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As promised, here are the Barclay Perkins grists. Well, some of them.
I’ve decided to split them up to make the tables a bit more manageable, I’m kicking off with X Ale. Basically standing in for all of their Milds. Because X Ale was in all of the Mild parti-gyles and sometimes single-gyled.
When I started harvesting these records I was struck by how much the grists changed over a short period of time. Without there being external factor, like a war, forcing changes. I’m not really sure what to make of it. For example, why does one version randomly contain some lager malt?
Let’s take a look at the grains first. There are several ever-presents: pale, amber, crystal and mild malt, plus flaked maize. But only the pale and crystal malt percentages are reasonably constant at around 20% and 5%, respectively. While amber malt and flaked maize are all over the place, with a variation of over 100%.
Barclay Perkins X Ale grists 1935 - 1936 (malts)
Year
Beer
Style
OG
pale malt
amber malt
crystal malt
MA malt
SA malt
lager malt
flaked maize
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
23.55%
9.42%
6.28%
37.68%
17.27%
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
18.37%
7.65%
5.36%
43.62%
15.31%
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
18.66%
7.11%
5.33%
29.32%
14.22%
14.22%
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
19.03%
3.81%
5.71%
41.86%
5.71%
13.32%
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
19.23%
4.05%
5.06%
32.40%
16.20%
7.09%
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
19.42%
3.88%
5.18%
33.02%
16.19%
7.12%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/620.
There’s a similar story with the sugar:
Barclay Perkins X Ale grists 1935 - 1936 (sugar and hops)
Year
Beer
Style
OG
no. 2 sugar
no. 3 sugar
caramel
Martineau BS
hops
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
5.23%
0.58%
MK Fuggles, Kent Fuggles
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
9.18%
0.51%
MK Fuggles, Kent Fuggles
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
0.48%
10.66%
MK Fuggles, Kent Fuggles
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
10.15%
0.41%
Kent, MK Goldings
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
15.52%
0.45%
MK Fuggles, MK Goldings
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
14.68%
0.50%
MK Fuggles
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/620.
The only sugar used in every grist was caramel, which was used for colour. I would have expected No. 3 invert to be in all the grists. That’s the usual Mild sugar. It seems odd to find No. 2 invert, which was usually used in cheaper Pale Ales.
All of the hops were English and from Kent. Mostly Fuggles, but with some Goldings, too. Nothing unusual there, though a lot of brewers would have been using North American hops in the 1930’s.
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As promised, here are the Barclay Perkins grists. Well, some of them.
I’ve decided to split them up to make the tables a bit more manageable, I’m kicking off with X Ale. Basically standing in for all of their Milds. Because X Ale was in all of the Mild parti-gyles and sometimes single-gyled.
When I started harvesting these records I was struck by how much the grists changed over a short period of time. Without there being external factor, like a war, forcing changes. I’m not really sure what to make of it. For example, why does one version randomly contain some lager malt?
Let’s take a look at the grains first. There are several ever-presents: pale, amber, crystal and mild malt, plus flaked maize. But only the pale and crystal malt percentages are reasonably constant at around 20% and 5%, respectively. While amber malt and flaked maize are all over the place, with a variation of over 100%.
Barclay Perkins X Ale grists 1935 - 1936 (malts)
Year
Beer
Style
OG
pale malt
amber malt
crystal malt
MA malt
SA malt
lager malt
flaked maize
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
23.55%
9.42%
6.28%
37.68%
17.27%
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
18.37%
7.65%
5.36%
43.62%
15.31%
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
18.66%
7.11%
5.33%
29.32%
14.22%
14.22%
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
19.03%
3.81%
5.71%
41.86%
5.71%
13.32%
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
19.23%
4.05%
5.06%
32.40%
16.20%
7.09%
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
19.42%
3.88%
5.18%
33.02%
16.19%
7.12%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/620.
There’s a similar story with the sugar:
Barclay Perkins X Ale grists 1935 - 1936 (sugar and hops)
Year
Beer
Style
OG
no. 2 sugar
no. 3 sugar
caramel
Martineau BS
hops
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
5.23%
0.58%
MK Fuggles, Kent Fuggles
1935
X
Mild
1034.8
9.18%
0.51%
MK Fuggles, Kent Fuggles
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
0.48%
10.66%
MK Fuggles, Kent Fuggles
1936
X
Mild
1034.7
10.15%
0.41%
Kent, MK Goldings
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
15.52%
0.45%
MK Fuggles, MK Goldings
1936
X
Mild
1034.8
14.68%
0.50%
MK Fuggles
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/620.
The only sugar used in every grist was caramel, which was used for colour. I would have expected No. 3 invert to be in all the grists. That’s the usual Mild sugar. It seems odd to find No. 2 invert, which was usually used in cheaper Pale Ales.
All of the hops were English and from Kent. Mostly Fuggles, but with some Goldings, too. Nothing unusual there, though a lot of brewers would have been using North American hops in the 1930’s.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2017/09/barclay-perkins-x-ale-grists-1935-1936.html)