COURAGE & CO : PORTERS & STOUTS 1858

 How Do All ,

Today`s final analysis post is one on my recently completed analyses of the Porters & Stouts ,

As brewed at the Anchor Brewhouse , Horsleydown by Courage & Co .

As with the the excellent receipt for their Porter , the information on which my results are based,

Are from the Courage Diary of Brewing 1858 from the Courage - Barclay, Perkins archives ,

Cared for by the helpfull & friendly team at The London Archives on Northampton Rd ,

Cat No : ACC 2305 / 08 / 274 .

This table & analysis C Edd Mather 2025

Courage & Co 

The Anchor Brewery

Horsleydown 

Southwark

London

Courage`s Anchor Brewhouse Photo;
Ex Brewery History Society Webpage on Courage & Co 

                               An Analysis of Porters & Stouts 1858

QUALITY	DATE	ORIGINAL	I B U	A B V
PORTER	Thu  07/01/1858	1.054	38	6.7  %
PORTER	Tue  30/03/1858	1.055.25	44	6.8  %
PORTER	Thu  12/08/1858	1.056	52	6.5  %
PORTER	Fri    24/12/1858	1.054.25	48	6.7  %
K PORTER	Fri    19/11/1858	1.059.75	86	7.0  %
STOUT	Fri    23/04/1858	1.068.25	62	7.7  %
STOUT  *	Fri    16/06/1858	1.069.25	66	7.8  %
STOUT  *	Fri    15/10/1858	1.068.25	70	7.8  %
STOUT	Wed 03/11/1858	1.068	68	7.8  %
STOUT	Wed 29/12/1858	1.067.75	62	7.8  %
K STOUT	Sat   20/11/1858	1.072	94	8.5  %
K STOUT	Fri   10/12/1858	1.071	90	8.3  %
DOUBLE STOUT	Fri    11/01/1858	1.081	80	9.5  %
DOUBLE STOUT *	Fri    15/10/1858	1.079.5	74	9.3  %
K DOUBLE STOUT	Fri    15/01/1858	1.083.5	108	9.5  %
Double Brown Stout	Thu  25/02/1858	1.082.5	74	9.7  %
Double Brown Stout *	Fri    10/12/1858	1.080.25	78	9.4  %
Double Brown Stout	Wed 22/12/1858	1.080.5	74	9.4  %

* 

Denotes a brewing as Parti Gyled 

Cheers All 🍻 , 

Edd 

WATKINS & SON : BEERS 1898 - 1899

 How Do All ,

In this admittedly brief info post , I`ve included the analysis table of brewings at Hereford ;

From the notebook of William Binnie that`s part of the small Mark Binnie & Co collection ,

It`s Self part of the larger and , internationally important Scottish Brewing Archive . 

This fascinating pocket sized notebook is cared for by the helpfull and friendly team 

Up in Glasgow at The University of Glasgow Special Collections & Archives on Thurso St .

This table & Article C Edd Mather 2025 

Watkins & Son 

The Imperial Brewery

Bewell Street 

Hereford 

Photo of the Brewery Yard : From the Brewery History Society Page on ,
Hereford & Tredegar Breweries Ltd 

                                       SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF BEERS BREWED

                                                                 1898  - 1899  

GYLE	QUALITY	DATE	ORIGINAL	I B U	A B V
11	S . B	30 / 11 / 1898	1.046	40	5.2  %
24	S . B	06 / 01 / 1899	1.044	38	4.9  %
22	G . B	25 / 11 / 1898	1.056	50	6.3  %
21	G . B	29 / 12 / 1898	1.049	44	5.4  %
31	G . B	26 / 01 / 1899	1.052	48	5.6  %
3	X . B	11 / 11 / 1898	1.062	52	6.4  %
12	X . B	02 / 12 / 1898	1.059	60	6.6  %
22	X . B	30 / 12 / 1898	1.058	62	6.6  %
18	X . S	21 / 12 / 1898	1.068	44	7.8  %
32	X . S	31 / 01 / 1899	1.068	40	7.9  %
2	F . M	09 / 11 / 1898	1.043	26	4.8  %
16	F . M	14 / 12 / 1898	1.044	22	4.9  %
35 *	F . M	08 / 03 / 1899	1.043	32	4.8  %
1	S . M	08 / 11 / 1898	1.048	32	5.5  %
15	S . M	13 / 12 / 1898	1.048	32	5.5  %
27	S . M	12 / 01 / 1899	1.049	30	5.6  %
5	G . M	16 / 11 / 1898	1.056	34	6.0  %
8	G . M,	23 / 11 / 1898	1.056	42	6.0  %
36 *	G . M	09 / 03 / 1899	1.055	34	5.8  %

                                                           

* Denotes a Brewing for Samuel Allsopp & Co Ltd 

Cheers All 🍻

Edd