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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - London Semi-Stock Pale Ale 1880 - 1899
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More pointless style descriptions from a book I probably won't finish for at least another couple of years. If ever.
Slightly weaker than full-strength PA is what I’m calling Semi-Stock Pale Ale. That was a real thing, being a weaker type aged for only 3 months rather than the 12 months of the stock version. I’m not sure if that was really the case with these beers. It’s a convenient label rather than anything else.
Whatever you call it, this type of beer was the second-class type of Pale ale. Around 5º lower in gravity than the first-class type. As you would expect, the alcohol content is also lower, by about 0.5% ABV.
Even more scaled-down is the hopping. Down 13% in terms of per quarter (336 lbs) per quarter and 22% per barrel. It’s safe to assume that the bitterness levels would have been lower. You’ll find this confirmed in the recipe section. For example, I calculated Barclays PA 75 IBU and XLK 56 IBU.
London Semi-Stock Pale Ale 1880 - 1899 |
Year |
Brewer |
Beer |
OG |
FG |
ABV |
App. Atten-uation |
lbs hops/ qtr |
hops lb/brl |
1886 |
Barclay Perkins |
XLK |
1053.0 |
1011.1 |
5.55 |
79.09% |
10.08 |
2.21 |
1900 |
Barclay Perkins |
XLK |
1053.5 |
1012.5 |
5.43 |
76.70% |
10.00 |
2.16 |
1887 |
Fullers |
XK |
1057.1 |
1016.1 |
5.42 |
71.84% |
11.58 |
2.84 |
1897 |
Fullers |
XK |
1054.8 |
1015.5 |
5.20 |
71.72% |
13.39 |
3.27 |
1890 |
Whitbread |
2PA |
1054.6 |
1011.0 |
5.76 |
79.84% |
10.79 |
2.78 |
1890 |
Whitbread |
2PA |
1055.4 |
1010.0 |
6.01 |
81.95% |
11.69 |
2.99 |
1895 |
Whitbread |
2PA |
1052.9 |
1012.0 |
5.41 |
77.32% |
11.94 |
2.82 |
|
Average |
|
1054.5 |
1012.6 |
5.54 |
76.92% |
11.35 |
2.73 |
Sources: |
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/593, ACC/2305/1/584. |
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery. |
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/055, LMA/4453/D/01/056, LMA/4453/D/01/061. |
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