Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Primings - real examples

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Now we've been through a little of the theory of primings, let's take a look at some real examples. Courtesy of our old friends Barclay Perkins.

And what better way to present the examples than a nice, neat table. Here you go:

Barclay Perkins primings in the 1920's
date
year
beer
style
quarts/barrel
type
OG
FG
gravity points
addition to gravity
new OG
new FG
20th May
1924
RNS Raggett
Stout

3

sweet

1055.1

1019

112.5

3.13

1058.2

1022.1

20th May
1924
RNS BS Scotch
Stout

4

sweet

1055.1

1019

150

4.17

1059.3

1023.2

23rd May
1924
PA Export
Pale Ale

0

1059

1017

0

0.00

1059.0

1017.0

26th May
1924
BS c
Stout

3

invert @ 1150

1066

1020.5

112.5

3.13

1069.1

1023.6

5th Jun
1924
IBS
Stout

3

invert @ 1140

1061

1022

112.5

3.13

1064.1

1025.1

23rd Aug
1924
KKK
Strong Ale

0

1082

1028

0

0.00

1082.0

1028.0

4th Sep
1924
KK bottling
Strong Ale

0

1070.3

1023.5

0

0.00

1070.3

1023.5

17th Dec
1924
IBS ex
Stout

0

1103.4

1040

0

0.00

1103.4

1040.0

25th Feb
1925
XLK bottling
Pale Ale

0

1038.2

1007.5

0

0.00

1038.2

1007.5

16th Feb
1925
BS ex
Stout

0

1072.2

1025.5

0

0.00

1072.2

1025.5

31st Aug
1925
BBS ex
Stout

0

1079.7

1029.5

0

0.00

1079.7

1029.5

22nd Sep
1925
OMS
Stout

0

1050.9

1017.5

0

0.00

1050.9

1017.5

11th May
1926
KK
Strong Ale

0

1055.5

1015

0

0.00

1055.5

1015.0

13th Dec
1926
X
Mild

3

1042.9

1012

112.5

3.13

1046.0

1015.1

13th Dec
1926
X Special Dark
Mild

4

1041.5

1012.5

150

4.17

1045.7

1016.7

13th Dec
1926
Ale 4d
Mild

1

1028.7

1008

37.5

1.04

1029.7

1009.0

14th Dec
1926
PA trade
Pale Ale

0

1052.8

1019

0

0.00

1052.8

1019.0

14th Dec
1926
XLK trade
Pale Ale

0

1045.8

1013

0

0.00

1045.8

1013.0

14th Dec
1926
XLK bottling
Pale Ale

0

1037.6

1007

0

0.00

1037.6

1007.0

21st Dec
1927
KK trade
Strong Ale

2

1056.8

1015.5

75

2.08

1058.9

1017.6

10th Mar
1928
BS
Stout

5

1053.5

1020

187.5

5.21

1058.7

1025.2

10th Mar
1928
TT
Porter

6

1032.8

1012.5

225

6.25

1039.1

1018.8

Source:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan archives

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As you can see, not all their beers were primed. Confirming the theory, the Mild Ales (X, X Special Dark and Ale 4d) were primed. The four Pale Ales weren't.

The picture with K Ales was more complicated. KKK and the bottled version of KK weren't primed. The Draught KK trade (which would have been sold as Burton) was. Fascinating stuff, Burton. It mixes some of the characterisctics af Pale Ale with some of Mild's.

Porter and Stout take that complexity a level further. BS and TT, draught Stout and draught Porter, are the two most heavily primed beers. I calcualte that the priming for TT would have raised it's gravity by more than six points, or almost 20%. The full-strength Russian Stout, IBS ex, wasn't primed, but the weaker version was. Of the many other Stouts, the weaker ones were primed, except for Oatmeal Stout (OMS). A bit confusing.

I'd thought that I didn't have that many logs with priming details. But digging around has unearthed a few more. Noakes in particular, used masses of sugar as "Headings". Doubtless you'll be reading about that in great detail very soon.https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...s.blogspot.com


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