Blog Tracker
09-11-2021, 08:46
Visit the Shut up about Barclay Perkins site (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/11/burton-ale-grists-after-ww-ii.html)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5sbBslkyfL0/YYlE6Kfgg0I/AAAAAAAAjto/PtYQsJDx9sM1WvDHVXWqrwXptCDlc93jwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Mann_KKK_Strong_Ale_2.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5sbBslkyfL0/YYlE6Kfgg0I/AAAAAAAAjto/PtYQsJDx9sM1WvDHVXWqrwXptCDlc93jwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1010/Mann_KKK_Strong_Ale_2.jpg)
I haven’t a great number of examples for Burton Ale. Whitbread didn’t appear to brew one for many years. Unless it was so infrequently I missed it. The Fullers beers were parti-gyled with Mild, while the others were brewed single-gyle.
Considering that these were dark beers, there's not a great deal of coloured malt in the grists. Fullers, typically, only used base malt.
The No. 1 invert in Barclay Perkins KK (bottling) is a bit strange. In the brewing record a “3” has been crossed out and a “1” written in red. Obviously, it was a last-minute substitution.
CDM stands for caramelised dextro-maltose. It’s often found in dark beers. I’ve no idea what PEX was. Other than that Fullers used a lot of it.
Burton Ale grists 1946 - 1958: malts
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
pale malt
SA malt
amber malt
choc. Malt
crystal malt
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (bottling)
1047.4
73.47%
5.44%
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (trade)
1042.5
36.99%
34.68%
4.62%
6.94%
1958
Whitbread
KKKK
1050.5
82.23%
0.90%
1960
Whitbread
KKKK
1051.8
82.85%
0.87%
1949
Fullers
BO
1041.5
80.43%
1958
Fullers
OBE
1049.4
81.06%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/627.
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/126 and LMA/4453/D/01/127.
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
Burton Ale grists 1946 - 1958: adjuncts and sugars
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
flaked maize
flaked barley
no. 1 sugar
no. 2 sugar
no. 3 sugar
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (bottling)
1047.4
5.44%
14.51%
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (trade)
1042.5
4.62%
10.79%
1958
Whitbread
KKKK
1050.5
14.46%
1960
Whitbread
KKKK
1051.8
13.95%
1949
Fullers
BO
1041.5
15.40%
0.57%
1958
Fullers
OBE
1049.4
9.01%
4.80%
Burton Ale grists 1946 - 1958: sugars
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
PEX
CDM
glucose
caramel
other sugar
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (bottling)
1047.4
1.13%
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (trade)
1042.5
1.35%
1958
Whitbread
KKKK
1050.5
2.41%
1960
Whitbread
KKKK
1051.8
2.33%
1949
Fullers
BO
1041.5
1.14%
0.57%
1.88%
1958
Fullers
OBE
1049.4
2.40%
2.73%
This is an excerpt from my book on UK brewing in the aftermath of WW II, Austerity!
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344 (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RmaoqYOczY4/W1tPUnpqvpI/AAAAAAAAe98/RyJHYLG_tSURahghqLGJt1bgEb-7MiBFwCLcBGAs/s400/Austerity_front_thumb.jpg (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/11/burton-ale-grists-after-ww-ii.html)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5sbBslkyfL0/YYlE6Kfgg0I/AAAAAAAAjto/PtYQsJDx9sM1WvDHVXWqrwXptCDlc93jwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Mann_KKK_Strong_Ale_2.jpg (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5sbBslkyfL0/YYlE6Kfgg0I/AAAAAAAAjto/PtYQsJDx9sM1WvDHVXWqrwXptCDlc93jwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1010/Mann_KKK_Strong_Ale_2.jpg)
I haven’t a great number of examples for Burton Ale. Whitbread didn’t appear to brew one for many years. Unless it was so infrequently I missed it. The Fullers beers were parti-gyled with Mild, while the others were brewed single-gyle.
Considering that these were dark beers, there's not a great deal of coloured malt in the grists. Fullers, typically, only used base malt.
The No. 1 invert in Barclay Perkins KK (bottling) is a bit strange. In the brewing record a “3” has been crossed out and a “1” written in red. Obviously, it was a last-minute substitution.
CDM stands for caramelised dextro-maltose. It’s often found in dark beers. I’ve no idea what PEX was. Other than that Fullers used a lot of it.
Burton Ale grists 1946 - 1958: malts
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
pale malt
SA malt
amber malt
choc. Malt
crystal malt
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (bottling)
1047.4
73.47%
5.44%
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (trade)
1042.5
36.99%
34.68%
4.62%
6.94%
1958
Whitbread
KKKK
1050.5
82.23%
0.90%
1960
Whitbread
KKKK
1051.8
82.85%
0.87%
1949
Fullers
BO
1041.5
80.43%
1958
Fullers
OBE
1049.4
81.06%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/01/627.
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/126 and LMA/4453/D/01/127.
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
Burton Ale grists 1946 - 1958: adjuncts and sugars
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
flaked maize
flaked barley
no. 1 sugar
no. 2 sugar
no. 3 sugar
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (bottling)
1047.4
5.44%
14.51%
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (trade)
1042.5
4.62%
10.79%
1958
Whitbread
KKKK
1050.5
14.46%
1960
Whitbread
KKKK
1051.8
13.95%
1949
Fullers
BO
1041.5
15.40%
0.57%
1958
Fullers
OBE
1049.4
9.01%
4.80%
Burton Ale grists 1946 - 1958: sugars
Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
PEX
CDM
glucose
caramel
other sugar
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (bottling)
1047.4
1.13%
1946
Barclay Perkins
KK (trade)
1042.5
1.35%
1958
Whitbread
KKKK
1050.5
2.41%
1960
Whitbread
KKKK
1051.8
2.33%
1949
Fullers
BO
1041.5
1.14%
0.57%
1.88%
1958
Fullers
OBE
1049.4
2.40%
2.73%
This is an excerpt from my book on UK brewing in the aftermath of WW II, Austerity!
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344 (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RmaoqYOczY4/W1tPUnpqvpI/AAAAAAAAe98/RyJHYLG_tSURahghqLGJt1bgEb-7MiBFwCLcBGAs/s400/Austerity_front_thumb.jpg (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/11/burton-ale-grists-after-ww-ii.html)