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Did I mention that I'm a deeply lazy person? I sometimes wonder what I could have achieved, had I not been such a lazy arse.

This information is a good case in point. A few years back I had a lightning visit to the West Yorkshire Archives in Leeds. In a frantic two hour session between the archive opening between and when the family picked me up in a taxi to go to the airport, I snapped as much as I could. to peruse later at my leisure.

The earliest records were from 1848. Yeah! But, rather than the pre-printed form with stuff filled in, they're totally handwritten. Which makes life much more difficult for me. Being a lazy bastard, i went straight to the 1858 records. Which are on pre-printed forms.

The 1848 records I'd just left untouched. Until this week. When I wanted to know when Tetley started brewing Pale Ale. When I has a trawl through them, looking for Pale Ale. Which I found. Then I realised: these things aren't as hard to read as I thought. Harvest time.

An interesting set. Especially the Pale Ale. Few breweries were making it in 1848. Mostly just in Pale Ale specialist towns like Burton and Edinburgh.

I was surpised at how much Porter Tetley brewed. The occasional Stout, but quite a lot of Porter. and loads of Mild, of all strengths. Five differnt ones.

A dream: all five 1848 Tetley Milds on draught in the Cardigan Arms.



Tetley's beers in 1848 - 1849


Date
Year
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
hops


27th Mar
1849
E.I. Pale
IPA
1065.6
1016.1
6.56
75.53%
19.78
5.57
English


24th Apr
1848
PA
Pale Ale
1067.9
1018.8
6.49
72.24%
21.44
6.04
English


1st Apr
1848
X1P
Porter
1063.7
1018.3
6.01
71.30%
10.40
2.66
English


14th Apr
1848
Stout
Stout
1077.6
1021.3
7.44
72.50%
12.12
3.70
English


18th Apr
1848
X
Mild
1049.9
1023.8
3.44
52.22%
6.53
1.36
English


5th Apr
1848
X1
Mild
1077.6
1027.1
6.67
65.00%
6.95
6.11
English


5th Apr
1848
X1 S
Mild
1069.3
1026.3
5.68
62.00%
6.95
2.95
English


12th Apr
1848
X2
Mild
1088.6
1025.5
8.36
71.25%
6.31
2.26
English


7th Apr
1848
X3
Mild
1099.2
1025.5
9.75
74.30%
6.37
2.54
English


Source:


Tetley brewing record held at the West Yorkshire Archives, document number WYL756/1/ACC1903.





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