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There are so many sugars that I’ve split them into two tables. This is pretty typical of UK brewing in the 1970s. With all types of specialist sugars still being in use.
Let’s start with the “normal” sugars. That is, ones where I know what the hell they are.
Starting with the most common: malt extract. This turns up a lot in 20th-century recipes. Usually in very small quantities. Presumably, for extra enzymes. Something brewers seemed to be particularly paranoid about. Perhaps because they no longer used malt made from North American barley, which contained more enzymes.
A dark sugar like No. 3 invert is no surprise in a dark beer like Tally Ho. More so, in Golden Pride. Again, I think, on account f the parti-gyling. Caramel only shows up in the two dark versions, other than a minute quantity in Stingo Gold.
Then we have glucose in Golden Pride and fructose in Tally Ho. Both there because, well, they were the sugars that the breweries used in general.
Having fun? Well, we haven’t finished the sugars yet. Now we have the ones for which I have no fucking clue.
Five of the beggars. None of them in multiple beers. CWA I at least know was an enzymatic syrup. Yet another attempt at boosting enzymes. Not really anything I can say about the rest.
Barley Wine sugars 1970 - 1982
Year
Brewer
Beer
malt extract
no. 3 sugar
caramel
glucose
fructose
1977
Adnams
Tally Ho
6.29%
0.87%
3.15%
1971
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
3.20%
0.50%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
1982
Eldridge Pope
Goldie
1968
Fullers
Golden Pride
0.69%
2.31%
0.93%
1970
Higson
Stingo Gold
3.48%
0.04%
1971
Watney
Export Gold
3.00%
1973
Whitbread
Gold Label
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.
Barley Wine proprietary sugars 1970 - 1982
Year
Brewer
Beer
PEX
CWA
DS
SLS
Fermax
1977
Adnams
Tally Ho
1971
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
13.00%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
1982
Eldridge Pope
Goldie
1968
Fullers
Golden Pride
1.62%
1970
Higson
Stingo Gold
3.48%
4.35%
1971
Watney
Export Gold
2.00%
1973
Whitbread
Gold Label
21.41%
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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There are so many sugars that I’ve split them into two tables. This is pretty typical of UK brewing in the 1970s. With all types of specialist sugars still being in use.
Let’s start with the “normal” sugars. That is, ones where I know what the hell they are.
Starting with the most common: malt extract. This turns up a lot in 20th-century recipes. Usually in very small quantities. Presumably, for extra enzymes. Something brewers seemed to be particularly paranoid about. Perhaps because they no longer used malt made from North American barley, which contained more enzymes.
A dark sugar like No. 3 invert is no surprise in a dark beer like Tally Ho. More so, in Golden Pride. Again, I think, on account f the parti-gyling. Caramel only shows up in the two dark versions, other than a minute quantity in Stingo Gold.
Then we have glucose in Golden Pride and fructose in Tally Ho. Both there because, well, they were the sugars that the breweries used in general.
Having fun? Well, we haven’t finished the sugars yet. Now we have the ones for which I have no fucking clue.
Five of the beggars. None of them in multiple beers. CWA I at least know was an enzymatic syrup. Yet another attempt at boosting enzymes. Not really anything I can say about the rest.
Barley Wine sugars 1970 - 1982
Year
Brewer
Beer
malt extract
no. 3 sugar
caramel
glucose
fructose
1977
Adnams
Tally Ho
6.29%
0.87%
3.15%
1971
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
3.20%
0.50%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
1982
Eldridge Pope
Goldie
1968
Fullers
Golden Pride
0.69%
2.31%
0.93%
1970
Higson
Stingo Gold
3.48%
0.04%
1971
Watney
Export Gold
3.00%
1973
Whitbread
Gold Label
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.
Barley Wine proprietary sugars 1970 - 1982
Year
Brewer
Beer
PEX
CWA
DS
SLS
Fermax
1977
Adnams
Tally Ho
1971
Watney
Yorkshire Stingo
13.00%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Hardy Ale
1982
Eldridge Pope
Goldie
1968
Fullers
Golden Pride
1.62%
1970
Higson
Stingo Gold
3.48%
4.35%
1971
Watney
Export Gold
2.00%
1973
Whitbread
Gold Label
21.41%
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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