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What changes have the new century brought to Barclay’s Ordinary Bitter? Surprisingly few. To be honest.
The gravity is a little lower, but that was true of pretty much all of their beers. It was a simple question of economics. When the duty increased, the gravity was cut. Brewers didn’t have any option, unless they wanted to cut their profit margin.
When the gravity of a standard barrel was reduced from 1057º to 1055º in 1889, that was, effectively, a 3.5% increase in the duty. On a beer costing 3d a pint, that would have meant raising the price to 3.1d. But the smallest coin was a farthing. 0.25d, so that wasn’t possible. Easier just to reduce the gravity a little and keep the price the same. Customers were very resistant to price rises, beer having cost the same for 30 years at this point.
The elements are much the same as in 1886: base malt, adjuncts and invert sugar. The only difference is that there’s a bit more sugar and there are two adjuncts, flaked maize and flaked rice. This was a transition period when they were moving from rice to maize. A few years later, it was 100% maize.
No foreign hops this time. Just two types of East Kent, from the 1898 and 1899 harvests.
No long ageing for this Running Beer. No more than a few weeks in the cask.
1900 Barclay Perkins XLK
pale malt
7.75 lb
72.09%
flaked rice
0.50 lb
4.65%
flaked maize
0.50 lb
4.65%
No. 1 invert sugar
2.00 lb
18.60%
Goldings 120 mins
1.50 oz
Goldings 60 mins
1.50 oz
Goldings 30 mins
1.50 oz
Goldings dry hops
1.00 oz
OG
1051
FG
1011
ABV
5.29
Apparent attenuation
78.43%
IBU
58
SRM
6.5
Mash at
148º F
After underlet
153º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
60º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale
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What changes have the new century brought to Barclay’s Ordinary Bitter? Surprisingly few. To be honest.
The gravity is a little lower, but that was true of pretty much all of their beers. It was a simple question of economics. When the duty increased, the gravity was cut. Brewers didn’t have any option, unless they wanted to cut their profit margin.
When the gravity of a standard barrel was reduced from 1057º to 1055º in 1889, that was, effectively, a 3.5% increase in the duty. On a beer costing 3d a pint, that would have meant raising the price to 3.1d. But the smallest coin was a farthing. 0.25d, so that wasn’t possible. Easier just to reduce the gravity a little and keep the price the same. Customers were very resistant to price rises, beer having cost the same for 30 years at this point.
The elements are much the same as in 1886: base malt, adjuncts and invert sugar. The only difference is that there’s a bit more sugar and there are two adjuncts, flaked maize and flaked rice. This was a transition period when they were moving from rice to maize. A few years later, it was 100% maize.
No foreign hops this time. Just two types of East Kent, from the 1898 and 1899 harvests.
No long ageing for this Running Beer. No more than a few weeks in the cask.
1900 Barclay Perkins XLK
pale malt
7.75 lb
72.09%
flaked rice
0.50 lb
4.65%
flaked maize
0.50 lb
4.65%
No. 1 invert sugar
2.00 lb
18.60%
Goldings 120 mins
1.50 oz
Goldings 60 mins
1.50 oz
Goldings 30 mins
1.50 oz
Goldings dry hops
1.00 oz
OG
1051
FG
1011
ABV
5.29
Apparent attenuation
78.43%
IBU
58
SRM
6.5
Mash at
148º F
After underlet
153º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
60º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale
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