Lager boomers (part three)

As promised, if a little late, here is my final installment of Lager in the UK. Around 1960. Today we'll be looking at imported Lager.

As usual. my source is the Whitbread Gravity Book. But this is where things get a little weird. Because I've seen a couple of these beers from the other side of the fence. Having taken a look at some Heineken and Amstel brewing records from around this period, I was aware of the "special" versions brewed for the UK market.

The beers in the table fall very neatly into two groups. Beers, like Heineken, brewed especially weak for the British market. And beers left at their original strength. This is a dichotomy that, to some extent, still exists in the UK. Though the pissy versions are now usually brewed in the UK. Only one beer has a gravity between 1032 and 1041. Stella, of all things. Which in 1961 was only 3.5% ABV.

Imported Lager
Year	Brewer	Country	Beer	Style	Price	size	package	FG	OG	Colour	ABV	attenuation
1963	Carlsberg	Denmark	Pilsner	Pils	21d	half pint	bottled	1005.2	1029.9	7.5	3.09	82.61%
1963	Heineken	Holland	Lager	Lager	20d	half pint	bottled	1008.4	1030	6	2.70	72.00%
1961	Tuborg	Denmark	Pilsner	Pils	20d	half pint	bottled	1005.6	1030.2	12	3.08	81.46%
1963	Carlsberg	Denmark	Pilsner	Pils	19d	half pint	can	1005.4	1030.2	8	3.10	82.12%
1962	Carlsberg	Denmark	Danish Pilsner	Pils	19d	half pint	bottled	1008	1030.4	8	2.80	73.68%
1963	Schou	Norway	Export Lager	Lager	17d	half pint	bottled	1003	1030.4	6	3.43	90.13%
1961	Carlsberg	Denmark	Danish Pilsner	Pils	20d	half pint	bottled	1007.2	1030.5	7.5	2.91	76.39%
1963	Elbschloss	Germany	Ratsherrn Lager	Lager	24d	half pint	bottled	1006.3	1030.5	13	3.03	79.34%
1961	Heineken	Holland	Lager  Beer	Lager	18d	half pint	bottled	1006.3	1030.6	4.5	3.04	79.41%
1961	Amstel	Holland	Amstel Lager	Lager	18d	half pint	bottled	1006.1	1030.9	9.5	3.10	80.26%
1961	Oranjeboom	Holland	Dutch Pilsner	Pils	18d	half pint	bottled	1006.9	1031.1	9.5	3.02	77.81%
1959	Carlsberg	Denmark	Pilsener	Pils	21d	half pint	bottled	1009.1	1031.2	15	2.76	70.83%
1963	Tuborg	Denmark	Pilsner	Pils	21d	half pint	bottled	1007	1031.5	12	3.06	77.78%
1963	Oranjeboom	Holland	Pilsner Lager	Pils	21d	half pint	bottled	1005.9	1031.6	7.5	3.21	81.33%
1961	ZHB	Holland	Export Pilsner Lager	Pils	18.5d	half pint	bottled	1005.9	1032	8	3.26	81.56%
1961	Pilsner Urquell	Czech	Pilsner Urquell	Pils	17d	half pint	bottled	1010.9	1032.5	10	2.70	66.46%
1961	Brasseries Artois	Belgium	Stella Lager	Lager	20d	half pint	bottled	1005.7	1035.4	6	3.71	83.90%
1961	Patzenhofer, Berlin	Germany	Patz Lager	Lager	21d	half pint	bottled	1007.5	1041	7.5	4.19	81.71%
1963	Union (Dortmund)	Germany	Pilsner	Pils	22d	half pint	bottled	1006.7	1042	9	4.41	84.05%
1961	Holsten	Germany	Holsten Lager	Lager	20d	half pint	bottled	1008.1	1044.1	7	4.50	81.63%
1960	Lamot	Belgium	Pilsor Lager	Lager	18d	half pint	bottled	1007.5	1044.4	7	4.61	83.11%
1963	Fosters, Melbourne	Australia	Export Lager	Lager	27d	half pint	bottled	1003.9	1045.4	8	5.19	91.41%
1961	Holsten	Germany	Pilsner Lager	Pils	20d	half pint	bottled	1000.8	1045.5	7	5.59	98.24%
1963	Holsten	Germany	Pilsner	Pils	22d	half pint	bottled	1006.7	1046.1	6	4.92	85.47%
1961	Vandenheuvel	Belgium	Ekla Lager	Lager	18d	half pint	bottled	1009.8	1046.7	6.5	4.61	79.01%
1961	Carlton United Breweries, Melbourne	Australia	Fosters Export Beer	Lager	24d	half pint	bottled	1005	1047.3	7.5	5.29	89.43%
1963	Swan Brewery Co. Ltd., Pert W. Australia	Australia	Swan Lager	Lager	27d	half pint	bottled	1006.6	1048.1	7	5.19	86.28%
1961	Swan Brewery Co. Ltd., Pert W. Australia	Australia	Swan Lager	Lager	24d	half pint	bottled	1006.2	1048.3	7.5	5.26	87.16%
1963	Desnoe & Geddes	Jamaica	Red Stripe Lager	Lager	16.25d	half pint	can	1010.2	1048.5	6	4.79	78.97%
1961	Desnoe & Geddes	Jamaica	Red Stripe Lager	Lager	21d	half pint	can	1010	1049.2	6	4.90	79.67%
1963	Tatra	Poland	Zywiec Lager	Lager	26d	half pint	bottled	1006.9	1051.4	9.5	5.56	86.58%
1961	Hackerbräu	Germany	Hackerbräu Light	Lager	33d	half pint	bottled	1014.5	1051.7	8	4.65	71.95%
1963	Carlsberg	Denmark	Lager de Luxe	Lager	27d	half pint	bottled	1009.5	1052.1	8	5.32	81.77%
1962	Carlsberg	Denmark	Lager de Luxe	Lager	24d	half pint	bottled	1008.3	1052.8	8	5.56	84.28%
1961	Dortmunder - Hansa	Germany	Dortmunder Urtyp	Export	30d	half pint	bottled	1006.7	1053.7	9.5	5.88	87.52%
1961	Löwenbräu	Germany	Pale Bock Beer	Bock	38d	half pint	bottled	1015.4	1059.6	5.5	5.52	74.16%
1963	Löwenbräu	Germany	Pale Bock Beer	Bock, pale	42d	half pint	bottled	1013.7	1059.7	7	5.75	77.05%
1966	Tuborg	Denmark	Royal Brew	Lager	42d	pint	bottled	1010	1077.5	9	8.44	87.10%
Source:
Whitbread Gravity Book

I hope you're enjoying the summer of lager. Just wait until I start reporting on the Annafest and Fränkische Schweiz. Then the party will really kick off.