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Boddington started the war brewing just four beers: Mild, Bitter, Stout and Strong Ale. Which is about the minimum you would expect from an English brewery. Like many breweries, their range had been drastically pruned in WW I and had never recovered. Still more interesting than in the 1980s, when they brewed just two beers: Bitter and Mild.
Compared to a London brewer, Boddington’s beers are rather modest in gravity. IP, for example, is around the same strength as a London Ordinary Bitter. While XX is between a London 4d Ale (1030-32º) and a 5d Ordinary Mild (1037-38º). The Stout is around 10º weaker than a London draught Stout, though I assume Boddington’s was only sold in bottled form.
All the beers are reasonably well hopped, but especially the Mild, with almost 8lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt. 4 to 5 lbs per quarter was more typical for a Mild brewed outside London. Combined with the relatively high degree of attenuation, this must have left the Bitter and Mild quite dry, bitter beers.
In terms of strength, there had been minimal changes to Boddington’s beers since 1920, when these were their gravities:
IP
1046
XX
1034
CC
1057
Stout
1051
Only the Stout had seen any real change in its strength. Which sort of sums the interwar period, which was one of great stability in terms of gravities and price.
Boddington beers in 1939
Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
calcu-lated IBU
3rd Jan
IP
Pale Ale
1045
1010
4.63
77.78%
6.92
1.39
48
3rd Jan
XX
Mild
1033.8
1007
3.54
79.26%
7.91
1.15
33
4th Jan
CC
Strong Ale
1056
1015.5
5.36
72.32%
8.10
2.17
67
19th Jan
St
Stout
1045
1013
4.23
71.11%
7.54
1.51
40
Source:
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/129.
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Boddington started the war brewing just four beers: Mild, Bitter, Stout and Strong Ale. Which is about the minimum you would expect from an English brewery. Like many breweries, their range had been drastically pruned in WW I and had never recovered. Still more interesting than in the 1980s, when they brewed just two beers: Bitter and Mild.
Compared to a London brewer, Boddington’s beers are rather modest in gravity. IP, for example, is around the same strength as a London Ordinary Bitter. While XX is between a London 4d Ale (1030-32º) and a 5d Ordinary Mild (1037-38º). The Stout is around 10º weaker than a London draught Stout, though I assume Boddington’s was only sold in bottled form.
All the beers are reasonably well hopped, but especially the Mild, with almost 8lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt. 4 to 5 lbs per quarter was more typical for a Mild brewed outside London. Combined with the relatively high degree of attenuation, this must have left the Bitter and Mild quite dry, bitter beers.
In terms of strength, there had been minimal changes to Boddington’s beers since 1920, when these were their gravities:
IP
1046
XX
1034
CC
1057
Stout
1051
Only the Stout had seen any real change in its strength. Which sort of sums the interwar period, which was one of great stability in terms of gravities and price.
Boddington beers in 1939
Date
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
calcu-lated IBU
3rd Jan
IP
Pale Ale
1045
1010
4.63
77.78%
6.92
1.39
48
3rd Jan
XX
Mild
1033.8
1007
3.54
79.26%
7.91
1.15
33
4th Jan
CC
Strong Ale
1056
1015.5
5.36
72.32%
8.10
2.17
67
19th Jan
St
Stout
1045
1013
4.23
71.11%
7.54
1.51
40
Source:
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/129.
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