Eldridge Pope beers 1911 - 1912

Time to move on to the 20th century and take look at Eldridge Pope's beers on the eve of WW I.

First, a general impression: those gravities look awfully low. This is before WW I, remember. The gravities of all the beers have fallen since 1896. I know, let's compare the beers from 1896 and 1911:

Beer	1896-97	1911-12	% fall
AK	1048.5	1042.7	11.96%
BAK	1048.5	1044.3	8.66%
KK	1051.5
PA	1057.6	1051.2	11.11%
X		1036
XX	1049
XXX	1065.1	1058.1	10.75%
XXXX	1074.8	1076.2	-1.87%
LTS	1051.2	1047.4	7.42%
S	1061.5	1059.3	3.58%

Only the XXX Strong Ale didn't drop in gravity, perversely going up slightly. The biggest seller - AK - saw the greatest drop in gravity, almost 12%. Though the fall was almost as great for PA and XXX.

I assume that the reason KK no longer appears in 1911 is connected with the fall in gravity of PA. Essentially PA has taken over the gravity slot formerly filled by KK.

The X is the most shocking beer. Just 1036. That's like kiddie beer for the period. I've been telling you that there was already a trend towards lower-gravity beer before WW I. This is proof. At no time in the 19th century would it have been classed as anything more than Table Beer. In fact most Table Beers were stronger.

I'm really happy to be looking outside London. The beers of the capital aren't totally typical of brewing across the country as a whole. The trend of dropping gravities in the decade before WW I isn't really visible in London.

There a bit of a gap (until the 1960's) between these and the next Eldridge Pope records I've got. Luckily I've got Whitbread's Gravity Book to fall back on. That's got a few Eldridge Pope beers from the years 1934 to 1961. We'll be turning our attention to them next time.

Eldridge Pope beers 1911 - 1912
Date	Year	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	boil time (hours)	boil time (hours)	boil time (hours)	boil time (hours)	Pitch temp	max. fermen-tation temp	length of fermen-tation (days)
10th Feb	1911	Sp AK	Pale Ale	1040.2	1011.1	3.85	72.41%	8.09	1.41	2	2	2	2	60.25º	67.5º	4
10th Feb	1911	BAK	Pale Ale	1044.3	1012.7	4.18	71.25%	8.09	1.56	2	2	2	2	60.25º	67.75º	4
10th Feb	1911	AK	Pale Ale	1042.7	1011.1	4.18	74.03%	8.09	1.50	2	2	2	2	60º	67.5º	4
15th Feb	1911	XXXX	Strong Ale	1076.2	1024.4	6.85	68.00%	9.77	3.18	4.17				60º	79.25º	3
16th Feb	1911	S	Stout	1059.3	1018.0	5.46	69.63%	7.30	1.98	2	2			59.5º	70º	4
16th Feb	1911	LTS	Stout	1047.4	1014.7	4.32	69.01%	7.30	1.58	2	2			60º	67.5º	4
21st Feb	1911	PA	Pale Ale	1051.2	1015.5	4.73	69.73%	4.15	2.09	2	2	2		60º	67.5º	4
21st Feb	1911	XXX	Mild	1058.2	1017.2	5.42	70.48%	4.29	1.85	2	2	2		60º	76º	4
21st Feb	1911	X	Mild	1036.0	1009.1	3.55	74.62%	4.29	1.14	2	2	2		61º	68.5º	4
6th Jun	1912	S	Stout	1059.3	1019.1	5.31	67.76%	7.38	2.00	2.08	3.25			60º	69.5º	4
6th Jun	1912	LTS	Stout	1047.4	1014.7	4.32	69.01%	7.38	1.60	2.08	3.25			60º	67.5º	4
23rd Aug	1912	BAK	Pale Ale	1044.3	1013.3	4.10	70.00%	7.75	1.49	2	2.42			60º	68.5º	4
23rd Aug	1912	AK	Pale Ale	1042.7	1012.7	3.96	70.13%	8.22	1.48	2	2.42			60º	68.5º	4
27th Aug	1912	PA	Pale Ale	1051.0	1015.2	4.73	70.11%	9.61	2.08	2	2			60º	68.5º	4
Source:
Eldridge Pope brewing records