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I’m so happy to have finally got my hands on a Newark brewing record. Especially as it’s from my favourite period: just before WW I.

And also because it matches up nicely with a Warwicks & Richardsons price list I have from 1906. It’s not a complete match, as I haven’t been able to find XXXX, B or Porter. On the other hand, there are a couple of beers that are in the brewing record, but not in the price list: HA (presumably Harvest Ale), XXX B and HB.

I’ve been rethinking my ideas on Edwardian Mild. It’s clear that, outside London, X Ale and XX Ale were often below 1050º. Warwicks XXXX Ale, which I haven’t found in the brewing record, probably had an OG in the low 1060s. That I haven’t found it implies that it wasn’t brewed very often.

Though XXX Ale, which is around the strength of a London X Ale, was the commonest of the Warwicks Milds. Looking at the price list, I would have guessed that the four Mild Ales were parti-gyled in various combinations. But this wasn’t the case. Mostly they were brewed single-gyle, as were the Pale Ales.



Warwicks & Richardsons beers in 1910


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


HA
Mild
1036.6
1013.0
3.11
64.39%
3.85
0.56
2
1.5
61.5º F
69º F


X
Mild
1043.8
1013.9
3.96
68.35%
4.98
0.86
2
1.5
61.5º F
69.5º F


XX
Mild
1048.5
1014.7
4.47
69.71%
4.95
0.95
2
1.5
61.5º F
70º F


XXX
Mild
1055.4
1016.3
5.17
70.50%
4.95
1.07
1.5

60º F
70º F


LBB
Pale Ale
1042.7
1012.5
3.99
70.78%
3.68
0.62
2
1.5
62º F
70º F


TA
Pale Ale
1050.1
1015.5
4.58
69.06%
5.82
1.00
2
1.5
62.5º F
69.5º F


BB
Pale Ale
1052.6
1015.8
4.87
70.00%
6.58
1.38
2
1.5
62º F
70º F


XXX B
Pale Ale
1049.9
1015.5
4.54
68.89%
6.58
1.31
2
1.5
62º F
70º F


IPA
IPA
1059.8
1018.0
5.53
69.91%
7.40
1.84
2
1.5
61º F
70º F


A
Strong Ale
1067.9
1022.4
6.01
66.94%
4.93
1.36
2
1.5
60º F
70º F


HB
Strong Ale
1062.9
1019.9
5.68
68.28%
4.00
1.00
2
1.5
60º F
70º F


SS
Stout
1053.7
1022.2
4.18
58.76%
4.83
1.12
2
1.5
60.5º F
70º F


DS
Stout
1069.3
1028.0
5.46
59.60%
4.80
1.46
2
1.5
63º F
70º F


Source:


Warwicks & Richardsons brewing record held at the Nottinghamshire Archives, document number DD/NM/8/4/1.




The Strong Ales look weaker than in London. A London KK was around 1075º and a KKK 1085º at this date. Even the stronger (and missing from the log) B would only have been around 1073º.

SS, Single Stout, is only about the strength of a London Porter. While DS, Double Stout, is well short of the 1080º gravity of Whitbread’s Double Stout in 1910.

The Pale Ales are the one set that are similar to London strength. Whitbread’s four Pale Ales in 1910 ranged from 1048º to 1063º. Though their IPA was one of the weaker examples at just 1049º Whitbread’s strongest Pale Ale was simply called PA.



Warwicks & Richardsons beers and prices in 1910


Beer
Style
OG
price per barrel
price per gravity point


HA
Mild
1036.6




X
Mild
1043.8
36
0.823


XX
Mild
1048.5
42
0.866


XXX
Mild
1055.4
48
0.866


LBB
Pale Ale
1042.7
36
0.844


TA
Pale Ale
1050.1
42
0.838


BB
Pale Ale
1052.6
48
0.912


XXX B
Pale Ale
1049.9




IPA
IPA
1059.8
54
0.903


A
Strong Ale
1067.9
60
0.884


HB
Strong Ale
1062.9




SS
Stout
1053.7
42
0.782


DS
Stout
1069.3
48
0.693


Sources:


Warwicks & Richardsons brewing record held at the Nottinghamshire Archives, document number DD/NM/8/4/1.


Lincolnshire Chronicle - Tuesday 25 December 1906, page 1.





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