Dutch Pils in 1941

I've posted enough about Heineken. What was happening at other Dutch brewers? Pretty much exactly the same. Which shouldn’t come as any surprise.

Everyone had reduced the gravity of their Pils to something under 10º Plato. Averaged out, the numbers look very similar to Heineken’s version, which was OG 8.5º Plato, 3.2% ABV, 72.24% apparent attenuation, in case you’ve forgotten.

There are a couple of outliers with gravities over 10º Plato, but they could just be old stock.

Colour is more variable than you might expect, though, it being on weird Brand scale, it’s not immediately evident. This should help out. The minimum value of 0.37 Brand = 7 EBC, and the maximum value of 0.72 Brand = 11.9 EBC.
 

Dutch Pils in 1941
Date	Brewer	Town	OG Plato	FG Plato	ABV	App. Atten-uation	Colour
15th Apr	Coolen	Eindhoven	8.85	2.29	3.38	74.80%	0.55
30th May	ZHB	Den Haag	10.60	3.13	3.86	71.34%	0.52
30th May	Van Vollenhoven	Amsterdam	7.62	1.86	2.93	76.15%	0.4
30th May	Amstel	Amsterdam	9.93	1.79	4.24	82.55%	0.4
30th May	Grolsch	Groenlo	8.53	2.30	3.18	73.70%	0.37
30th May	Oranjeboom	Rotterdam	8.22	2.46	2.74	70.76%	0.6
27th May	Heineken	Amsterdam	9.08	2.17	3.56	76.75%	0.38
3rd Jun	Phoenix	Amersfoort	8.65	3.79	2.49	57.03%	0.52
3rd Jun	Drie Hoefijzers	Breda	10.04	2.95	3.66	71.44%	0.55
5th Jun	ZHB	Den Haag	9.07	2.63	3.29	71.74%	0.52
5th Jun	Amstel	Amsterdam	8.49	1.73	3.46	80.17%	0.42
5th Jun	Grolsch	Groenlo	8.55	2.30	3.20	73.77%	0.45
5th Jun	de Schaapskooi	Tilburg	8.31	1.92	3.26	77.48%	0.72
5th Jun	Van Vollenhoven	Amsterdam	8.75	1.87	3.56	79.21%	0.4
16th Jun	Phoenix	Amersfoort	8.66	3.04	2.92	65.68%	0.48
17th Sep	Oranjeboom	Rotterdam	8.63	1.49	3.66	83.22%	0.52
	Average		8.87	2.36	3.34	74.11%	0.49
Source:
Rapporten van laboratoriumonderzoeken naar producten van Heinekenbrouwerijen in binnen- en buitenland en naar producten van andere brouwerijen held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1794.