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War brought with it all sorts of restrictions. From which malt wasn’t spared. Though they weren’t the ones often bandied about.
Various writers have asserted that there was a ban on roasting malt. Which finished off Porter, stopped the brewing of Stout and left the UK market wide open for Guinness. Except that never happened.
There were plenty of Orders from the Food Controller relating to malt. None of them mentions roasted or coloured malt. I won't go through the whole lot. They all concern the manufacture, transport and sale of malt. The first Order, in February 1917, forbade all three, without the express permission of the Food Controller. *
The last Order, in February 1918, only allowed maltsters to produce the quantity of malt required to brew the maximum barrelage set for the first six months of 1918. **
A cursory glance at the grists reveals that brewers retained access to supplies of roasted malts. Courage are a good example, as they brewed Stout uninterrupted through all of the war years.
There was a big reduction in the roast malt content, particularly in the form of brown malt, in 1917. It still averaged around the 20% level for the latter war years.
Courage Double Stout/Stout grists 1914 - 1920
Date
Year
Beer
pale malt
brown malt
black malt
total malt
total roast malt
21st Oct
1914
Double Stout
60.22%
19.59%
10.52%
90.33%
30.11%
10th Mar
1915
Double Stout
58.43%
20.22%
10.11%
88.76%
30.34%
22nd Sep
1915
Double Stout
61.48%
20.23%
10.51%
92.22%
30.74%
1st Dec
1915
Double Stout
59.20%
20.62%
11.31%
91.13%
31.93%
10th May
1916
Double Stout
60.10%
20.03%
10.02%
90.15%
30.05%
3rd Jan
1917
Double Stout
64.41%
10.17%
8.47%
83.05%
18.64%
24th Oct
1917
Double Stout
68.69%
9.81%
8.41%
86.92%
18.22%
16th Jan
1918
Double Stout
69.79%
8.82%
11.23%
89.84%
20.05%
2nd May
1918
Stout
68.73%
10.91%
10.91%
90.55%
21.82%
2nd Jul
1919
Stout
67.53%
8.76%
11.34%
87.63%
20.10%
1st Oct
1919
Stout
69.61%
7.84%
9.80%
87.25%
17.65%
21st Jan
1920
Stout
67.30%
9.24%
13.64%
90.18%
22.87%
Sources:
Courage brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/08/247, ACC/2305/08/248, ACC/2305/08/249, ACC/2305/08/250 and ACC/2305/08/251.
* "Food Supply Manual October 1917", pages 68-69.
** "Food Supply Manual April 1918", pages 167-168.
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War brought with it all sorts of restrictions. From which malt wasn’t spared. Though they weren’t the ones often bandied about.
Various writers have asserted that there was a ban on roasting malt. Which finished off Porter, stopped the brewing of Stout and left the UK market wide open for Guinness. Except that never happened.
There were plenty of Orders from the Food Controller relating to malt. None of them mentions roasted or coloured malt. I won't go through the whole lot. They all concern the manufacture, transport and sale of malt. The first Order, in February 1917, forbade all three, without the express permission of the Food Controller. *
The last Order, in February 1918, only allowed maltsters to produce the quantity of malt required to brew the maximum barrelage set for the first six months of 1918. **
A cursory glance at the grists reveals that brewers retained access to supplies of roasted malts. Courage are a good example, as they brewed Stout uninterrupted through all of the war years.
There was a big reduction in the roast malt content, particularly in the form of brown malt, in 1917. It still averaged around the 20% level for the latter war years.
Courage Double Stout/Stout grists 1914 - 1920
Date
Year
Beer
pale malt
brown malt
black malt
total malt
total roast malt
21st Oct
1914
Double Stout
60.22%
19.59%
10.52%
90.33%
30.11%
10th Mar
1915
Double Stout
58.43%
20.22%
10.11%
88.76%
30.34%
22nd Sep
1915
Double Stout
61.48%
20.23%
10.51%
92.22%
30.74%
1st Dec
1915
Double Stout
59.20%
20.62%
11.31%
91.13%
31.93%
10th May
1916
Double Stout
60.10%
20.03%
10.02%
90.15%
30.05%
3rd Jan
1917
Double Stout
64.41%
10.17%
8.47%
83.05%
18.64%
24th Oct
1917
Double Stout
68.69%
9.81%
8.41%
86.92%
18.22%
16th Jan
1918
Double Stout
69.79%
8.82%
11.23%
89.84%
20.05%
2nd May
1918
Stout
68.73%
10.91%
10.91%
90.55%
21.82%
2nd Jul
1919
Stout
67.53%
8.76%
11.34%
87.63%
20.10%
1st Oct
1919
Stout
69.61%
7.84%
9.80%
87.25%
17.65%
21st Jan
1920
Stout
67.30%
9.24%
13.64%
90.18%
22.87%
Sources:
Courage brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/08/247, ACC/2305/08/248, ACC/2305/08/249, ACC/2305/08/250 and ACC/2305/08/251.
* "Food Supply Manual October 1917", pages 68-69.
** "Food Supply Manual April 1918", pages 167-168.
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