Unusual names for a Stout #15; K Luncheon

September 9, 2018

by Peter D

Nice old label from Devenish & Co and I can understand Luncheon Stout, but why did they need to add the K in front. Is that similar to the use of AK and KK by other brewers?

1 Comment

Edd Mather

10 September, 2018
at 7:35 pm

Hi All,
I imagine that the prefix “K” possibly referred to the maturation and packaging process, with a good, well matured beer being the result, as K usually means ‘Store/Mature in beers as a prefix.
A. K, is a different beast, usually a Light Bitter, though a K.. A, would probably be a Keeping Ale ; and just to confuse matters, Tetley’s of Leeds used the suffix “K” for their Bitter between 1868 and 1916!!.
Cheers
Edd Mather