Ind Coope beers in the 1950's

Here, as promised, are the Ind Coope beers I'd missed. I'd forgotten that I'd never quite made it all the way through the Whitbread Gravity Book. And that's after already transcribing several thousand entries. It really is an amazing document.

Here's a pretty little table with all the details:

Ind Coope beers in the 1950's
Year	Beer	Style	Price	size	package	FG	OG	Colour	ABV	attenuation
1948	Double Diamond Pale Ale	Pale Ale	13d	half pint	bottled	1009.4	1045.2	18 B	4.48	79.20%
1950	Sparkling Ale	Pale Ale		pint	bottled	1007	1029.7	24 B	2.84	76.43%
1950	Special Stout	Stout		pint	bottled	1011.7	1035.9	1 + 14	3.03	67.41%
1950	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale		pint	bottled	1009.5	1029	40 + 9	2.44	67.24%
1950	Burton Pale Ale (Double Diamond)	Pale Ale		pint	bottled	1011.2	1045.2	21 B	4.25	75.22%
1950	Arctic Ale No. 1	Barley Wine		pint	bottled	1020.8	1079.9	40 + 16	7.39	73.97%
1950	John Bull Ale	Pale Ale		pint	bottled	1012.2	1042.5	40 + 13	3.79	71.29%
1950	Allsopp Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	15d	pint	bottled	1007.7	1029.9	7.5 + 40	2.78	74.25%
1950	Sparkling Ale	Pale Ale	15d	pint	bottled	1007.4	1029.7	25 B	2.79	75.08%
1950	Allsopp Special Stout	Stout	18d	pint	bottled	1010.4	1034.4	1 + 40	3.00	69.77%
1950	Double Diamond	Pale Ale		half pint	bottled	1012.3	1047.9	19.5 B	4.45	74.32%
1950	Sparkling Ale	Pale Ale	9d	half pint	bottled	1007.7	1033.3	22 B	3.20	76.88%
1950	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	14.5d	pint	bottled	1010.9	1048.3	21 B	4.68	77.43%
1950	Special Stout	Stout	12d	pint	bottled	1014.9	1038.2	1 + 14	2.91	60.99%
1950	Arctic Ale	Barley Wine	18d	nip	bottled	1020.1	1079.8	18 + 40	7.46	74.81%
1950	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9d	half pint	bottled	1008.6	1032.3	40 + 9	2.96	73.37%
1951	Special Stout	Stout	12d	half pint	bottled	1013.4	1038.3	1 + 14	3.11	65.01%
1951	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9d	half pint	bottled	1007.7	1032.6	40 + 8	3.11	76.38%
1951	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	14.5d	half pint	bottled	1010	1047.7	25	4.71	79.04%
1951	Sparkling Ale	Pale Ale	9d	pint	bottled	1008	1032.1	25.5	3.01	75.08%
1951	Allsopp Special Stout	Stout	12d	half pint	bottled	1011.9	1037.8		3.24	68.52%
1951	Arctic Ale	Barley Wine	17.5d	nip	bottled	1019.1	1078.1		7.37	75.54%
1951	Special Stout	Stout	14.5d	half pint	bottled	1015.3	1037.1	1 + 16	2.72	58.76%
1951	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9.5d	half pint	bottled	1008.3	1031.9	17 + 40	2.95	73.98%
1951	Sparkling Ale	Pale Ale	9d	half pint	bottled	1007.6	1032.6	21	3.12	76.69%
1952	Arctic Ale	Barley Wine	18d	nip	bottled	1020.2	1080.3	21 + 40	7.51	74.84%
1952	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9.5d	half pint	bottled	1011.7	1030.9	11 + 40	2.40	62.14%
1952	Special Stout	Stout	23d	pint	bottled	1011.5	1037.9	1 + 11.5	3.30	69.66%
1952	Coronet Pale Ale	Pale Ale	11d	half pint	bottled	1008.6	1035.6	22  B	3.37	75.84%
1953	Arctic Ale	Barley Wine	18d	nip	bottled	1018	1079	18 + 40	7.63	77.22%
1953	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	11d	nip	bottled	1009.7	1048.7	23.5	4.88	80.08%
1953	Allsopp Special Stout	Stout	10d	nip	bottled	1013.4	1038.1	1 + 11	3.09	64.83%
1954	Sparkling Ale	Pale Ale	12d	half pint	bottled	1008.5	1030.5	26	2.75	72.13%
1954	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9.5d	half pint	bottled	1009.7	1030.7	11 + 40	2.63	68.40%
1954	John Bull Ale	Pale Ale	15d	half pint	bottled	1014.8	1048.1	115	4.16	69.23%
1955	Double Brown Ale	Brown Ale	12.5d	half pint	bottled	1012.6	1047.8	45	4.40	73.64%
1955	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	11d	half pint	bottled	1011.2	1033.6	105	2.80	66.67%
1955	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	16d	half pint	bottled	1012.7	1048.5	19	4.47	73.81%
1956	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	10d	half pint	bottled	1012.3	1032.2	90	2.49	61.80%
1956	Light Ale	Pale Ale	10d	half pint	bottled	1010.5	1031	22	2.56	66.13%
1956	Special Stout	Stout	13d	half pint	bottled	1014.9	1038.1	250	2.90	60.89%
1956	Sweet Stout (lactose present)	Stout	14d	half pint	bottled	1016.5	1038.5	250	2.75	57.14%
1956	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	17d	half pint	bottled	1012.7	1048.3	20	4.45	73.71%
1956	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	17d	half pint	bottled	1014.1	1047.9	19	4.23	70.56%
1956	Arctic Barley Wine	Barley Wine	18d	nip	bottled	1019.7	1077.1	105	7.17	74.45%
1959	Double Diamond	Pale Ale	16d	half pint	bottled	1011.9	1047.5	20	4.45	74.95%
1959	"Dry Club" Stout	Stout	13d	half pint	bottled	1013.2	1038.7	240	3.19	65.89%
1959	Allsopp's Sweet Stout	Stout	14d	half pint	bottled	1015.4	1037.8	275	2.80	59.26%
1959	Light Ale	Pale Ale	10d	half pint	bottled	1009.8	1031.5	20	2.71	68.89%
1959	Benskins Colne Spring Ale	Barley Wine	23.5d	half pint	bottled	1009.3	1092.8	80	10.44	89.98%
Source: Whitbread Gravity Book

As you can see, bottled Double Diamond was around 1048 (good guess, Zythophile).

I was pleased to find Coronet, another beer mentioned by Campbell. It has a fairly puny OG of just 1035.6. Arctic Ale was another I'd hoped to discover. I wasn't disappointed. There are several entries for it. The OG was a very respectable 1080 or so and, because it was quite highly attenuated for a strong beer, it had a very respectable ABV of about 7.5%.

Right at the end you'll see the legendary Benskins Colne Spring Ale, which is also mentioned by Campbell. It has an apparent degree of attenuation of nearly 90%. Very impressive for such a big beer, leaving it over 10% ABV.

My apologies for missing these beers first time through.