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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - UK Stout malts 1969 - 1973
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"Keg!" is coming along quite nicely. I know you didn't ask. But I thought I'd tell you anyway. It's about 75% done. A few more interviews are needed, though. To fill out the memoir-like aspect of the book.
Time to have a look at the grists of the Stouts we looked at the other day.
The malt percentage is fairly high, averaging 85%. Every example contains at least too malts, most three. All have a pale malt base, other than Elgood’s, which has a combination of pale and mild.
There’s a fair amount of diversity in the malts employed. Though three – Fremlin, Whitbread and Boddington – have a backbone of pale, brown and chocolate malt. Which is much like a classic London Stout blend, except that the black malt has been replaced by chocolate malt.
I’m surprised that three brewers were including brown malt, and only one black. Chocolate malt was also pretty popular, turning up in the Stouts of four breweries. While crystal malt was favoured by three brewers.
The percentage of coloured malts varied considerably. Around 24% at Adnams, 15% at Fremlin, Whitbread and Boddington, but just 9.4% at Truman. Though we’ll see why that figure was so low when we get to the adjuncts.
UK Stout malts 1969 - 1973 |
Year |
Brewer |
Beer |
pale malt |
brown malt |
black malt |
choc. Malt |
crystal malt |
mild malt |
total malt |
1969 |
Fremlin |
Special Stout |
68.66% |
8.17% |
|
8.17% |
|
|
85.01% |
1970 |
Adnams |
Double Stout |
64.86% |
|
|
8.11% |
16.22% |
|
89.19% |
1973 |
Whitbread |
Mackeson |
70.18% |
4.70% |
|
8.40% |
3.71% |
|
86.99% |
1973 |
Whitbread |
Extra Stout |
70.18% |
4.70% |
|
8.40% |
3.71% |
|
86.99% |
1971 |
Boddington |
WSS |
65.96% |
7.61% |
|
7.61% |
|
|
81.18% |
1969 |
Truman |
Stout |
64.15% |
|
|
|
9.43% |
|
73.58% |
1969 |
Elgood |
Stout |
38.10% |
|
4.76% |
|
|
38.10% |
80.95% |
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
83.41% |
Sources: |
Fremlin brewing record held at the Kent Archives, document number U3555/2/F/Bx2/1/93. |
Adnams brewing record held at the brewery. |
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/141. |
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/134. |
Truman Ale book held by Derek Prentice. |
Elgood brewing record held at the brewery. |
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