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The draught Burton of Barclay Perkins had seen some changes since the outbreak of war. Most obviously, to its strength.
The gravity was down about 20% on its pre-war level, more the fall in average OG which was about 15%. In general, strong beers suffered heavily from gravity cuts. That’s if they were still brewed at all. Little over 5% ABV was brewed in the later war years.
The effective OG would have been a point or two higher on account of the primings added at racking time: 2 quarts per barrel of a sugar solution with a gravity of around 1150º.
The grist isn’t hugely different from pre-war. The base malt has been simplified, with the mild malt and pale malt being dropped in favour of 100% SA malt. For which I’ve substituted mild malt. Confusing, I know. And flaked barley replaces flaked rice. Bizarrely, there’s a small amount of lager malt. I’m guessing because they had some spare lying around.
The hops were Kent Fuggles from the 1941 and 1943 harvests and Mid-Kent Fuggles from 1943. The dry hops were East Kent Goldings from 1944.
1944 Barclay Perkins KK (trade)
mild malt
6.50 lb
68.10%
amber malt
0.75 lb
7.86%
crystal malt 60 L
0.50 lb
5.24%
lager malt
0.25 lb
2.62%
flaked barley
0.67 lb
7.02%
No. 3 invert sugar
0.75 lb
7.86%
caramel 1000 SRM
0.125 lb
1.31%
Fuggles 90 mins
0.75 oz
Fuggles 60 mins
0.75 oz
Fuggles 30 mins
0.75 oz
Goldings dry hops
0.50 oz
OG
1043.5
FG
1015
ABV
3.77
Apparent attenuation
65.52%
IBU
30
SRM
17
Mash at
147º F
After underlet
152º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
90 minutes
pitching temp
60º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale
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The draught Burton of Barclay Perkins had seen some changes since the outbreak of war. Most obviously, to its strength.
The gravity was down about 20% on its pre-war level, more the fall in average OG which was about 15%. In general, strong beers suffered heavily from gravity cuts. That’s if they were still brewed at all. Little over 5% ABV was brewed in the later war years.
The effective OG would have been a point or two higher on account of the primings added at racking time: 2 quarts per barrel of a sugar solution with a gravity of around 1150º.
The grist isn’t hugely different from pre-war. The base malt has been simplified, with the mild malt and pale malt being dropped in favour of 100% SA malt. For which I’ve substituted mild malt. Confusing, I know. And flaked barley replaces flaked rice. Bizarrely, there’s a small amount of lager malt. I’m guessing because they had some spare lying around.
The hops were Kent Fuggles from the 1941 and 1943 harvests and Mid-Kent Fuggles from 1943. The dry hops were East Kent Goldings from 1944.
1944 Barclay Perkins KK (trade)
mild malt
6.50 lb
68.10%
amber malt
0.75 lb
7.86%
crystal malt 60 L
0.50 lb
5.24%
lager malt
0.25 lb
2.62%
flaked barley
0.67 lb
7.02%
No. 3 invert sugar
0.75 lb
7.86%
caramel 1000 SRM
0.125 lb
1.31%
Fuggles 90 mins
0.75 oz
Fuggles 60 mins
0.75 oz
Fuggles 30 mins
0.75 oz
Goldings dry hops
0.50 oz
OG
1043.5
FG
1015
ABV
3.77
Apparent attenuation
65.52%
IBU
30
SRM
17
Mash at
147º F
After underlet
152º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
90 minutes
pitching temp
60º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale
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