Singapore beers 1948 - 1950

I'm a bit late with this one. I wanted to write it just after I got back from Singapore. But, you know what it's like (or maybe not) when you get to my age. Things slip your mind.

In the period these analyses cover, Singapore had two rival brewing companies. The Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC) and Malayan Breweries Limited (MBL), which was a joint venture between Heineken and Fraser & Neave, a local soft drinks company. Both were established in the 1930s. MBL is now wholly owned by Heineken.

The Heineken connection is why I have these analyses and come from a sort of Heineken gravity book. Which lists, in addition to beers from their own breweries, products of rivals. Hence beers from both ABC and MBL.

Typically, for breweries in this part of Asia, there were two products: Pils and Stout. Which is what you still tend to find today. The successor to MBL, Asia Pacific Breweries still brew Anchor Stout, though, at just 6% ABV, it's a good bit weaker than the immediate post-WW II version. 

The Pilseners are about what you would expect, at around 1048º, 5% ABV and 75% apparent attenuation. The Stouts, on the other hand, are extremely dry. With over 95% apparent attenuation. That's drier than modern Guinness, but from a much higher starting gravity. They must have been pretty interesting beers. 

Singapore beers 1948 - 1950
Year	Brewer	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	package	Colour
1948	ABC	Pilsener	Pils	1049.64	1012.22	4.68	75.39%	bottled	0.48
1948	ABC	Pilsener	Pils	1033.68	1009.59	3.10	71.52%	bottled	0.2
1949	ABC	Pilsener	Pils	1049.64	1009.01	5.29	81.86%	bottled	0.35
1950	ABC	Anchor	Pils	1049.90	1010.73	5.07	78.50%	bottled	0.33
1950	ABC	Stout	Stout	1067.94	1002.15	8.67	96.84%	bottled	4 * 13
1949	MBL	Pils	Pils	1047.75	1011.04	4.74	76.88%	bottled	0.30
1950	MBL	Tiger	Pils	1049.69	1010.37	5.10	79.12%	bottled	0.48
1950	MBL	Stout	Stout	1068.20	1000.77	8.89	98.88%	bottled	4 * 14.5
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.