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This seems to be turning into AK week. Nothing wrong with that. I never get bored of the topic.

Back in 1901, AK was Boddington's joint weakest beer along with X Mild Ale. Their other Pale Ale, IPA, was considerably stronger at 1056º. This is the beer which eventually became Boddington's Bitter, after many transformations.

Not much changed between 1901 and the start of WW I. Just a couple of points knocked off the gravity. The first war years saw the gravity drop another couple of points. And then it all comes to a grinding halt in the spring of 1917. That's no coincidence.

April 1917 saw new government-imposed restrictions on brewing. Ones which prompted breweries to take a close look at their beer ranges. Most dropped beers, usually the less popular or super-strong ones. Some, like Truman's Burton brewery, went further, discontuining everything and introducing a totally different range.

Boddinton went for a drastic pruning. Of the seven beers they produced at the start of 1917 (XX, BB and XXX Mild Ales; CC Strong Ale; IPA, AK and Stout) only XX, IPA and Stout survived. Boddington would never brew such a large variety of beers again. And their AK would never return.

Note how the hopping rate was halved between 1903 and 1913. That's a big, big change, I can't imagine that it happened overnight, more likely a gradual, less noticeable process.



Boddington AK 1901 - 1917


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


12th Dec
1901
1046
1013
4.37
71.74%
8.00
1.48


9th July
1902
1046
1010
4.76
78.26%
8.00
1.48


7th May
1903
1046
1010
4.76
78.26%
8.00
1.48


29th Jan
1913
1042
1011
4.10
73.81%
3.21
0.73


9th Jul
1914
1044
1013
4.10
70.45%
2.92
0.57


5th May
1915
1039
1010
3.84
74.36%
4.07
0.90


16th May
1916
1040
1010
3.97
75.00%
3.79
0.90


1st Feb
1917
1039
1017
2.91
56.41%
3.33
0.81


Sources:


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/126.


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/126.


Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/127.





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