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Let’s take a look at what Adnams were brewing when the decade kicked off. It wasn’t a massive range. And larger than it appears in the table. As they had a Brown Ale. Which was probably the Mild perhaps tweaked with primings.
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Oh, and. I missed Tally Ho in the 1970s records. Easily done with a beer that’s only brewed a few times each year. The example in the table is from 1967.
There’s a better range of strengths than at some other regional breweries, with two beers over 1040º. And in Tally Ho they had one of the strongest beers sold on draught. Three other beers were also draught: XXX, BB and XXXX.
The bottled beers were LBA (Light Ale), BB (Pale Ale), XXXX (Old Ale), Double Stout, Tally Ho and Nut Brown Ale.
In the rates of attenuation, there’s a clear split between the pale and dark beers. With the former around 75% and the latter more like 65%. Was this deliberate? Probably. Other than the Stout. Which, in contrast to what you might expect of a 1970s English Stout, was reasonably well attenuated. So, not stupidly sweet.
Two hopping rates appear to have been employed: one, of about 4.5 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt, for XXX and XXXX. And another of 5.5 lbs per quarter for all the others. The Stout, rather surprisingly, topping the bunch. Though, in terms of hops per barrel, the stronger Tally Ho comes out as winner.
Adnams beers in 1970
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
XXX
Mild Ale
1031
1011
2.65
64.52%
4.41
0.58
LBA
Pale Ale
1032
1008
3.18
75.00%
5.15
0.76
BB
Pale Ale
1036
1008
3.70
77.78%
5.45
0.92
XXXX
Old Ale
1046
1015
4.10
67.39%
4.41
0.86
Double Stout
Stout
1037
1009
3.70
75.68%
5.54
0.86
Tally Ho
Barley Wine
1075
1028.5
6.15
62.00%
5.41
1.64
Siurce:
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery.
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Let’s take a look at what Adnams were brewing when the decade kicked off. It wasn’t a massive range. And larger than it appears in the table. As they had a Brown Ale. Which was probably the Mild perhaps tweaked with primings.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eBG9dA-Ikfgr5Dab6g8MWNmZw-5tZLxDL1f_ZFDTm_GxyJq9oiFZ2GSUHfJz2_dYoqAzxsIyu6Vt k_kzqS_cj_FnE2prAtu1O-iw5zeK4LTDKJh70YW3K6qxb5PDFEFbTLZS7OqSKkFW-QDzRpCRoBWFxroylQucsnGqxHLDzDmlKT_TI7a7LZ9-RBQ/s320/Adnams_Tally_Ho_3.jpg (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eBG9dA-Ikfgr5Dab6g8MWNmZw-5tZLxDL1f_ZFDTm_GxyJq9oiFZ2GSUHfJz2_dYoqAzxsIyu6Vt k_kzqS_cj_FnE2prAtu1O-iw5zeK4LTDKJh70YW3K6qxb5PDFEFbTLZS7OqSKkFW-QDzRpCRoBWFxroylQucsnGqxHLDzDmlKT_TI7a7LZ9-RBQ/s340/Adnams_Tally_Ho_3.jpg)
Oh, and. I missed Tally Ho in the 1970s records. Easily done with a beer that’s only brewed a few times each year. The example in the table is from 1967.
There’s a better range of strengths than at some other regional breweries, with two beers over 1040º. And in Tally Ho they had one of the strongest beers sold on draught. Three other beers were also draught: XXX, BB and XXXX.
The bottled beers were LBA (Light Ale), BB (Pale Ale), XXXX (Old Ale), Double Stout, Tally Ho and Nut Brown Ale.
In the rates of attenuation, there’s a clear split between the pale and dark beers. With the former around 75% and the latter more like 65%. Was this deliberate? Probably. Other than the Stout. Which, in contrast to what you might expect of a 1970s English Stout, was reasonably well attenuated. So, not stupidly sweet.
Two hopping rates appear to have been employed: one, of about 4.5 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt, for XXX and XXXX. And another of 5.5 lbs per quarter for all the others. The Stout, rather surprisingly, topping the bunch. Though, in terms of hops per barrel, the stronger Tally Ho comes out as winner.
Adnams beers in 1970
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
XXX
Mild Ale
1031
1011
2.65
64.52%
4.41
0.58
LBA
Pale Ale
1032
1008
3.18
75.00%
5.15
0.76
BB
Pale Ale
1036
1008
3.70
77.78%
5.45
0.92
XXXX
Old Ale
1046
1015
4.10
67.39%
4.41
0.86
Double Stout
Stout
1037
1009
3.70
75.68%
5.54
0.86
Tally Ho
Barley Wine
1075
1028.5
6.15
62.00%
5.41
1.64
Siurce:
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2023/10/adnams-beers-in-1970.html)