On The Labologist's Society webpage there are 154 examples from 147 breweries. Admittedly a couple are foreign. But that’s still quite a lot. To do my favourite thing, contextualise that, there were 501* breweries in the UK in 1953. Meaning around a third brewed – or at least marketed – a beer for the coronation.
Here’s a list of those beers:
| Coronation Beers | |
| Brewery | Beer |
| Abington Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Adnams & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| James Aitken & Co | Coronation Ale |
| Alton Court Brewery Co Ltd | Queens Ale |
| Ballingall & Son Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd | Russian Imperial Stout |
| Barnsley Brewery Co Ltd | Royal Strong Ale |
| Charles Beasley Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Benskins Watford Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Bent's Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale AI |
| Bentley & Shaw Ltd | Regalia Ale |
| Bentleys Old Brewery (Rotherham) Ltd | Elizabethan Ale |
| Bentley's Yorkshire Breweries Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| T & J Bernard Ltd Coronation | Heavy Ale |
| T & J Bernard Ltd Coronation | Light Ale |
| Beverley Brothers Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Birkenhead Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale Double Strong |
| Border Breweries Ltd | Crown Ale |
| W H Brakspear & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Brickwood & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Bristol Brewery George & Co Ltd | Coronation Stout |
| The Broadway Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Matthew Brown & Co Ltd | Coronation Bitter Beer |
| Matthew Brown & Co Ltd | Kings Ale |
| Brutton Mitchell Toms Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Burtonwood Brewery (Forshaws) Ltd | Loyalty Ale |
| Bushell Watkins & Smith Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| William Butler & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| J W Cameron & Co Ltd | Sovereign Stout |
| Campbell Praed & Co Ltd | Coronation Brew |
| Carlsberg Brewery Ltd | Royal Lager |
| Carlise & District State Management Brewery | Crown Ale (naturally matured in bottle) |
| R. F. Case & Co Ltd | Elizabethan Ale |
| Castletown Brewery Ltd | Queen's Ale |
| Catterall & Swarbrick Ltd | Queen's Ale |
| The Ceylon Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Charrington & Co Ltd | Royal Toby Ale |
| Richard Clarke & Co | Coronation Ale |
| Cobb & Co Ltd | Crown IPA |
| Cobbold & Co Ltd | Coronation Pale Ale |
| Dale & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Daniell & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| James Deuchar Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Robert Deuchar Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| J A Devenish & Co Ltd | Coronation Beer |
| Drybrough & Company Ltd | '53 Ale |
| Dudgeon & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Dunmow Brewery Ltd | Coronation |
| Dutton's Blackburn Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| East African Breweries Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| East African Breweries Ltd Simonds | Coronation Lager |
| East Anglian Breweries Ltd | Ely Coronation Ale |
| Eldridge Pope & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Ely Brewery Co Ltd | Ely Coronation Ale |
| Evan Evans Bevan Ltd | Silver Crown Ale |
| Felinfoel Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Fremlins Ltd | Queens Ale |
| Friary Holroyd & Healy's Breweries Ltd | Sovereign |
| Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Sidney Fussell & Sons Ltd | Coronation Stout |
| Gibbs Mew & Co Ltd | Coronation Beer |
| Gordon & Blair (1923) Ltd | Coronation Strong Ale |
| Greene King & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| John Groves & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Groves & Whitnall Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Hall & Woodhouse Ltd | Coronation |
| Julia Hanson & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Harman Uxbridge Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Harvey & Son | Elizabethan Ale |
| G S Heath Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| J W Hemingway Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| J Hey & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| S H Higgs Ltd | Double Lion Pale Ale |
| Higson's Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Holden's Brewery Ltd | Coronation Stout |
| Holt Brothers Ltd. | Coronation Ale |
| Hope & Anchor Breweries Ltd | Royal Jubilee Stout |
| The Hull Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Hyde's Anvil Brewery Ltd | Anvil Brand Pale Ale |
| Hyde's Anvil Brewery Ltd | Pale Ale the Family Anvil |
| Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd | Commonwealth Ale |
| Jennings Brothers Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| John Joule & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Kemp Town Brewery Brighton Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Lancashire Clubs Brewery Ltd | Queens Ale |
