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The recipes for Barley Wine were pretty diverse. A total of five different malts were used, including three different base malts: pale, mild and lager. Both f the beers using the latter had the word “gold” in their names: Export Gold and Gold Label.
After the base malts, the most common malt was crystal, appearing in three beers. A bit surprised to see it in Hardy Ale. As with Golden Pride, I’m sure that its presence can be explained by the fact that it was parti-gyled with Bitter.
I’ll be honest with you: I’m not sure what form the wheat was in the Eldridge Pope beers. The brewing records aren’t very specific. It could have been flaked or even just simple flour.
Most examples have a malt content of 80% or more. The exception being Gold Label, with just 70% malt.
No shock that flaked maize is the most popular adjunct. Given how beloved it was of UK brewers. The only other unmalted grain was a tiny amount of roast barley in Yorkshire Stingo. Obviously there for colour. Something which the majority of the beers, being pale in colour, didn’t require.
Barley Wine grists 1970 - 1982
Year
Brewer
Beer
pale malt
mild malt
lager malt
crystal malt
wheat malt
total malt
flaked maize
roast barley
1977
Adnams
Tally Ho
84.97%
4.72%
89.69%
1971
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
83.00%
83.00%
0.30%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
59.67%
26.52%
4.97%
8.84%
100.00%
1982
Eldridge Pope
Goldie
92.59%
7.41%
100.00%
1968
Fullers
Golden Pride
77.78%
2.08%
79.86%
14.58%
1970
Higson
Stingo Gold
80.84%
80.84%
7.82%
1971
Watney
Export Gold
90.00%
5.00%
1973
Whitbread
Gold Label
69.70%
69.70%
8.88%
Sources:
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/134.
Watney Man Quality Manual
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/141.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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The recipes for Barley Wine were pretty diverse. A total of five different malts were used, including three different base malts: pale, mild and lager. Both f the beers using the latter had the word “gold” in their names: Export Gold and Gold Label.
After the base malts, the most common malt was crystal, appearing in three beers. A bit surprised to see it in Hardy Ale. As with Golden Pride, I’m sure that its presence can be explained by the fact that it was parti-gyled with Bitter.
I’ll be honest with you: I’m not sure what form the wheat was in the Eldridge Pope beers. The brewing records aren’t very specific. It could have been flaked or even just simple flour.
Most examples have a malt content of 80% or more. The exception being Gold Label, with just 70% malt.
No shock that flaked maize is the most popular adjunct. Given how beloved it was of UK brewers. The only other unmalted grain was a tiny amount of roast barley in Yorkshire Stingo. Obviously there for colour. Something which the majority of the beers, being pale in colour, didn’t require.
Barley Wine grists 1970 - 1982
Year
Brewer
Beer
pale malt
mild malt
lager malt
crystal malt
wheat malt
total malt
flaked maize
roast barley
1977
Adnams
Tally Ho
84.97%
4.72%
89.69%
1971
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
83.00%
83.00%
0.30%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
59.67%
26.52%
4.97%
8.84%
100.00%
1982
Eldridge Pope
Goldie
92.59%
7.41%
100.00%
1968
Fullers
Golden Pride
77.78%
2.08%
79.86%
14.58%
1970
Higson
Stingo Gold
80.84%
80.84%
7.82%
1971
Watney
Export Gold
90.00%
5.00%
1973
Whitbread
Gold Label
69.70%
69.70%
8.88%
Sources:
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/134.
Watney Man Quality Manual
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/141.
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
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