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The domestic version of BS – I’m not sure if at this point it still stood for Brown Stout or if it had become Best Stout – was, at 1055º, more the gravity that you’d expect from a 1920s London draught Stout.
Most London breweries – especially the ones that had made their name brewing Porter – had similar beers. The gravity obviously being set by the last set of price controls. 1055º puts it at the minimum OG for a beer in the 9d per pint class.
Surprisingly, as Barclay Perkins were enthusiastic users of both, there’s neither adjuncts nor sugar in the grist. Well, apart from roast barley. Oh, hang on a minute. On the brewing record it says in red ink “Special all malt brew for yeast”. That explains it, then. I wonder if drinkers noticed anything special about this batch?
The hops were a little on the old side, but had all been kept in a cold store: Mid Kent from 1919 and 1920, Pacific from 1920.
1922 Barclay Perkins BS
mild malt
9.00 lb
69.23%
brown malt
1.00 lb
7.69%
amber malt
1.00 lb
7.69%
crystal malt 60 L
1.00 lb
7.69%
roast barley
1.00 lb
7.69%
Cluster 120 mins
1.75 oz
Fuggles 60 mins
1.50 oz
Fuggles 30 mins
1.75 oz
OG
1055
FG
1017
ABV
5.03
Apparent attenuation
69.09%
IBU
74
SRM
27
Mash at
154º F
Sparge at
170º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
60º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale
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The domestic version of BS – I’m not sure if at this point it still stood for Brown Stout or if it had become Best Stout – was, at 1055º, more the gravity that you’d expect from a 1920s London draught Stout.
Most London breweries – especially the ones that had made their name brewing Porter – had similar beers. The gravity obviously being set by the last set of price controls. 1055º puts it at the minimum OG for a beer in the 9d per pint class.
Surprisingly, as Barclay Perkins were enthusiastic users of both, there’s neither adjuncts nor sugar in the grist. Well, apart from roast barley. Oh, hang on a minute. On the brewing record it says in red ink “Special all malt brew for yeast”. That explains it, then. I wonder if drinkers noticed anything special about this batch?
The hops were a little on the old side, but had all been kept in a cold store: Mid Kent from 1919 and 1920, Pacific from 1920.
1922 Barclay Perkins BS
mild malt
9.00 lb
69.23%
brown malt
1.00 lb
7.69%
amber malt
1.00 lb
7.69%
crystal malt 60 L
1.00 lb
7.69%
roast barley
1.00 lb
7.69%
Cluster 120 mins
1.75 oz
Fuggles 60 mins
1.50 oz
Fuggles 30 mins
1.75 oz
OG
1055
FG
1017
ABV
5.03
Apparent attenuation
69.09%
IBU
74
SRM
27
Mash at
154º F
Sparge at
170º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
60º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale
The above is an excerpt from Armistice, my wonderful book on brewing in WW I (http://www.lulu.com/shop/ronald-pattinson/armistice/paperback/product-23859948.html).
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