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Oh look – all the examples have a base of pale malt. Who would have guessed that? Though, to be fair, I’ve seen Bitters that employed mild malt as part, or all, of the base.
One of the drums I often plaintively bang is about the role of crystal malt in Bitter. About how recent a development it is, basically post-WW II. It turns up in three of the beers, though in a fairly small quantity in Trumans. Scottish brewers never acquired the crystal malt habit, as is shown here by Maclay.
The wheat malt is a slightly odd one. Probably present for head retention. Wheat pops up in various forms in Bitters, presumably always with the same purpose.
At a bit over 80%, the total malt content is a little higher than in the Mild Ales we looked at earlier.
Boys Bitter malts 1969 - 1981
Year
Brewer
Beer
pale malt
crystal malt
wheat malt
total malt
1971
Maclay
PA 6d
79.18%
79.18%
1971
Shepherd Neame
Best Bitter
78.87%
7.73%
86.60%
1969
Truman
LK
74.52%
1.28%
75.80%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Dorchester Bitter
70.39%
7.97%
5.50%
83.87%
Average
81.36%
Sources:
Maclay brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number M/6/1/1/46.
Shepherd Neame brewing record held at the brewery, Brewing book 1971 H-5O5,
Truman brewing record held by Derek Prentice.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
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Oh look – all the examples have a base of pale malt. Who would have guessed that? Though, to be fair, I’ve seen Bitters that employed mild malt as part, or all, of the base.
One of the drums I often plaintively bang is about the role of crystal malt in Bitter. About how recent a development it is, basically post-WW II. It turns up in three of the beers, though in a fairly small quantity in Trumans. Scottish brewers never acquired the crystal malt habit, as is shown here by Maclay.
The wheat malt is a slightly odd one. Probably present for head retention. Wheat pops up in various forms in Bitters, presumably always with the same purpose.
At a bit over 80%, the total malt content is a little higher than in the Mild Ales we looked at earlier.
Boys Bitter malts 1969 - 1981
Year
Brewer
Beer
pale malt
crystal malt
wheat malt
total malt
1971
Maclay
PA 6d
79.18%
79.18%
1971
Shepherd Neame
Best Bitter
78.87%
7.73%
86.60%
1969
Truman
LK
74.52%
1.28%
75.80%
1981
Eldridge Pope
Dorchester Bitter
70.39%
7.97%
5.50%
83.87%
Average
81.36%
Sources:
Maclay brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number M/6/1/1/46.
Shepherd Neame brewing record held at the brewery, Brewing book 1971 H-5O5,
Truman brewing record held by Derek Prentice.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
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