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Time to take a look at Boddington’s beers at the turn of the 20th century.

For quite a small provincial brewery, they had a surprisingly large range of beers. Especially as they didn’t parti-gyle much. They brewed four Mild Ales, two Pale Ales, two Stouts and one Strong Ale. Not bad at all.

Especially if you compare it with what they brewed in the 1980’s: one Bitter and one Mild. That was it. Until they bought Oldham, when they added that brewery’s Bitter and Mild. Still not exactly varies. But something similar happened at many of the UK’s older breweries. When bottled beer went out of fashion, brewers dropped their Brown Ales and Stouts, buying them in instead, if needed.

I’ve been wondering recently if the London beers I’ve mostly concentrated on were typical of the country as a whole. Especially after I saw how weak some of the Adnams’ beers were. The set from Boddies has reassured me. As the gravities are pretty much in line with those in London. OK, the weakest Mild has a gravity a bit on the low side. But that wasn’t their big seller. Their two main Milds, XX and XXX, are generally similar to Whitbread’s X and XK.

The same is sort of true of the Pale Ales. Though Whitbread didn’t brew an AK-strength beer, I know 1045 is a typical gravity for this class of beer. Boddies IPA is right in the middle of Whitbread’s set of Pale Ales. The biggest differences I can see are that Whitbread brewed a larger range of Pale Ales and hopped them a bit more heavily.

Taking Boddies Single Stout as a Porter under a different name, the Manchester brewer’s beers are broadly the same as the two weakest Whitbread beers. The hopping, though, again being heavier in the London beers.

Finally, Boddies Strong Ale, BB, which has a higher OG than any of Whitbread’s Stock Ales. In this case, the hopping in Manchester is much lower than in London.

Not forgetting boil times, which were around 30 minutes longer at Boddington. Wonder why that was?



Boddington beers in 1901


Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
Pitch temp


3rd Dec
X
Mild
1045
1010
4.63
77.78%
5.62
1.01
2

60º F


11th Dec
XX
Mild
1052
1016
4.76
69.23%
5.67
1.20
2.17
2.25
60.25º F


2nd Dec
XXX
Mild
1059
1018
5.42
69.49%
5.66
1.35
2.25
2.33
60º F


5th Dec
XXXX
Mild
1068
1022
6.09
67.65%
5.91
1.66
2.33

60.5º F


12th Dec
AK
Pale Ale
1046
1013
4.37
71.74%
8.00
1.48
2.25

59.5º F


19th Dec
IPA
IPA
1054
1015
5.16
72.22%
9.71
2.10
2.25

60º F


12th Dec
DS
Stout
1067.5
1023
5.89
65.93%
5.38
1.56
2.25

60º F


6th Dec
S
Stout
1051
1015
4.76
70.59%
5.50
1.16
2.25

60º F


17th Dec
BB
Strong Ale
1086
1030
7.41
65.12%
8.42
2.63
2.75

60º F


Source:


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/125.






Whitbread beers in 1901


Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
Pitch temp


20th Jun
XK
Ale
1061.2
1017
5.85
72.24%
6.03
1.63
1.75
1.75
60º


20th Jun
X
Mild
1054.2
1014
5.31
74.15%
6.03
1.44
1.75
1.75
60º


25th Jun
2PA
Pale Ale
1053.7
1014
5.26
73.95%
9.85
2.39
1.5
1.42
57.5º


27th Jun
FA
Pale Ale
1051.8
1013
5.13
74.90%
10.92
2.54
1.5
1.75
58º


15th Jun
PA
Pale Ale
1058.4
1017
5.48
70.91%
10.98
2.93
1.5
2
58º


31st May
KK
Stock Ale
1073
1030
5.69
58.91%
12.00
4.03
1.75
2
57º


31st May
2KKK
Stock Ale
1078.7
1033
6.05
58.07%
12.00
4.35
1.75
2
57º


31st May
KKK
Stock Ale
1082.8
1036
6.19
56.53%
12.00
4.58
1.75
2
57º


11th Feb
C
Porter
1054.7
1015
5.26
72.60%
6.86
1.86
1.5
1.75
60º


14th Feb
P
Porter
1055.7
1015
5.38
73.06%
7.52
1.70
1.75
2
60º


25th Feb
CS
Stout
1055.5
1016
5.23
71.18%
6.91
1.79
1.75
2
60º


8th May
S
Stout
1072.5
1028
5.89
61.39%
8.57
3.15
1.75
1.75
57º


20th Feb
SS
Stout
1087.6
1033
7.22
62.31%
8.55
3.74
1.75
2.17
57º


13th Mar
SSS
Stout
1096.1
1042
7.16
56.29%
8.51
4.25
1.75
2
57º


Source:


Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/066 and LMA/4453/D/09/095.




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