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Barclay Perkins were relatively late to the Pale Ale game, first brewing one in the 1880s, a couple of decades later than London rivals Whitbread.
Though they did immediately start with two examples, XLK and the stronger PA. The quantities brewed of PA were very modest: around 100 barrels, at a time when they made Mild in batches of 1,000 barrels. Barclay Perkins had more flexibility than other large London brewers because they had a small brew house in addition to their main kit. This is where they brewed PA, a sure indication that it was a low-volume beer. This example was a batch of just 60 barrels.
PA was obviously a posh beer as, unlike its weaker younger brother, XLK, the grist contained no flaked maize. With just pale malt and invert sugar, it’s a very simple recipe.
The hops look like they’re higher quality than those in XLK. Mid-Kent (1913 CS), East Kent (1913 CS) and Worcester (1913 CS) copper hops plus East Kent (1913 CS) dry hops. It’s interesting that all the hops had been kept in a cold store, even though they were from the most recent season.
There was both a draught and bottling version of this brew, the difference being that the latter was much more heavily dry-hopped: the equivalent of 1.24 ozs. for a batch of this size.
1914 Barclay Perkins PA |
pale malt |
11.50 lb |
85.19% |
No. 1 invert sugar |
2.00 lb |
14.81% |
Fuggles 150 mins |
2.00 oz |
|
Fuggles 90 mins |
2.00 oz |
|
Goldings 30 mins |
2.00 oz |
|
Goldings dry hops |
0.50 oz |
|
OG |
1062 |
|
FG |
1016 |
|
ABV |
6.09 |
|
Apparent attenuation |
74.19% |
|
IBU |
71 |
|
SRM |
7 |
|
Mash at |
152º F |
|
Sparge at |
172º F |
|
Boil time |
150 minutes |
|
pitching temp |
58º F |
|
Yeast |
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale |
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Thia recipe, and many others, can be found in Armistice, my wonderful book on brewing in WW I.
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