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It's now time to take a look at the grists from the 1880's X Ales. Dead exciting, I know. But try not to get too enthusiastic. There are a few more instalments in this series still to come.
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The grists are beginning to get a bit more exciting, but not much. With one exception: Fullers X and XX. Which use amber malt as a base. That could be a tricky one to recreate, distatic amber not being the easiest malt to lay your hands on. That aside, the brown malt in the one Barclay Perkins X Ale is the only malt other than pale malt in the London Milds. The majority are just pale malt and sugar.
Half of the provincial X Ales, those from Tetley and William Younger, have the simplest grist of all: 100% pale malt. The beers from Usher and Hodgson both contain a smidgen of black malt, presumably as colouring. The Usher beer also has some high-dried malt., whatever that means. It's such a vague term - apparently covering everything from slightly darker pale malt through to almost brown malt. I'll leave you to guess which end of the spectrum this malt lies at.
I'd expected the sugar content in London Milds. All but one Barclay Perkins X Ale contain some. In the 15-20% range that you would expect. But where are the adjuncts? Not a single beer has any maize or rice. I'm surprised.
The provincial brewers seem to have been less keen on sugar. Truman's Burton brewery used a little. Only Hodgson used an amount similar to the London brewers. What they did use though was a bit of black malt. A couple of them. I've seen odd examples very small quantities used in X Ales from the first half of the 19th century. It got more common towards the end of the century, but was still by no means universal.
Unfortunately, in many cases the brewing records don't specify the type of sugar. Is it No. 1 invert or No. 3 invert? Or is it something completely different? No idea is the only answer I can give you. I'd need to go rummaging through their purchase records or stock books (if they still exist) to work that out.
Next time it'll be 1900 or so. At least that's the plan. But you know me. My plans are elastic.
London X Ale grists in the 1880's
Date
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
pale malt
brown malt
amber malt
no. 1 sugar
no. 3 sugar
Other sugar
4th May
1886
Barclay Perkins
X
Mild
1055.0
1010.0
5.96
81.87%
6.42
1.61
81.82%
18.18%
24th Jun
1886
Barclay Perkins
X
Mild
1064.0
1015.0
6.49
76.63%
8.00
1.97
72.57%
27.43%
3rd May
1887
Barclay Perkins
XX
Mild
1078.0
1024.9
7.02
68.04%
16.00
5.85
85.71%
14.29%
19th Oct
1886
Whitbread
X
Mild
1061.2
1015.8
6.01
74.21%
9.11
2.38
91.40%
8.60%
12th Nov
1885
Whitbread
XL
Mild
1071.2
1020.8
6.67
70.82%
8.13
2.48
92.31%
7.69%
19th May
1886
Truman
X Ale
Mild
1052.6
8.0
1.88
86.30%
13.70%
19th May
1886
Truman
X Ale
Mild
1058.7
8.0
2.09
86.30%
13.70%
23rd Apr
1887
Fuller
X
Mild
1054.6
1020.5
4.51
62.44%
6.64
1.63
78.75%
21.25%
23rd Apr
1887
Fuller
XX
Mild
1064.8
1023.3
5.50
64.10%
6.64
1.93
78.75%
21.25%
Sources:
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/051 and LMA/4453/D/01/052.
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/584.
