Monday 9 August 2021

Dutch Pils in 1941

I've posted enough about Heineken. What was happening at other Dutch brewers? Pretty much exactly the same. Which shouldn’t come as any surprise.

Everyone had reduced the gravity of their Pils to something under 10º Plato. Averaged out, the numbers look very similar to Heineken’s version, which was OG 8.5º Plato, 3.2% ABV, 72.24% apparent attenuation, in case you’ve forgotten.

There are a couple of outliers with gravities over 10º Plato, but they could just be old stock.

Colour is more variable than you might expect, though, it being on weird Brand scale, it’s not immediately evident. This should help out. The minimum value of 0.37 Brand = 7 EBC, and the maximum value of 0.72 Brand = 11.9 EBC.
 

Dutch Pils in 1941
Date Brewer Town OG Plato FG Plato ABV App. Atten-uation Colour
15th Apr Coolen Eindhoven 8.85 2.29 3.38 74.80% 0.55
30th May ZHB Den Haag 10.60 3.13 3.86 71.34% 0.52
30th May Van Vollenhoven Amsterdam 7.62 1.86 2.93 76.15% 0.4
30th May Amstel Amsterdam 9.93 1.79 4.24 82.55% 0.4
30th May Grolsch Groenlo 8.53 2.30 3.18 73.70% 0.37
30th May Oranjeboom Rotterdam 8.22 2.46 2.74 70.76% 0.6
27th May Heineken Amsterdam 9.08 2.17 3.56 76.75% 0.38
3rd Jun Phoenix Amersfoort 8.65 3.79 2.49 57.03% 0.52
3rd Jun Drie Hoefijzers Breda 10.04 2.95 3.66 71.44% 0.55
5th Jun ZHB Den Haag 9.07 2.63 3.29 71.74% 0.52
5th Jun Amstel Amsterdam 8.49 1.73 3.46 80.17% 0.42
5th Jun Grolsch Groenlo 8.55 2.30 3.20 73.77% 0.45
5th Jun de Schaapskooi Tilburg 8.31 1.92 3.26 77.48% 0.72
5th Jun Van Vollenhoven Amsterdam 8.75 1.87 3.56 79.21% 0.4
16th Jun Phoenix Amersfoort 8.66 3.04 2.92 65.68% 0.48
17th Sep Oranjeboom Rotterdam 8.63 1.49 3.66 83.22% 0.52
  Average   8.87 2.36 3.34 74.11% 0.49
Source:
Rapporten van laboratoriumonderzoeken naar producten van Heinekenbrouwerijen in binnen- en buitenland en naar producten van andere brouwerijen held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1794.

 

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