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Quite a few coloured malts are still knocking around in the grists. One iteration each of Barclay’s and Whitbread’s X Ales contain brown malt. Quite a lot in the case of the former and just a smidgen in the latter. This was early in the period covered, though.
Three beers have a very small amount of black malt, below 1% in every case. Presumably it was there for colour correction rather than flavour. While the percentage of amber malt in two Barclay’s examples is high enough to have impacted both the colour and the flavour.
As a type of malt specifically developed for beers like Mild Ale, you’d expect there to be more examples of crystal malt. This was certainly the case later in the century, when it became one of the standard ingredients for Mild. The percentages are all quite small, well below 10% in every case.
Fullers is the only brewery to include no coloured malts at all, sticking to just base malt. A tradition they continued for many decades.
London X Ale malts 1900 - 1915
Year
Brewer
pale malt
brown malt
black malt
amber malt
crystal malt
total malt
1900
Barclay Perkins
45,00%
23,63%
2,25%
70,88%
1906
Barclay Perkins
75,80%
75,80%
1909
Barclay Perkins
61,06%
10,18%
71,24%
1914
Barclay Perkins
66,04%
7,34%
73,38%
1900
Whitbread
91,30%
91,30%
1905
Whitbread
88,00%
3,00%
91,00%
1910
Whitbread
89,47%
89,47%
1914
Whitbread
93,41%
93,41%
1902
Fullers
67,47%
67,47%
1910
Fullers
74,05%
74,05%
1914
Fullers
75,52%
75,52%
1914
Courage
82,09%
0,83%
6,06%
88,98%
1900
Truman
80,33%
0,12%
80,45%
1905
Truman
40,10%
40,10%
1910
Truman
73,04%
3,91%
76,96%
1915
Noakes
68,86%
0,72%
5,02%
74,60%
Average
77,16%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/593, ACC/2305/1/599, ACC/2305/1/601 and ACC/2305/1/603.
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/065, LMA/4453/D/01/070, LMA/4453/D/01/076 and LMA/4453/D/01/079.
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
Courage brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/08/247.
Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers B/THB/C/181, B/THB/C/186 and B/THB/C/190.
Noakes brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/17/34.
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Quite a few coloured malts are still knocking around in the grists. One iteration each of Barclay’s and Whitbread’s X Ales contain brown malt. Quite a lot in the case of the former and just a smidgen in the latter. This was early in the period covered, though.
Three beers have a very small amount of black malt, below 1% in every case. Presumably it was there for colour correction rather than flavour. While the percentage of amber malt in two Barclay’s examples is high enough to have impacted both the colour and the flavour.
As a type of malt specifically developed for beers like Mild Ale, you’d expect there to be more examples of crystal malt. This was certainly the case later in the century, when it became one of the standard ingredients for Mild. The percentages are all quite small, well below 10% in every case.
Fullers is the only brewery to include no coloured malts at all, sticking to just base malt. A tradition they continued for many decades.
London X Ale malts 1900 - 1915
Year
Brewer
pale malt
brown malt
black malt
amber malt
crystal malt
total malt
1900
Barclay Perkins
45,00%
23,63%
2,25%
70,88%
1906
Barclay Perkins
75,80%
75,80%
1909
Barclay Perkins
61,06%
10,18%
71,24%
1914
Barclay Perkins
66,04%
7,34%
73,38%
1900
Whitbread
91,30%
91,30%
1905
Whitbread
88,00%
3,00%
91,00%
1910
Whitbread
89,47%
89,47%
1914
Whitbread
93,41%
93,41%
1902
Fullers
67,47%
67,47%
1910
Fullers
74,05%
74,05%
1914
Fullers
75,52%
75,52%
1914
Courage
82,09%
0,83%
6,06%
88,98%
1900
Truman
80,33%
0,12%
80,45%
1905
Truman
40,10%
40,10%
1910
Truman
73,04%
3,91%
76,96%
1915
Noakes
68,86%
0,72%
5,02%
74,60%
Average
77,16%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/593, ACC/2305/1/599, ACC/2305/1/601 and ACC/2305/1/603.
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/065, LMA/4453/D/01/070, LMA/4453/D/01/076 and LMA/4453/D/01/079.
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
Courage brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/08/247.
Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers B/THB/C/181, B/THB/C/186 and B/THB/C/190.
Noakes brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/17/34.
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