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number B/THB/C/166.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udgibD5bZtg/UL2sfosqiGI/AAAAAAAANEc/Be-xhj8uYcM/s320/London_X_Ale_grists_1880s.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udgibD5bZtg/UL2sfosqiGI/AAAAAAAANEc/Be-xhj8uYcM/s1600/London_X_Ale_grists_1880s.jpg)
Provincial X Ale grists in the 1880's
Date
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
pale malt
black malt
sugar
high dried malt
11th May
1888
Tetley
X
Mild
1046.0
1016.1
3.96
65.06%
4.31
0.69
100.00%
11th May
1888
Tetley
X1
Mild
1053.7
1016.6
4.91
69.07%
5.31
1.02
100.00%
14th May
1888
Tetley
X2
Mild
1063.2
1016.6
6.16
73.68%
8.40
2.02
100.00%
13th Jun
1888
Tetley
X3
Mild
1071.2
1016.1
7.29
77.43%
12.00
3.57
100.00%
22nd May
1885
William Younger
X
Mild
1048
1009
5.16
81.25%
5.29
0.99
100.00%
24th May
1885
William Younger
XX
Mild
1056
1012
5.82
78.57%
6.19
1.53
100.00%
1st June
1885
William Younger
XXX
Mild
1065
1021
5.82
67.69%
6.67
1.86
100.00%
9th Jan
1885
Thomas Usher
X
Mild
1050
1013
4.89
74.00%
9.00
2.00
94.55%
0.47%
4.98%
18th Jan
1887
Truman (Burton)
A
Mild
1052.1
1012.2
5.28
76.60%
7.19
1.40
95.74%
4.26%
18th Jan
1887
Truman (Burton)
8
Mild
1054.0
1013.9
5.31
74.36%
7.19
1.45
95.74%
4.26%
8th Feb
1887
Truman (Burton)
7
Mild
1061.2
1016.6
5.90
72.85%
5.90
1.46
94.74%
5.26%
19th Jan
1887
Truman (Burton)
6
Mild
1066.5
1019.9
6.16
70.00%
6.64
1.95
89.55%
10.45%
8th Jan
1886
Hodgson
XX
Mild
1063.71
5.23
1.32
81.13%
0.44%
18.44%
Sources:
Tetley brewing record held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds document number WYL756/44/ACC1903
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive document number WY/6/1/2/31
Thomas Usher brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive document number TU/6/1/1.
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number B/THB/BUR/11.
Hodgson brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/08/253.
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It's now time to take a look at the grists from the 1880's X Ales. Dead exciting, I know. But try not to get too enthusiastic. There are a few more instalments in this series still to come.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hyzUxtVfA98/UL2riaeINyI/AAAAAAAANEM/qNEgdB8kOt8/s1600/Tetleys_Family_Ale_1964.jpg)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bZev0O8wuW4/UL2rwos72hI/AAAAAAAANEU/cnbFq5SA8nk/s320/Tetleys_Family_Ale.jpg (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bZev0O8wuW4/UL2rwos72hI/AAAAAAAANEU/cnbFq5SA8nk/s1600/Tetleys_Family_Ale.jpg)
The grists are beginning to get a bit more exciting, but not much. With one exception: Fullers X and XX. Which use amber malt as a base. That could be a tricky one to recreate, distatic amber not being the easiest malt to lay your hands on. That aside, the brown malt in the one Barclay Perkins X Ale is the only malt other than pale malt in the London Milds. The majority are just pale malt and sugar.
Half of the provincial X Ales, those from Tetley and William Younger, have the simplest grist of all: 100% pale malt. The beers from Usher and Hodgson both contain a smidgen of black malt, presumably as colouring. The Usher beer also has some high-dried malt., whatever that means. It's such a vague term - apparently covering everything from slightly darker pale malt through to almost brown malt. I'll leave you to guess which end of the spectrum this malt lies at.
I'd expected the sugar content in London Milds. All but one Barclay Perkins X Ale contain some. In the 15-20% range that you would expect. But where are the adjuncts? Not a single beer has any maize or rice. I'm surprised.
The provincial brewers seem to have been less keen on sugar. Truman's Burton brewery used a little. Only Hodgson used an amount similar to the London brewers. What they did use though was a bit of black malt. A couple of them. I've seen odd examples very small quantities used in X Ales from the first half of the 19th century. It got more common towards the end of the century, but was still by no means universal.
Unfortunately, in many cases the brewing records don't specify the type of sugar. Is it No. 1 invert or No. 3 invert? Or is it something completely different? No idea is the only answer I can give you. I'd need to go rummaging through their purchase records or stock books (if they still exist) to work that out.
Next time it'll be 1900 or so. At least that's the plan. But you know me. My plans are elastic.
