Major Yorkshire bottled pale ale producer?

[YeastWhisperer]

Who was the major Yorkshire bottled pale ale producer in the 1970s? I am assuming John Smith.

[GrowlingDogBeer]

John Smiths had Magnet Pale Ale bottled in the 1970's, but Tetleys would have been a very big brewery then so they could have been a more major bottler.

There were Stones and Websters around then as well but I don't think either of them were that big in the '70s in comparison to the top two.

[Cully]

Used to love going to Durham for a pint with mates as most pubs down there had Stones Bitter on tap which I really liked. It was predominantly S&N Beers here in Newcastle.

[robbarwell]

Stones bitter was everywhere here in Sheffield along with Wards...Both pronounced Stooinzus or Whaarrds..if you speak Dee Dar

[daf]

http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain ... _beer.html

[daf]

The Seventies was the age of the cans surely?

[YeastWhisperer]

I proposed the question because I am attempting to identify the source of NCYC 1333. On paper, NCYC 1333 appears to be more attenuative than Wyeast 1469. The culture was deposited in 1974, which is around the time that Courage overhauled the John Smith Brewery in Tadcaster.

NCYC 1333

Strain Information

Information:
Flocculent
O3/O4. Head forming Yorkshire Stone Square type recommended for bottled Pale ale.

Depositor : British Brewery
Deposit Name: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Month of deposit: January
Deposit Year: 1974
Habitat: Ale production strain.


Brewing Information

Description: N/A
Deposit: < 8mm
Head Formation: Good Head
Attenuation: 1.008-1.010
Clarity of Final Beer: 0-10
Fermentation Rate: 8-10°
Flocculence: Flocculent


I believe that the brewing information is based on 10% w/v (1.040) wort, which means that NCYC 1333 achieves 75% to 80% apparent attenuation. That attenuation level is too high for Wyeast 1469 (Timothy Taylor). The brewery from which the culture was deposited produced a well-attenuated beer.

[Stewb]

Theakstons?

[Hanglow]

Doubt that, I always though they were a bit small compared to the others?

might be wrong tbf wouldn't be the first time

[Stewb]

I may not have gone with them as the answer to the first question as to who was the biggest but they were expanding in the 70s and aquiring new breweries. The suggestion was more based on the association i make of them with bottling and stone square brewing

[YeastFace Brew Co.]

Sam Smith's?

[Eadweard]

Tetleys had Yorkshire squares, I think Sam Smith's still have some.