Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Tetley Pale Ale grists 1858 - 1896

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Time for part two of my look at Tetley's Pale Ale in the 19th century. We'll be looking at their grists and how they compared to those of London and Burton Pale Ales. Sound like fun?

I'll repeat my word of warning about the naming of this Tetley's beers. Called PA in the brewing books, it was advertised and marketed as East India Pale Ale. The last Pretty Things Once Upon a Time release, 1878 East India Pale Ale, is a version of this beer. And very nice it is, too. The best Tetley's Bitter I've ever had. Even better than in the Black Dog in Cross Green.

There's something new about the table this time. I've included details of the type of hops used. Just to bulk out the material, really. If you've paid attention to what I've previously written about 19th-century Pale ales you'll know how dull the grists are. Just pale malt and sugar. Or, as in the case of most of the beers here, just pale malt. They were an unfussy bunch back then, with a liking for simple recipes.

Lack of sugar is what distinguishes Tetley's Pale Ale from Whitbread's. The latter has around 20% sugar all the way through the time period covered. At Tetley's, sugar only appears in the 1890's, and then in a much lower proportion, under 10% of the total. Tetley's PA, in grist terms, looks closer to Truman's. Where only a small amount of sugar is used.

That's it for what I can say about the grist. You can see why I decided to include hop details.

Once again, the Whitbread beers stand out. They used exclusively English hops, though annoyingly didn't indicate which region they came from. This was specific to their PA. Their other beers included some American hops.

The type of hops Tetley and Truman used are more similar: Kent and Worcester hops with some foreign hops. Though the origin of the foreign hops was different: American hops in the case of Truman and European hops at Tetley. You can see a pattern that's typical of the 19th century in general. The more the century progresses, the more foreign hops that are employed.

Even with the hop stuff, I've not managed to stretch this out much. I'm done.

Tetley Pale Ale grists 1858 - 1896
Year	Beer	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	pale malt	no. 2 sugar	hops
1858	A	1062.6	1015.0	6.30	76.11%	17.56	4.39	100.00%		English hops
1858	A	1063.7	1023.8	5.28	62.61%	17.56	4.39	100.00%		English hops
1858	A	1065.1	1029.9	4.65	54.04%	17.56	4.39	100.00%		English hops
1868	PA	1060.1	1015.0	5.97	75.12%	18.00	4.60	100.00%		Kent and Worcester hops
1868	PA	1061.8	1012.2	6.56	80.27%	18.00	4.44	100.00%		Kent and Worcester hops
1868	PA	1058.2	1014.4	5.79	75.24%	18.00	4.14	100.00%		Kent and Worcester hops
1878	PA	1060.7	1011.6	6.49	80.82%	18.00	4.69	100.00%		Alsace, Kent and Worcester hops
1878	PA	1056.5	1011.6	5.94	79.41%	18.00	4.37	100.00%		Alsace, Kent and Worcester hops
1878	PA	1060.7	1011.6	6.49	80.82%	18.00	4.45	100.00%		Kent, Worcester and Bavarian hops
1878	PA	1060.7	1011.1	6.56	81.74%	18.00	4.57	100.00%		Kent, Worcester and Bavarian hops
1888	PA	1063.2	1011.4	6.85	82.02%	16.00	5.75	100.00%		Kent, Worcester and Burgundy hops
1896	PA	1062.9	1011.6	6.78	81.50%	13.92	3.64	92.69%	7.31%	Austrian, Kent and Worcester Hops
1896	PA	1062.0	1012.2	6.60	80.36%	12.29	3.00	91.53%	8.47%	Austrian, Kent and Worcester Hops
Sources:
Tetley brewing records held at the West Yorkshire Archive Service document numbers WYL756/11/ACC1903, WYL756/16/ACC1903, WYL756/25/ACC1903, WYL756/44/ACC1903 and WYL756/49/ACC1903.

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Whitbread Pale Ale grists 1865 - 1896
Year	Beer	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	pale malt	sugar	hops
1865	PA	1061.8	1012.7	6.49	79.37%	14.67	4.36	82.95%	17.05%	English hops
1867	PA	1063.2	1017.7	6.01	71.93%	15.06	4.87	79.06%	20.94%	English hops
1878	PA	1058.4	1011.1	6.27	81.04%	12.19	3.60	75.13%	24.87%	English hops
1888	PA	1061.2	1018.8	5.61	69.23%	12.43	3.49	76.92%	23.08%	English hops
1896	PA	1060.9	1015.0	6.08	75.39%	14.59	4.03	78.08%	21.92%	English hops
Sources:
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/030, LMA/4453/D/01/033, LMA/4453/D/01/044, LMA/4453/D/01/054 and LMA/4453/D/01/062.

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Truman (Burton) Pale Ale grists 1877 - 1887
Year	Beer	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	pale malt	sugar	hops
1877	P2	1062.3	1019.4	5.68	68.89%	19.00	5.01	100.00%		American and Sussex hops
1877	P1	1066.5	1016.6	6.60	75.00%	19.00	5.39	100.00%		American and Sussex hops
1887	P1 S	1066.5	1019.4	6.23	70.83%	17.44	5.00	100.00%		Kent and Worcester hops
1887	P2	1061.2	1013.9	6.27	77.38%	14.70	4.45	94.44%	5.56%	Kent, Worcester and California hops
Sources:
Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives document numbers B/THB/BUR/35 and B/THB/BUR/11.

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