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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - AK grists 1878 - 1911
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More AK fun. One for the purists, this one. Details of their grists. Gripping stuff.Feel free to switch channels now if you're in search of entertainment.
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A word before we look at the make-up of an AK. You need to understand what the brewers' intentions were. They wanted a light, pale beer that was easy to drink. Knowing their will making it easier to interpret their recipe choices.
No surprise, given the aim was a pale beer, that's there's no malt, other than the base, in any of them. Crystal malt in Pale Ales didn't become a practice until well into the 20th century. Only after WW II did it become widespread.
I expected more than five out of nine (excluding the 1878 Andams, which id pre-Free Mash Tun Act) to have included an adjunct of some sort. The quantities weren't huge, either. just 4% to 8%.
While there were sack-loads of sugar , averaging out at almost 20% of the grist. Boddington AK was the only example with a sugar content below 10%. Throwing in lots of sugar is exactly what you'd do, if you wanted to keep the body light.
AK grists 1878 - 1911 |
Year |
Brewer |
Beer |
pale malt |
flaked maize |
flaked rice |
total adjunct |
invert |
Sacc. |
other sugar |
total sugar |
1878 |
Adnams |
AK |
67.74% |
|
|
|
|
32.26% |
|
32.26% |
1885 |
Kirkstall |
AK |
78.46% |
|
|
|
|
21.54% |
|
21.54% |
1887 |
Fullers |
AK |
79.81% |
|
|
|
|
20.19% |
|
20.19% |
1890 |
Adnams |
AK |
84.00% |
|
|
|
|
16.00% |
|
16.00% |
1896 |
Eldridge Pope |
AK |
78.72% |
4.26% |
|
4.26% |
|
17.02% |
|
17.02% |
1896 |
Eldridge Pope |
BAK |
75.56% |
4.44% |
|
4.44% |
|
20.00% |
|
20.00% |
1896 |
Rose |
AK |
81.08% |
|
8.11% |
8.11% |
8.11% |
|
2.70% |
10.81% |
1901 |
Boddington |
AK |
90.70% |
|
|
|
9.30% |
|
|
9.30% |
1911 |
Russell |
AK |
75.65% |
6.58% |
|
6.58% |
17.54% |
|
0.23% |
17.78% |
1911 |
Eldridge Pope |
BAK |
79.25% |
3.77% |
|
3.77% |
|
11.32% |
5.66% |
16.98% |
|
Average |
|
79.10% |
|
|
5.43% |
|
|
|
18.19% |
Sources: |
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery. |
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery. |
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/125. |
Russell brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/RUS/8 |
Eldridge Pope brewing record. |
Rose brewing record. |
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