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Temporary relief today from my dull holiday tales with a recipe. It's been a while, hasn't it, since the last one?

The summer having finally appeared, it seems a good time to publish a Stout recipe. Stout and summer are inextricably intertwined in my twisted mind. Why? Isn't it obvious? Sun, empire, set, West Indian Stout. See?

Barclay Perkins were lucky enough to have a couple of brewhouses of different sizes. At the main one they churned out their high-volume beers: X Ale, PA and XLK. In batches of more than 500 barrels. While the New Brewery concentrated on smaller run beers. Export PA, KK, KKK and a whole bunch of Stouts. The brew lengths of these beers varied from just 30 to 200 barrels.

These are the Stouts Barclay Perkins brewed in 1924 and 1925:




Barclay Perkins Stouts in the 1920's


Date
Year
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
dry hops (oz / barrel)
colour


20th May
1924
RNS
Stout
1055.1
1019.0
4.78
65.52%
7.49
1.75
2
1.75
0.00
320


26th May
1924
BSc
Stout
1066.0
1020.5
6.02
68.94%
8.00
2.44
2.5

4.00
340


5th Jun
1924
IBS
Stout
1061.0
1020.0
5.42
67.21%
8.50
2.21
2.5

2.00
340


11th Sep
1924
BS Ex
Stout
1072.5
1024.0
6.42
66.90%
14.00
4.62
2.5

8.00



17th Dec
1924
IBS Ex
Stout
1103.4
1040.0
8.39
61.32%
16.00
6.97
2.25
2
10.67
420


17th Dec
1924
TT blend
Porter
1026.0
1007.0
2.51
73.08%
16.00
1.11
2.25
2
0.00



31st Aug
1925
BBS Ex
Stout
1079.7
1029.5
6.64
62.99%
15.00
5.38
2.5

8.00
230


25th Sep
1925
OMS Experimental for bottling
Stout
1045.6
1014.0
4.18
69.31%
8.40
1.66
2

0.00
200


25th Sep
1925
OMS for bottling
Stout
1050.9
1017.5
4.41
65.59%
7.64
1.71
2

0.00
260


Source:


Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/611



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A word of explanation. BSc was a Stout brewed for the Scottish market. BS Ex was Export Brown Stout. IBS the domestic version of Russian Stout. IBS Ex the export version of Russian Stout. OMS was their Oatmeal Stout. TT was Porter. And RNS?

I'm fairly certain RNS was brewed for the Royal Navy. Hence the RN in the name. Not sure whether it made it onto ships. Hang on a minute. My dad was in the Royal Navy in the 1920's. I wonder if he ever drank RNS?

The grists for all the Stouts were generally similar, though only RNS BSc and OMS contained crystal malt. Black malt and roasted barley were swapped around a fair bit. One brew of a beer would use the one, another the other. Absolutely no pattern or consistency to it at all.

Dry hops vary quite a lot between the different Stouts. RNS, TT and OMS were the only ones to receive none at all. I can understand it in the case of the latter two. But why RNS wasn't dry hopped when similar Stouts were I've no idea. Apologies for being so little help.






I'm all ausgeworded. Let's give Kristen a chance to do his thing . . . . . .








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Kristen’s Version:

Notes: This one is going to be trouble for some of you b/c of the vast amounts of specialty malts. The three base malts are two proper English pale malts and a mild malt. Feel free to substitute for just a single one. If you go with a single mild, use English, not American. If you want to make it easy, a simple Maris otter will do marvelously. The amber and brown malt really do a great job of adding a lot of malty complexity in the toasty, cocoa range. The roasted barley gives a beautiful crimson hue to this bad boy so make sure and use your favorite. Oh, lest I forget. Do you see that ‘Roasted Barley – Copper’? That’s the amount of micronized (spice grinder) roasted barley you add directly to the copper. I found it doesn’t matter when you add it so just chuck it in at the start so you don’t forget! Don’t use American, you want something that’s sharp with character like Fawcett. The Invert No3 is mandatory*. You shouldn’t have a problem with this finishing too dry but be mindful of the yeast you choose as if its finishes too low it will gain a harshness to it. And yes, you read that right. Caramel. They added caramel to this dark bastard for whatever reason. It wasn’t a lot as you see but its there. Add it or don’t. Its up to you.

*re Invert No3 – Ok gents, if you don’t have invert 3, do not add plain sugar or golden syrup. You are much better off just going without for the whole thing. This will drop it down to a session stout for sure.


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