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And finally we’re there. With the last in the set of Flowers beers. You can recreate an authentic 1950’s Warwickshire pub experience in the privacy of your own shed. Or your home, if you’re single.

I’ve argued several times that the idea that all English Stouts became sweet after WW I is way wide of the mark. Drier, quite highly-attenuated versions continued to be produced right through until at least the 1970’s. But I won’t deny Sweet Stouts were very popular. Especially in the 1950’s. This is a Stout of that type.

The lactose is a bit of a giveaway that this is a Sweet Stout. Other than that, the grist has a fairly standard combination of pale, crystal and black malts plus sugar. The wheat malt I assume is for head retention. And, as always, there’s a touch of malt extract. The sugar in the original is something called Palatose, which I guess is some sort of proprietary dark sugar. Given the very dark colour of the finished beer, there must have been something pretty dark added. Perhaps just caramel.

Despite being a Sweet Stout, there’s quite robust hopping. Looks like they were going for the bittersweet of the stronger version of Mackeson. Which makes it more interesting than some Stouts of this type. No doubt it was eventually replaced by Mackeson after Flowers fell into Whitbread's hands. No point in competing with yourself.

The hops are a guess. All I know is that they came from Kent. Fuggles seem a good bet. This sort of Stout wouldn’t usually be a candidate for posher hops like Goldings.



1955 Flowers Stout


pale malt
5.25 lb
146.24%


crystal malt 60 L
0.33 lb
9.19%


No. 3 invert
0.67 lb
18.66%


lactose
1.00 lb
27.86%


wheat malt
0.67 lb
18.66%


black malt
0.67 lb
18.66%


malt extract
0.25 lb
6.96%


Fuggles 90 min
1.00 oz



Fuggles 60 min
1.00 oz



Fuggles 30 min
0.50 oz



OG
1039.8



FG
1014.5



ABV
3.35



Apparent attenuation
63.57%



IBU
35



SRM
75



Mash at
152º F



Sparge at
160º F



Boil time
90 minutes



pitching temp
58º F



Yeast
WLP007 Dry English Ale




I’ll have to think of another brewery now. What have I got? Fullers is a possibility. As is Ushers of Trowbridge. Or maybe I’ll just go 19th century.

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