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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
malt type pounds %
pale malt HP 4.25 41.06%
pale malt SP 3.25 31.40%
brown malt HB 2 19.32%
amber malt HA 0.5 4.83%
black malt 0.35 3.38%
total 10.35 100.00%
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
type year oz.
MK 1859 11
total 11
start of boil 6 oz
after 60 mins 2.5 oz
after 90 mins 2.5 oz
boil time (hours) 2
dry hops 1 oz
pitching temp (ºF) 68
gravity (OG) 1065
gravity (FG) 1016.5
ABV 6.42
apparent attenuation 74.62%
Source:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives document number ACC/2305/1/544.





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