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There wasn’t a great deal of variation in Truman’s recipes. The only real difference being that the Mild Ales contained some crystal malt.
The percentage of malt was pretty high in all the beers, ranging from 85% to 95% of the grist. Unsurprisingly, it was the two strongest and most expensive beers, Stock 1 and Stock 2, which contained the highest percentage.
The pale malt, as was standard. Consisted of several different types. Usually two English and one Californian, with the latter around 25% of the pale malt.
Less usual is the presence of two further types of base malt: high-dried malt and I.M Co. I believe the latter was some sort of enzymic malt. High-dried is a tricky one. Evidently Simpson’s Imperial malt is the closest modern equivalent.
The Mild Ales and the Burton Ale, all contained 5-7% crystal malt. Which is pretty much what you would expect. The Pale and Stock Ales included none at all. I keep banging on about this, but crystal malt in Pale Ales only really became common after WW II.
Truman (Burton) malts in 1939
Beer
Style
OG
pale malt
crystal malt
high dried malt
I.M. Co.
total malt
X
Mild
1030.2
54.10%
4.92%
22.13%
2.46%
83.61%
X "Dark"
Mild
1028.5
52.63%
7.02%
21.05%
3.51%
84.21%
X "Light"
Mild
1030.2
52.29%
5.50%
22.02%
2.75%
82.57%
XX
Mild
1035.5
54.10%
4.92%
22.13%
2.46%
83.61%
XX "Dark"
Mild
1033.8
52.63%
7.02%
21.05%
3.51%
84.21%
XX "Light"
Mild
1035.5
52.29%
5.50%
22.02%
2.75%
82.57%
No. 7
Mild
1041.3
55.65%
4.84%
21.77%
2.42%
84.68%
Pale1
Pale Ale
1053.5
71.68%
13.27%
2.65%
87.61%
Pale1 B
Pale Ale
1053.5
71.68%
13.27%
2.65%
87.61%
Pale2
Pale Ale
1047.4
67.35%
15.31%
3.06%
85.71%
XXX
Strong Ale
1048.2
54.10%
4.92%
22.13%
2.46%
83.61%
B3
Ale
1056
67.35%
15.31%
3.06%
85.71%
R4
Ale
1052.9
67.35%
15.31%
3.06%
85.71%
Stock 1
Stock Ale
1105.3
72.09%
23.26%
95.35%
Stock 2
Stock Ale
1088.6
72.09%
23.26%
95.35%
Source:
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/339.
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There wasn’t a great deal of variation in Truman’s recipes. The only real difference being that the Mild Ales contained some crystal malt.
The percentage of malt was pretty high in all the beers, ranging from 85% to 95% of the grist. Unsurprisingly, it was the two strongest and most expensive beers, Stock 1 and Stock 2, which contained the highest percentage.
The pale malt, as was standard. Consisted of several different types. Usually two English and one Californian, with the latter around 25% of the pale malt.
Less usual is the presence of two further types of base malt: high-dried malt and I.M Co. I believe the latter was some sort of enzymic malt. High-dried is a tricky one. Evidently Simpson’s Imperial malt is the closest modern equivalent.
The Mild Ales and the Burton Ale, all contained 5-7% crystal malt. Which is pretty much what you would expect. The Pale and Stock Ales included none at all. I keep banging on about this, but crystal malt in Pale Ales only really became common after WW II.
Truman (Burton) malts in 1939
Beer
Style
OG
pale malt
crystal malt
high dried malt
I.M. Co.
total malt
X
Mild
1030.2
54.10%
4.92%
22.13%
2.46%
83.61%
X "Dark"
Mild
1028.5
52.63%
7.02%
21.05%
3.51%
84.21%
X "Light"
Mild
1030.2
52.29%
5.50%
22.02%
2.75%
82.57%
XX
Mild
1035.5
54.10%
4.92%
22.13%
2.46%
83.61%
XX "Dark"
Mild
1033.8
52.63%
7.02%
21.05%
3.51%
84.21%
XX "Light"
Mild
1035.5
52.29%
5.50%
22.02%
2.75%
82.57%
No. 7
Mild
1041.3
55.65%
4.84%
21.77%
2.42%
84.68%
Pale1
Pale Ale
1053.5
71.68%
13.27%
2.65%
87.61%
Pale1 B
Pale Ale
1053.5
71.68%
13.27%
2.65%
87.61%
Pale2
Pale Ale
1047.4
67.35%
15.31%
3.06%
85.71%
XXX
Strong Ale
1048.2
54.10%
4.92%
22.13%
2.46%
83.61%
B3
Ale
1056
67.35%
15.31%
3.06%
85.71%
R4
Ale
1052.9
67.35%
15.31%
3.06%
85.71%
Stock 1
Stock Ale
1105.3
72.09%
23.26%
95.35%
Stock 2
Stock Ale
1088.6
72.09%
23.26%
95.35%
Source:
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/339.
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