London X Ale grists in the 1880's
Date
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
pale malt
brown malt
amber malt
no. 1 sugar
no. 3 sugar
Other sugar
4th May
1886
Barclay Perkins
X
Mild
1055.0
1010.0
5.96
81.87%
6.42
1.61
81.82%
18.18%
24th Jun
1886
Barclay Perkins
X
Mild
1064.0
1015.0
6.49
76.63%
8.00
1.97
72.57%
27.43%
3rd May
1887
Barclay Perkins
XX
Mild
1078.0
1024.9
7.02
68.04%
16.00
5.85
85.71%
14.29%
19th Oct
1886
Whitbread
X
Mild
1061.2
1015.8
6.01
74.21%
9.11
2.38
91.40%
8.60%
12th Nov
1885
Whitbread
XL
Mild
1071.2
1020.8
6.67
70.82%
8.13
2.48
92.31%
7.69%
19th May
1886
Truman
X Ale
Mild
1052.6
8.0
1.88
86.30%
13.70%
19th May
1886
Truman
X Ale
Mild
1058.7
8.0
2.09
86.30%
13.70%
23rd Apr
1887
Fuller
X
Mild
1054.6
1020.5
4.51
62.44%
6.64
1.63
78.75%
21.25%
23rd Apr
1887
Fuller
XX
Mild
1064.8
1023.3
5.50
64.10%
6.64
1.93
78.75%
21.25%
Sources:
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/051 and LMA/4453/D/01/052.
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/584.
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number B/THB/C/166.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udgibD5bZtg/UL2sfosqiGI/AAAAAAAANEc/Be-xhj8uYcM/s320/London_X_Ale_grists_1880s.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udgibD5bZtg/UL2sfosqiGI/AAAAAAAANEc/Be-xhj8uYcM/s1600/London_X_Ale_grists_1880s.jpg)
Provincial X Ale grists in the 1880's
Date
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
pale malt
black malt
sugar
high dried malt
11th May
1888
Tetley
X
Mild
1046.0
1016.1
3.96
65.06%
4.31
0.69
100.00%
11th May
1888
Tetley
X1
Mild
1053.7
1016.6
4.91
69.07%
5.31
1.02
100.00%
14th May
1888
Tetley
X2
Mild
1063.2
1016.6
6.16
73.68%
8.40
2.02
100.00%
13th Jun
1888
Tetley
X3
Mild
1071.2
1016.1
7.29
77.43%
12.00
3.57
100.00%
22nd May
1885
William Younger
X
Mild
1048
1009
5.16
81.25%
5.29
0.99
100.00%
24th May
1885
William Younger
XX
Mild
1056
1012
5.82
78.57%
6.19
1.53
100.00%
1st June
1885
William Younger
XXX
Mild
1065
1021
5.82
67.69%
6.67
1.86
100.00%
9th Jan
1885
Thomas Usher
X
Mild
1050
1013
4.89
74.00%
9.00
2.00
94.55%
0.47%
4.98%
18th Jan
1887
Truman (Burton)
A
Mild
1052.1
1012.2
5.28
76.60%
7.19
1.40
95.74%
4.26%
18th Jan
1887
Truman (Burton)
8
Mild
1054.0
1013.9
5.31
74.36%
7.19
1.45
95.74%
4.26%
8th Feb
1887
Truman (Burton)
7
Mild
1061.2
1016.6
5.90
72.85%
5.90
1.46
94.74%
5.26%
19th Jan
1887
Truman (Burton)
6
Mild
1066.5
1019.9
6.16
70.00%
6.64
1.95
89.55%
10.45%
8th Jan
1886
Hodgson
XX
Mild
1063.71
5.23
1.32
81.13%
0.44%
18.44%
Sources:
Tetley brewing record held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds document number WYL756/44/ACC1903
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive document number WY/6/1/2/31
Thomas Usher brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive document number TU/6/1/1.
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number B/THB/BUR/11.
Hodgson brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/08/253.
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