Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Let's Brew special - 1859 Barclay Perkins EI
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My apologies for posting just the brewing record of a Barclay Perkins EI. It made me realise that I hadn't ever posted a recipe for EI. Time to put that right.
As this is a spontaneous and unscheduled Let's Brew, you're going to have to put up with my crappy recipe. No time to call in Kristen.
EI stands for Export India. This is the Porter that Barclay Perkins produced for the Indian market. It's the Porter equivalent of IPA. As I keep reminding anyone who will listen, there was probably more Porter exported to India than Pale Ale. But for some reason that seems to have been forgotten, with everyone focusing competely on IPA. It's most likely a class thing, IPA having been drunk by officers and officials, Porter by the ordinary soldiers.
This beer had legs. Most likely it had its origins in the 19th century. The first one I've found is from 1805 and the last 1910. That last date is long after IPA had finished making the long journey east.
The recipe is pretty much what you would expect: a standard-strength Porter with a shitload of hops. Hang on. I think I feel a table coming on.
| Barclay Perkins Porters and Stouts in 1859 |
| Date |
Year |
Beer |
Style |
OG |
OG |
FG |
FG |
ABV |
App. Atten-uation |
lbs hops/ qtr |
hops lb/brl |
Pitch temp |
| 14th Oct |
1859 |
TT |
Porter |
21.7 |
1060.1 |
6.1 |
1017.0 |
5.70 |
71.72% |
16.79 |
4.06 |
68º |
| 19th Oct |
1859 |
Hhd |
Porter |
22.5 |
1062.3 |
6.0 |
1016.5 |
6.06 |
73.53% |
18.43 |
4.03 |
68º |
| 7th Oct |
1859 |
FS Expt |
Stout |
23.2 |
1064.3 |
6.0 |
1016.5 |
6.32 |
74.32% |
17.88 |
4.66 |
66.5º |
| 10th Nov |
1859 |
EI |
Porter |
23.3 |
1064.5 |
6.0 |
1016.5 |
6.36 |
74.43% |
20.15 |
4.93 |
68º |
| 5th Oct |
1859 |
BS |
Stout |
33.4 |
1092.5 |
10.3 |
1028.5 |
8.47 |
69.20% |
16.17 |
8.15 |
60.5º |
| 21st Oct |
1859 |
BS PV |
Stout |
33.9 |
1093.9 |
10.5 |
1029.0 |
8.59 |
69.12% |
14.31 |
7.41 |
58.5º |
| 9th Nov |
1859 |
BS K |
Stout |
34 |
1094.2 |
10.1 |
1028.0 |
8.76 |
70.27% |
19.93 |
9.40 |
58º |
| 2nd Nov |
1859 |
BS ex |
Stout |
34.4 |
1095.3 |
10.5 |
1029.0 |
8.77 |
69.57% |
19.31 |
8.82 |
59º |
| 25th Oct |
1859 |
IBS |
Stout |
38 |
1105.3 |
11.9 |
1033.0 |
9.56 |
68.65% |
15.19 |
9.60 |
57º |
| Source: |
| Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/544. |
Mmmm. Every one of those beers is hopped like crazy. 19 or 20 pounds per quarter is IPA level. That really is insane. I wouldn't like to guess about the IBU's. Probably as many as you can cram into a beer.
Just a quick post. That's me done. Time to hand you over to . . . . me . . . . .
| 10th November 1859 Barclay Perkins EI |
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| malt |
type |
pounds |
% |
|
|
| pale malt |
HP |
4.25 |
41.06% |
|
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| pale malt |
SP |
3.25 |
31.40% |
|
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| brown malt |
HB |
2 |
19.32% |
|
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| amber malt |
HA |
0.5 |
4.83% |
|
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| black malt |
|
0.35 |
3.38% |
|
|
| total |
|
10.35 |
100.00% |
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gallons |
water temp |
init. Temp |
mashed (mins) |
tap temp. |
| mash 1 |
2.5 |
156 |
|
|
146 |
| mash 2 |
1.75 |
179 |
|
|
162 |
| mash 3 |
2.25 |
156 |
|
|
158 |
| total |
6.5 |
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| type |
year |
oz. |
|
|
|
| MK |
1859 |
11 |
|
|
|
| total |
|
11 |
|
|
|
| start of boil |
6 oz |
|
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|
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| after 60 mins |
2.5 oz |
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| after 90 mins |
2.5 oz |
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| boil time (hours) |
2 |
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| dry hops |
1 oz |
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| pitching temp (ºF) |
68 |
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| gravity (OG) |
1065 |
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| gravity (FG) |
1016.5 |
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| ABV |
6.42 |
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| apparent attenuation |
74.62% |
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| Source: |
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| Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/544. |
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