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My apologies for posting just the brewing record of a Barclay Perkins EI (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.nl/2012/11/another-boring-technical-post.html). It made me realise that I hadn't ever posted a recipe for EI. Time to put that right.

As this is a spontaneous and unscheduled Let's Brew, you're going to have to put up with my crappy recipe. No time to call in Kristen.

EI stands for Export India. This is the Porter that Barclay Perkins produced for the Indian market. It's the Porter equivalent of IPA. As I keep reminding anyone who will listen, there was probably more Porter exported to India than Pale Ale. But for some reason that seems to have been forgotten, with everyone focusing competely on IPA. It's most likely a class thing, IPA having been drunk by officers and officials, Porter by the ordinary soldiers.

This beer had legs. Most likely it had its origins in the 19th century. The first one I've found is from 1805 and the last 1910. That last date is long after IPA had finished making the long journey east.

The recipe is pretty much what you would expect: a standard-strength Porter with a shitload of hops. Hang on. I think I feel a table coming on.




Barclay Perkins Porters and Stouts in 1859


Date
Year
Beer
Style
OG
OG
FG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
Pitch temp


14th Oct
1859
TT
Porter
21.7
1060.1
6.1
1017.0
5.70
71.72%
16.79
4.06
68º


19th Oct
1859
Hhd
Porter
22.5
1062.3
6.0
1016.5
6.06
73.53%
18.43
4.03
68º


7th Oct
1859
FS Expt
Stout
23.2
1064.3
6.0
1016.5
6.32
74.32%
17.88
4.66
66.5º


10th Nov
1859
EI
Porter
23.3
1064.5
6.0
1016.5
6.36
74.43%
20.15
4.93
68º


5th Oct
1859
BS
Stout
33.4
1092.5
10.3
1028.5
8.47
69.20%
16.17
8.15
60.5º


21st Oct
1859
BS PV
Stout
33.9
1093.9
10.5
1029.0
8.59
69.12%
14.31
7.41
58.5º


9th Nov
1859
BS K
Stout
34
1094.2
10.1
1028.0
8.76
70.27%
19.93
9.40
58º


2nd Nov
1859
BS ex
Stout
34.4
1095.3
10.5
1029.0
8.77
69.57%
19.31
8.82
59º


25th Oct
1859
IBS
Stout
38
1105.3
11.9
1033.0
9.56
68.65%
15.19
9.60
57º


Source:


Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/544.



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Mmmm. Every one of those beers is hopped like crazy. 19 or 20 pounds per quarter is IPA level. That really is insane. I wouldn't like to guess about the IBU's. Probably as many as you can cram into a beer.







Just a quick post. That's me done. Time to hand you over to . . . . me . . . . .










10th November 1859 Barclay Perkins EI





malt
type
pounds
%




pale malt
HP
4.25
41.06%




pale malt
SP
3.25
31.40%




brown malt
HB
2
19.32%




amber malt
HA
0.5
4.83%




black malt

0.35
3.38%




total

10.35
100.00%





gallons
water temp
init. Temp
mashed (mins)
tap temp.


mash 1
2.5
156


146


mash 2
1.75
179


162


mash 3
2.25
156


158


total
6.5






type
year
oz.





MK
1859
11





total

11





start of boil
6 oz






after 60 mins
2.5 oz






after 90 mins
2.5 oz






boil time (hours)
2






dry hops
1 oz






pitching temp (ºF)
68






gravity (OG)
1065






gravity (FG)
1016.5






ABV
6.42






apparent attenuation
74.62%






Source:







Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/544.








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