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Since 1930, Barclay’s X had fallen considerably in gravity. Back then it had an OG of 1042º, but events had conspired against it.

First came the disastrous Snowden emergency budget in September 1931. It prompted most breweries to cut the gravities of their beers so that could still be sold at the pre-budget price. Barclay Perkins dropped the OG of X to 1037º, but at the same time introduced XX at the old X gravity. WW II then forced the strength of X down further.

As a result of the gravity cuts, X looks very much like a typical post-war Mild at 3% ABV.

Other than the adjuncts employed, the grist isn’t much different from in previous years. The backbone remains: base malt, amber malt and crystal malt. Though the base malts did consist of various combinations of pale, mild and SA malt.

The colour mostly came from No. 3 invert and caramel. Which is pretty typical for Mild Ales.

The hops were Kent Fuggles from the 1941 and 1943 harvests, plus Mid-Kent Fuggles from 1943.




1944 Barclay Perkins X


mild malt
5.00 lb
70.03%


crystal malt 60 L
0.33 lb
4.62%


amber malt
0.50 lb
7.00%


flaked barley
0.50 lb
7.00%


No. 3 invert sugar
0.75 lb
10.50%


caramel 1000 SRM
0.06 lb
0.84%


Fuggles 90 mins
0.25 oz



Fuggles 60 mins
0.25 oz



Fuggles 30 mins
0.25 oz



OG
1032



FG
1009



ABV
3.04



Apparent attenuation
71.88%



IBU
20



SRM
13



Mash at
144º F



After underlet
150º F



Sparge at
165º F



Boil time
90 minutes



pitching temp
61º F



Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale





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