Beer Guide to the 1970s (part eighteen)

More 1970s breweries. And again, only one of the three is still knocking around.  Though another closed as recently as last year.

I tried beers from all the breweries. And I was very fond of the beers of two of them: Hydes and Jennings. It was a sad, sad day when the latter closed.

 

Hull
Hull,
East Yorkshire.
Founded:    1765
Closed:    1986
Tied houses:    210

Another rather odd brewery. Most of their tied houses were in the Hull area, though they extended up to Scarbrough in the North and to North Lincolnshire in the South. The beer was rough filtered and mostly served from ceramic cellar tanks. In the free trade, however, it was delivered in casks. After initially classifying the beers as real ale, CAMRA changed their minds in 1980 and considered it as bright beer. I quite liked the Bitter, was which sold on handpump in the Town Hall Tavern in Leeds. They were bought and closed by Mansfield Brewery in 1986.

beer	style	format	OG	description
Bitter	Pale Ale	draught	1037.75	well-balanced and fairly bitter
Light Mild	Mild	draught		could be described as a Light Bitter, mostly found in the West Riding
Mild	Mild	draught	1032.25	Dark Mild
Keg Bitter	Pale Ale	keg		less bitter than the draught Bitter
Top Score	Lager	keg	1037.9
Light Ale	Pale Ale	bottled
Pale Ale	Pale Ale	bottled		stronger and paler than the Light Ale
Mild	Mild	bottled		Dark Mild paler in the West Riding
Brown Ale	Brown Ale	bottled		sweeter and stronger than the Mild Ales
Anchor Export	Pale Ale	bottled		stronger than the Pale Ale
Double Anchor	Barley Wine	bottled

Hydes
Manchester,
Lancashire.
Founded:    1863
Closed:    still open
Tied houses:    50

Hydes was one of the smallest breweries in the Manchester area. Their pubs were mostly in North Manchester, though there were a few in North Wales.

beer	style	format	OG	description
Bitter	Pale Ale	draught	1036	well hopped
Mild	Mild	draught	1032	Dark Mild
Best Mild	Mild	draught	1034	A blend between the Bitter and the Mild
Anvil Strong Ale	Strong Ale	draught	1068	rich and heavy
Anvil Keg Bitter	Pale Ale	keg		with some character
Amboss	Lager	keg	1034.7
Anvil Ale	Pale Ale	bottled
Anvil Gold	Pale Ale	bottled	1042.7	strong Pale Ale
Anvil Strong Ale	Strong Ale	bottled		strong dark Ale
Anvil Brown Ale	Brown Ale	bottled
Anvil Stout	Stout	bottled	1041.4	Sweet Stout

Jennings
Cockermouth,
Cumbria.
Founded:    1828
Closed:    2023
Tied houses:    79

Based in the Lake District, Jennings had a pretty good reputation. I certainly enjoyed their beers. Their pubs were located in the Lakes, with some free trade stretching further south. They were purchased by Wolverhampton & Dudley in 2005. When they in turn were taken over by Carlsberg, the brewery was closed.

beer	style	format	OG	description
Bitter	Pale Ale	draught	1035	well hopped
Mild	Mild	draught	1033	Dark Mild
KB Keg Bitter	Pale Ale	keg		A high-gravity, well-flavoured keg beer which is not overgassed
Special Pale Ale	Pale Ale	bottled
Castle Pale Ale	Pale Ale	bottled	1034.8	stronger Pale Ale, the equivalent of the draught Bitter
Export	Pale Ale	bottled	1037.3	the strongest Pale Ale
Brown Ale	Brown Ale	bottled	1033.6	medium sweet