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More AK fun. One for the purists, this one. Details of their grists. Gripping stuff.Feel free to switch channels now if you're in search of entertainment.
I just realised something yesterday. That I've, almost accidentally, started writing bits of the book I plan after I finally fish "Blitzkrieg!". Makes me fell like I'm not wasting my time here.
A word before we look at the make-up of an AK. You need to understand what the brewers' intentions were. They wanted a light, pale beer that was easy to drink. Knowing their will making it easier to interpret their recipe choices.
No surprise, given the aim was a pale beer, that's there's no malt, other than the base, in any of them. Crystal malt in Pale Ales didn't become a practice until well into the 20th century. Only after WW II did it become widespread.
I expected more than five out of nine (excluding the 1878 Andams, which id pre-Free Mash Tun Act) to have included an adjunct of some sort. The quantities weren't huge, either. just 4% to 8%.
While there were sack-loads of sugar , averaging out at almost 20% of the grist. Boddington AK was the only example with a sugar content below 10%. Throwing in lots of sugar is exactly what you'd do, if you wanted to keep the body light.
AK grists 1878 - 1911
Year
Brewer
Beer
pale malt
flaked maize
flaked rice
total adjunct
invert
Sacc.
other sugar
total sugar
1878
Adnams
AK
67.74%
32.26%
32.26%
1885
Kirkstall
AK
78.46%
21.54%
21.54%
1887
Fullers
AK
79.81%
20.19%
20.19%
1890
Adnams
AK
84.00%
16.00%
16.00%
1896
Eldridge Pope
AK
78.72%
4.26%
4.26%
17.02%
17.02%
1896
Eldridge Pope
BAK
75.56%
4.44%
4.44%
20.00%
20.00%
1896
Rose
AK
81.08%
8.11%
8.11%
8.11%
2.70%
10.81%
1901
Boddington
AK
90.70%
9.30%
9.30%
1911
Russell
AK
75.65%
6.58%
6.58%
17.54%
0.23%
17.78%
1911
Eldridge Pope
BAK
79.25%
3.77%
3.77%
11.32%
5.66%
16.98%
Average
79.10%
5.43%
18.19%
Sources:
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery.
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/125.
Russell brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/RUS/8
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Rose brewing record.
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More AK fun. One for the purists, this one. Details of their grists. Gripping stuff.Feel free to switch channels now if you're in search of entertainment.
I just realised something yesterday. That I've, almost accidentally, started writing bits of the book I plan after I finally fish "Blitzkrieg!". Makes me fell like I'm not wasting my time here.
A word before we look at the make-up of an AK. You need to understand what the brewers' intentions were. They wanted a light, pale beer that was easy to drink. Knowing their will making it easier to interpret their recipe choices.
No surprise, given the aim was a pale beer, that's there's no malt, other than the base, in any of them. Crystal malt in Pale Ales didn't become a practice until well into the 20th century. Only after WW II did it become widespread.
I expected more than five out of nine (excluding the 1878 Andams, which id pre-Free Mash Tun Act) to have included an adjunct of some sort. The quantities weren't huge, either. just 4% to 8%.
While there were sack-loads of sugar , averaging out at almost 20% of the grist. Boddington AK was the only example with a sugar content below 10%. Throwing in lots of sugar is exactly what you'd do, if you wanted to keep the body light.
AK grists 1878 - 1911
Year
Brewer
Beer
pale malt
flaked maize
flaked rice
total adjunct
invert
Sacc.
other sugar
total sugar
1878
Adnams
AK
67.74%
32.26%
32.26%
1885
Kirkstall
AK
78.46%
21.54%
21.54%
1887
Fullers
AK
79.81%
20.19%
20.19%
1890
Adnams
AK
84.00%
16.00%
16.00%
1896
Eldridge Pope
AK
78.72%
4.26%
4.26%
17.02%
17.02%
1896
Eldridge Pope
BAK
75.56%
4.44%
4.44%
20.00%
20.00%
1896
Rose
AK
81.08%
8.11%
8.11%
8.11%
2.70%
10.81%
1901
Boddington
AK
90.70%
9.30%
9.30%
1911
Russell
AK
75.65%
6.58%
6.58%
17.54%
0.23%
17.78%
1911
Eldridge Pope
BAK
79.25%
3.77%
3.77%
11.32%
5.66%
16.98%
Average
79.10%
5.43%
18.19%
Sources:
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery.
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/125.
Russell brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/RUS/8
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Rose brewing record.
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