012.4	5.24	75.40%
Average						1044.8	1011.3	4.76	75.17%
Reinhardt & Sons	Montreal	Vienna	Vienna Lager	10c	bottle	1037.1	1006.5	4.71	82.48%
Source:
"Ale and lager beer" by McGill, A. (Anthony), 1910, pages 4 - 19.

Munich Salvator 1869 - 1914
Year	Brewer	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
1869	Zacherl	Salvator	Bock	1065.7	1022	5.63	66.51%
1890	Hackerbräu	Salvator	Bock	1071.6	1030.3	5.32	57.68%
1890	Münchener Salvator	Bock	Bock	1073.2	1028	5.80	61.72%
1890	Zacherlbräu	Salvator	Bock	1074.7	1033.9	5.25	54.63%
1890	Salvatorbräu	Salvator	Bock	1075.9	1034.2	5.37	54.94%
1890	Spatenbräu	Salvator	Bock	1076.7	1040.6	4.62	47.05%
1898	Zacherl	Salvator	Bock	1077.1	1029.9	6.10	61.22%
1914	Paulaner	Salvator	Doppelbock	1071.2	1033.5	4.7	51.27%
Average				1073.3	1031.6	5.35	56.88%
Sources:
"British Medical Journal" March 6th 1869, page 218
"Handbuch der chemischen technologie" by Otto Dammer, Rudolf Kaiser, 1896, pages 696-697
"Brockhaus' konversations-lexikon, Band 2" by F.A. Brockhaus, 1898
"Beer from the Expert's Viewpoint" by Arnold Spencer Wahl and Robert Wahl, 1937, page 168.