| Leeds & Wakefield Breweries Ltd | Coronation Regal a Strong Ale |
| Marston Thompson & Evershed Ltd | Coronation Ale Dark Strong |
| Matthews & Co | Coronation Ale |
| Mauldon & Sons | Coronation Ale |
| McLennan & Urquhart Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| McMullen & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Meux's Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Treble Gold |
| Mitchells & Butler Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Moors & Robsons Breweries Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| J & J Morison Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Morland & Co Ltd | Monarch |
| Morland & Co Ltd | Queen's Toast |
| Morrells Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| William Murray & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| William Neesham Ltd | Coronation Stout |
| H Newnam & Sons Ltd | Coronation Strong Ale |
| Nicholson & Sons | Coronation Ale |
| J Nimmo & Son Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Okell & Son Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Paine & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| P. Phipps & Co Ltd | Double Crown |
| Portsmouth & Brighton United Breweries Ltd | Pompey Royal Coronation Brew |
| Thos. Ramsden & Son Ltd | Old Ram Coronation Brew |
| Randall's Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Rayment & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| David Roberts & Sons Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Frederic Robinson Ltd | Unicorn Coronation Ale |
| St Austell Brewery | Coronation Ale |
| Scarborough & Whitby Breweries Ltd | Queens Ale |
| Shepherd Neame Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Shrewbury & Wem Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| H & G Simonds Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Simonds Farsons Cisk Ltd | Crown Ale |
| Simpsons Brewery Ltd | Century Stout |
| Southams Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| South London Brewery Ltd | Elizabeth 1953 |
| John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Star Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Brew |
| Starkey Knight & Ford | Coronation Ale |
| Steel Coulson & Co Ltd | Coronation Export Ale |
| Steel Coulson & Co Ltd | Coronation Sweet Stout |
| Strong & Co of Romsey | Coronation Ale |
| Stroud Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Style & Winch | Coronation Brew Barley Wine |
| Tamplin & Sons Ltd | Queens Ale |
| Taylor Walker & Co Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Taylor Walker & Co Ltd | Coronation Vintage Ale |
| Tollemache's Breweries Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Tomson & Wotton Ltd | Coronation Ale 1953 |
| Ushers Wiltshire Brewery Ltd | Triple Crown |
| Thomas Usher & Son Ltd | Golden Rule |
| Vallances Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Wadworths & Co Ltd | Queen's Ale |
| Peter Walker (Warrington) Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd | Coronation |
| Webbs (Aberbeeg) Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd | Old Brown Coronation Ale |
| Welcome Brewery Co Ltd | Loyal Welcome Coronation Ale |
| Charles Wells Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Wells & Winch Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Richard Whitaker & Sons Ltd | Coronation Bitter |
| Whitworth, Son & Nephew Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries Ltd | Coronation Ale Old Ale |
| Wrekin Brewery Co Ltd | Coronation Wrekin Ale |
| Yorkshire Clubs Brewery Ltd | Coronation Beer |
| Young & Co Brewery Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| J J Young & Son Ltd | Coronation Strong Ale |
| George Younger & Son | Highland Ale |
| Robert Younger Ltd | Coronation Ale |
| Source: | |
| The Labologist's Society http://labology.org.uk/?page_id=1637 | |
You probably noticed that some names were quite popular. I can’t help myself from producing another table. This time breaking the beers down by their names:
| Coronation beer names | ||
| name | number | % of total |
| Coronation | 3 | 1.95% |
| Coronation Ale | 92 | 59.74% |
| Coronation Beer | 3 | 1.95% |
| Coronation Brew | 5 | 3.25% |
| Coronation + style | 10 | 6.49% |
| Crown | 7 | 4.55% |
| Elizabeth | 4 | 2.60% |
| Queen | 9 | 5.84% |
| Sovereign | 2 | 1.30% |
| monarch | 1 | 0.65% |
| Royal | 4 | 2.60% |
| other royal related | 3 | 1.95% |
| style | 8 | 5.19% |
| other | 3 | 1.95% |
| total | 154 | |
Also of interest is the spread of styles. You’d expect Strong Ales, but there are quite a few Stouts and even some Pale Ales and an IPA. Many give no indication of what style they might be.
Next time a brewer will tell us about brewing a Coronation Ale: “best brew since 1914”.
* Brewers' Almanack 1955 p.68.
Hi Ron , the Matthew Brown Kings Ale is probably the old Nuttall's Kings Ale(Blackburn), You'll know that Brown moved from Preston to Blackburn Ca 1927 and into what was the Nuttall brewery.
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