Hoare bottled Stout 1828 - 1934

And here they are, the bottled Stouts of Hoare and Co. What a confusing bunch they are.

Why confusing? Because the gravities are all over the shop.  I think what we a re looking at is more than one brand.

Before 1931 none of the beers is a version of their draught Stout because the OG's are all too low. After 1931, the ones hovering around 1040 could well be as, if you remember from the last part, that was about the OG of draught Stout.

Judging by its (low) gravity, Oatmeal Stout was definitely a different beer from the others. Not just the standard Stout with a token amount of oats in it packaged up differently. That was the case at both Whitbread and Barclay Perkins.

There's one feature all of these beers share: a relatively low degree of attenuation. In the case of the last Oatmeal Stout, very low. How ironic that Family Stout is the only one over 4% ABV.

Hoare bottled Stout 1828 - 1934
Year	Beer	Price	size	Acidity	FG	OG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
1928	Stout	8d	pint			1047.3
1929	Stout	7d	pint		1012.4	1038	3.31	67.37%
1930	Toby Stout	8d	pint		1013.6	1042	3.67	67.62%
1931	Oatmeal Stout		pint			1036
1931	Toby Stout		pint		1016	1044.4	3.67	63.96%
1931	Stout	9d	pint			1041.6
1931	Stout	9d	pint			1036.4
1932	Stout	9d	pint	0.06	1013.4	1039	3.31	65.64%
1932	Stout	8d	pint			1033.8
1932	Stout	9d	pint			1039.3
1933	Family Stout		pint	0.06	1014.9	1047.7	4.25	68.76%
1933	Oatmeal Stout	9d	pint	0.05	1015	1032	2.19	53.13%
1933	Stout	8d	pint			1035.2
1933	Stout	9d	pint			1041.9
1934	Stout	8d	pint			1044.6
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/001
Truman Gravity Book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/252

Next time we'll be looking at Hoare's Pale Ales.