European beers in 1929

Not much this time. Just a table of analyses.

It's in the Wahls' book, but they had borrowed them from someone else:

"Composition of various European beers, according to Prof. Dr. H. Luers, Munich, in "Grafe Handbuch Der Organischen Warenkunde", Volume III, 1929."

It's mostly Bavarian breweries, speiced with a few exotics from Prague and Britain:

European beers in 1929
Year	Brewer	Town	country	Beer	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	OG Plato
1929	Pschorr	Munich	Germany	Dunkles	1054.26	1019.2	4.53	64.61%	13.43
1929	Hofbrau	Munich	Germany	Dunkles	1057.58	1020.2	4.75	64.92%	14.21
1929	Weihenstephan	Freising	Germany	Dunkles	1057.16	1017.2	5.16	69.91%	14.11
1929	Spaten	Munich	Germany	Dunkles	1053.83	1021.4	4.19	60.25%	13.33
1929	Tucher	Nuernberg	Germany	Dunkles	1053.45	1017.8	4.59	66.70%	13.24
1929	Kulmbacher Sandlerbraeu	Kulmbach	Germany	Dunkles	1062.61	1015.8	6.05	74.76%	15.38
1929	Dortmunder Union	Dortmund	Germany	Export	1055.15	1012	5.55	78.24%	13.64
1929	Schultheiss brauerei	Berlin	Germany	Maerzenbler	1053.75	1012.3	5.09	77.12%	13.31
1929	Erste Pilsener Actienbrauerei	Pilsen	Czech Republic	Pilsener	1046.99	1011.6	4.56	75.32%	11.71
1929	Burgerliches Brauhaus	Pilsen	Czech Republic	Pilsener Urquell	1048.17	1013.4	4.51	72.18%	11.99
1929	Dreher	Kleinschwechat	Austria	Wiener Maerzenbier	1058.95	1016.9	5.44	71.33%	14.53
1929	Unknown	Berlin	Germany	Berliner Weissbier	1036.68	1007.1	3.84	80.64%	9.23
1929	Barclay Perkins	London	UK	Porter	1087.61	1022.9	8.40	73.86%	21.06
1929	Bass	Burton	UK	Pale Ale	1060.80	1018.8	6.28	69.08%	14.96
Source:
Beer from the Expert's Viewpoint by Arnold Spencer Wahl and Robert Wahl, 1937, page 166.

I've no idea what that Barclay Perkins beer is. Obviously some sort of Stout. But it doesn't match any they brewed in the 1920's: BBS Ex had an OG of 1079º and IBS Ex 1103º*. I suspect the analysis is really from before WW I.

The Bass Pale Ale has an OG that looks right for the export version, but the FG looks far too high. Don't quite understand that one.

Moving on to the Munich beers, they still have the high OG and poor attenuation of the 19th century.

The Kulmbcher has a surprisingly high gravity  - though didn't we just read something saying it had a bock-like OG? - and reasonable attenuation leaving quite an alcoholic beer.

The Pilseners look . . . very much like modern Pilsner Urquell in terms of OG and ABV. It seems a very unchaging beer in terms of strength. More so than any other individual beer I can think of.

Told you there wasn't much this time. That's it.





* Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/614.