Samuel Webster beers 1959 - 1989

Request time again. We're still in Yorkshire, this time in the west of the county. In Halifax.

I went to Halifax once. Only place I've ever seen a "Men Only" sign. That, coincidentally, was a Webster's pub.

I did drink a bit of Webster's in my youth, as they had several pubs in Leeds. What was that one in Armley called? They used to sell the Dark Mild, which wasn't that common. Most places seemed to sell Green Label rather than the Dark Mild.

That 1950's lineup is a good one. Something you see both sides of the Pennines. Mild, Best Mild and Bitter. With Best Mild pale and Mild dark. Though, in this case, the Mild isn't all that dark. 80 or 80 EBC is more typical for a Dark Mild. 55 EBC is more like Banks's Mild.

Look at that attenuation in the 1950's. Those draught beers must have been pretty dry. I'm being kind. Watery, more like. 

Those two 1980's Milds, Light and Dark with the same OG. I wonder if they were the same beer, just the one got extra caramel? What am I saying? That's obviously the case. Who the hell would have bothered brewing two different Milds to the same gravity?

Here's a question to ponder. That Sam Brown Ale: is it a Northern or Southern type?

On that note, I'll pass you over to the numbers:

Samuel Webster beers 1955 - 1989
Year	Beer	Style	Price	size	package	Acidity	FG	OG	colour	ABV	App. Atten-uation
1955	Sam Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9.5d	half pint	bottled	0.05	1013	1035.7	95	2.93	63.59%
1956	Velvet Stout	Stout	1/2d	half pint	bottled	0.05	1022.3	1045.1	425	2.93	50.55%
1959	Velvet Stout	Stout	13d	halfpint	bottled		1019.8	1040.1	300	2.61	50.62%
1959	Dukes?? Ale	Pale Ale	10d	half pint	bottled	0.04	1006.8	1035.3	19	3.56	80.74%
1959	Old Brown	Brown Ale	15.5d	nip	bottled	0.05	1023.1	1071.4	110	6.27	67.65%
1959	Velvet Stout	Stout	14.5d	halfpint	bottled	0.05	1019.3	1046.1	300	3.45	58.13%
1959	Old Tom	Old Ale	13d	halfpint	bottled	0.05	1012.5	1045.1	150	4.23	72.28%
1959	Green Label Ale	Mild, Light	11.5d	halfpint	bottled	0.04	1006.7	1039	24	4.20	82.82%
1959	Sam Brown Ale	Brown Ale	9d	halfpint	bottled	0.04	1011.1	1036.8	95	3.33	69.84%
1959	Bitter	Pale Ale	16d	pint	draught	0.06	1004.7	1038	22	4.16	87.63%
1959	Best Mild	Mild, Light	13d	pint	draught	0.05	1004.4	1034.9	20	3.81	87.39%
1959	Mild	Mild	12d	pint	draught	0.06	1005.7	1032	50	3.29	82.19%
1959	Bitter	Pale Ale	15d	pint	draught	0.07	1005.4	1037	20	3.95	85.41%
1959	Best Mild	Mild, Light	13d	pint	draught	0.06	1005.9	1035	20	3.64	83.14%
1959	Mild	Mild	12d	pint	draught	0.05	1004.8	1031.6	55	3.35	84.81%
1964	Sam Brown Ale	Brown Ale	20d	pint	bottled	0.04	1009.6	1036	95	3.30	73.33%
1977	Pennine Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1037.5
1977	Best Mild	Mild, Light		pint	draught			1033.8
1979	Pennine Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1037.5
1979	Best Mild	Mild, Light		pint	draught			1033.8
1979	Nut Brown	Mild		pint	draught			1033.8
1981	Yorkshire Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1037.5
1981	Yorkshire Light	Mild, Light		pint	draught			1033.8
1981	Yorkshire Dark	Mild		pint	draught			1033.8
1982	Yorkshire Dark	Mild		pint	draught			1033.8
1982	Yorkshire Light	Mild		pint	draught			1033.8
1982	Yorkshire Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1037.5
1983	Yorkshire Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1037.5
1983	Yorkshire Light	Mild, Light		pint	draught			1033.8
1983	Dark Mild	Mild		pint	draught			1032
1986	Yorkshire Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1037.5
1986	Green Label Best	Mild, Light		pint	draught			1033
1986	Webster's Choice	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1032
1989	Yorkshire Bitter	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1036
1989	Green Label Best	Mild, Light		pint	draught			1033
1989	Webster's Choice	Pale Ale		pint	draught			1045
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002
Good Beer Guide 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990