Hoare

We're back at the number mine today. Looking at the slag heap. Yes, it's part one of an occasional series on the disappeared breweries of London. We're kicking off with the rather unfortunately-named Hoare.

As Parsons-Goodwyn-Hoare, they'd been one of the early London Porter breweries. Though they never quite hit the big time, being more Stoke City than Manchester United. Between 1780 and 1830 their output was fairly constant at 60,000 - 70,000, while the big boys such as Whitbread, Barclay Perkins and Truman soared over 100,000 barrels and, in some cases, over 200,000 barrels.

Despite falling prey to a takeover by Charrington in 1933, one reminder of Hoare lived on. Their trademark and their brand name. Charrington adopted the Toby name and used it right up until their disappearance. The name even survived the closure of Charrington's brewery on the Mile End Road and the implosion of Bass Charrington. It may still be in use. It lasted until the new millennium, in any case. I wonder what the secret of it longevity was?

Here are the numbers, all nicely polished and laid out on a crisp, starched tablecloth:

Hoare beers 1870 - 1939
Year	Beer	Style	Price	size	package	FG	OG	Acidity	ABV	attenuation
1870	Porter	Porter				1012.99	1052.4	0.18	5.13	75.22%
1921	Stout	Stout	9d	pint	draught	1023.2	1054		3.97	57.04%
1922	KK	Strong Ale	9d	pint	draught	1018.6	1056.3		4.88	66.96%
1922	PA	Pale Ale	8d	pint	draught	1013.8	1047.3		4.34	70.82%
1922	Porter	Porter	6d	pint	draught	1011	1037.3		3.41	70.51%
1922	Stout	Stout	9d	pint	draught	1020.8	1056.8		4.65	63.38%
1922	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1008.8	1034.3		3.31	74.34%
1923	KK	Strong Ale	9d	pint	draught	1015	1055.5		5.26	72.97%
1923	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught	1012.2	1046.7		4.48	73.88%
1923	Porter	Porter	6d	pint	draught	1009.8	1034.5		3.20	71.59%
1923	Stout	Stout	9d	pint	draught	1020.4	1055.4		4.52	63.18%
1923	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1011.8	1034.3		2.91	65.60%
1925	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught	1010.6	1047.1		4.75	77.49%
1925	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	draught	1013.2	1052.7		5.13	74.95%
1925	Toby Ale	Pale Ale	5.5d	half pint	bottled	1011.5	1046.1		4.49	75.05%
1926	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught		1044.5
1926	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1052.2
1927	Brown Ale	Brown Ale	7d	half pint	bottled		1050.6
1927	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1054.2
1928	KK	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught	1011.5	1052.1		5.28	77.93%
1928	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught	1009.9	1045.5		4.63	78.24%
1928	Porter	Porter	5d	pint	draught	1013.4	1037.9		3.17	64.64%
1928	Stout	Stout	7d	pint	draught	1012.57	1053		5.26	76.30%
1928	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1053.2
1928	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1012.2	1043.3		4.03	71.82%
1929	Brown Ale	Brown Ale	8d	pint	bottled	1012.8	1046		4.31	72.17%
1929	KK	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught	1017.5	1055.3	0.07	4.90	68.35%
1929	LA	Mild	5d	pint	draught	1007.5	1034.1	0.05	3.45	78.01%
1929	PA	Pale Ale	8d	pint	bottled	1013.8	1047		4.30	70.64%
1929	Porter	Porter	5d	pint	draught	1009.2	1038.3	0.06	3.78	75.98%
1929	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	draught	1018	1056.2	0.09	4.95	67.97%
1929	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1011	1044.7	0.08	4.38	75.39%
1930	Golden Dinner Ale	Pale Ale	7d	pint	bottled	1010.6	1035		3.16	69.71%
1930	KK	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught	1016.5	1055		4.99	70.00%
1930	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	7d	pint	bottled	1011.2	1036		3.21	68.89%
1930	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught	1007.6	1047		5.14	83.83%
1930	Porter	Porter	5d	pint	draught	1010.2	1037		3.47	72.43%
1930	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	draught	1022.6	1055		4.18	58.91%
1930	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1053.2
1930	Toby Stout	Stout	8d	pint	bottled	1013.6	1042		3.67	67.62%
1930	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1014.4	1046		4.09	68.70%
1931	Brown Ale	Brown Ale	8d	pint	draught	1007.9	1037.6	0.07	3.86	78.99%
1931	KK	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught	1015.9	1052.3	0.06	4.72	69.60%
1931	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9d	pint	bottled	1010.4	1030		2.53	65.33%
1931	Oatmeal Stout	Stout		pint	bottled		1036
1931	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught	1010.4	1046.5	0.08	4.69	77.63%
1931	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	draught	1012.6	1054.2	0.14	5.41	76.75%
1931	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1052.4
1931	Toby Ale	Pale Ale	9d	pint	bottled	1010.8	1040.7		3.88	73.46%
1931	Toby Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9d	pint	bottled	1009.8	1034.9		3.25	71.92%
1931	Toby Stout	Stout		pint	bottled	1016	1044.4		3.67	63.96%
1931	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1013	1045.1	0.06	4.16	71.18%
1931	XXX	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught	1010	1045	0.07	4.55	77.78%
1932	Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9d	pint	bottled	1010.8	1034	0.05	3.00	68.24%
1932	PA	Pale Ale	8d	pint	draught	1010.2	1044	0.06	4.39	76.82%
1932	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	draught		1042.4
1932	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1047.6
1932	Toby Ale	Pale Ale	9d	pint	bottled	1013.6	1043	0.05	3.81	68.37%
1932	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught	1008.9	1038	0.07	3.78	76.58%
1933	Family Stout	Stout		pint	bottled	1014.9	1047.7	0.06	4.25	68.76%
1933	Golden Brown Ale	Brown Ale	8d	pint	bottled	1007.2	1030	0.05	2.96	76.00%
1933	Imperial Ale	Strong Ale	9d	half pint	bottled	1015.5	1077.9	0.10	8.18	80.10%
1933	Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale	8d	pint	bottled	1009.4	1032	0.05	2.93	70.63%
1933	Oatmeal Stout	Stout	9d	pint	bottled	1015	1032	0.05	2.19	53.13%
1933	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught	1007.8	1043	0.07	4.58	81.86%
1933	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	draught	1013.8	1042.2	0.11	3.67	67.30%
1933	Strong Ale	Strong Ale	8d	pint	draught		1049.4
1933	X	Mild	5d	pint	draught		1035.2
1933	XXX	Strong Ale	7d	pint	draught	1011.7	1046	0.08	4.45	74.57%
1934	PA	Pale Ale	7d	pint	draught		1045.3
1934	Stout	Stout	8d	pint	bottled		1044.6
1934	X	Mild	5d	pint	draught	1010.5	1037	0.07	3.43	71.62%
1939	X	Mild	6d	pint	draught		1036.8
Sources: Whitbread Gravity Book Truman Gravity Book A dictionary of chemistry and the allied branches of other sciences, Volume 6 by Henry Watts, 1872, page 256

It's a pretty typical set of beers for a London brewery. Draught Mild, Porter, Stout, Bitter and Burton. Even one of those new-fangled bottled Brown Ales.

A thought's just crossed my mind. I wonder what they had on the outside of their pubs? Hoare in big letters could give someone with a poor grasp of spelling the wrong idea.