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September 2026. Sheffield to Northampton. Yes ! I&#8217;m alive, just back from four (4) days without internet (unless you stand in a field of sheep in Cranborne Chase). Lots of exciting music reviews from End of the Road &#8217;26 to come, but first, and most excitingly, a night in the western suburbs of Northampton. Calm&#8230; <a href="https://retiredmartin.com/2026/09/07/to-the-end-of-the-road-via-duston/" target="_blank">Continue reading TO THE END OF THE ROAD. VIA*DUSTON</a><br />
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The link. The paragraph: Yes, I drank the ranch beer. And before I get into my thoughts, I need you to know: I. LOVE. RANCH. You know how some people put ketchup on everything? I’m the gal who puts ranch on everything. But I didn’t really know how that would translate here. Old Ranch Hand ... <a href="https://appellationbeer.com/blog/one-link-one-paragraph-34/" target="_blank">Read more</a><br />
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			<title>The Beer Nut - September pairs 3: Third Barrel</title>
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The line of Third Barrel beers themed around it <a href="https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/07/soft-scoops.html" target="_blank">continues</a> with <b>The Chimes</b>, a hoppy lager. I was a little apprehensive since the <a href="https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/07/summer-pubbin.html" target="_blank">recent</a> Eight Degrees one wasn't to my taste, but this goes hoppier. There's a soft peachy flavour on top of the crispness, and a late bitter poke, more cheeky than assertive. It's only 4.3% ABV, so as a draught-only house beer it's very well adapted. Their Czech-style Hello, Yes is better, but I can see myself switching between the two on the regular.<br />
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Whether we'll be seeing much by way of new beers from guest breweries at The Christchurch remains to be seen. As an outlet for new Third Barrel product alone, however, it's a welcome addition to our city's beer scene.<br />
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A majority of the beers have multiple types of hops, mostly English. Sadly, the region of origin is only mentioned in the Barclay Perkins records. Where they were all from Kent. At least the English ones. There were also some Bavarian hops.<br />
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American hops – which were used in huge quantities in the UK in the late 19th century – only appear in the Whitbread examples. That so many fresh, English hops were used is a sure sign that these were expensive beers. <br />
<div class="cms_table"><table width="576" class="cms_table"><tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl109" width="576" colspan="6"><b>London Strong Burton Ale hops 1880 - 1899</b></TD>
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<TD class="cms_table_xl100"><b>Brewer</b></TD>
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<TD class="cms_table_xl100"><b>hop 3</b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl102">1881</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Whitbread</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">American 1881</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">English 1880</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl105">English 1881</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl102">1891</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Whitbread</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">English 1890</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">English 1891</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl105">American 1890</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl102">1886</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Barclay Perkins</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">Bavarian 1886</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">EK 1886</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl105">MK 1886</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl102">1887</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Truman (Burton)</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102">S3</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">English 1886</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl105"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl102">1897</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Truman (Burton)</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102">CS 3</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">English 1896</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104">English 1896</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl112" colspan="6">Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan  Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/047 and LMA/4453/D/01/057.</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl112" colspan="6">Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London  Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/583.</TD>
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Barclay Perkins KKK is the only adjunct beer, with just shy of 10% flaked rice. Which is a surprise, as, by the 1890s, adjuncts had become fairly common in English brewing. Usually in the form of flaked maize. Occasionally rice, as in this case.<br />
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Every beer, with the exception of the 1897 Truman example, contains some sugar. The proportion varying between around 10% and 15%. Averaging about 11%.<br />
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Unfortunately, the type of sugar mostly isn’t specified. Probably some sort of invert, in most cases. I wouldn’t like to guess exactly which exact type. Quite likely No. 2 invert, as in the case of Barclay Perkins KKK. No. 3 is also a possibility, especially in the beers from the 1890s.   <br />
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl106"><b>Year</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl100"><b>Brewer</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl106"><b>Beer</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="61"><b>flaked   rice</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="64"><b>no.   2 sugar</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="55"><b>other   sugar</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="68"><b>total   sugar</b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1881</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Whitbread</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">15.25%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>15.25%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1891</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Whitbread</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">13.41%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>13.41%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1886</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Barclay Perkins</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">9.60%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">16.00%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>16.00%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1887</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Truman (Burton)</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">S3</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">9.30%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>9.30%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1897</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Truman (Burton)</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">CS 3</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>0.00%</i></b></TD>
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<TD class="cms_table_xl105"><b><i>Average</i></b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl110"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl109"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl109"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl107"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl108" align="right"><b><i>10.79%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl118" colspan="7">Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan   Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/047 and LMA/4453/D/01/057.</TD>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpT9KL8xdiCBDV8xa2RBxschROcQeKTlpje78FbkxI3ougd9oZkGAHPbA1tdfKmhhZ7RwX0mMinRVMNUBIAM1QYTULE3Aw30rhSJ0ZBJF-Wz7Bksqnk4rMTq7bc3kwWUgJGeGrVZwXM_SQt5vfD9GUYaMwfCh8pdQlPOANRNjkhQUN-7U7af0LtrsZWP4/s918/Meiklejohn_Table_Beer_3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpT9KL8xdiCBDV8xa2RBxschROcQeKTlpje78FbkxI3ougd9oZkGAHPbA1tdfKmhhZ7RwX0mMinRVMNUBIAM1QYTULE3Aw30rhSJ0ZBJF-Wz7Bksqnk4rMTq7bc3kwWUgJGeGrVZwXM_SQt5vfD9GUYaMwfCh8pdQlPOANRNjkhQUN-7U7af0LtrsZWP4/w320-h400/Meiklejohn_Table_Beer_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>Now here’s a real oddity: a 20th-century Table Beer. The type had been pretty common at the start of the 19th century. However, when it disappeared as a tax category in 1830, it quickly disappeared from England. While in Scotland, in continued to be brewed. Albeit in quite modest quantities.<br />
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In Edwardian Britain a beer of under 2% ABV, such as this one, was pretty much treated as non-alcoholic. In England, no-one was brewing a beer this week in 1909.<br />
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For a Scottish beer, the grist is incredibly complex. With three malts: pale, amber and black malt. Something that you wouldn’t see at any other Scottish brewery, other than in Stout. As you’ll see in a moment, the Mild Ales have pretty much the same recipe. Making this essentially a type of very weak Mild.<br />
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There are no fewer than six types of hops. Hallertau from the 1905, 1906 and 1907 vintage; Californian from 1907, Farnham from 1908 and Worcester from 1905.   <br />
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl78">pale malt</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl77" align="right">3.00 lb</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl79" align="right">63.16%</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl78">amber malt</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl76" align="right">0.125 lb</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl69" align="right">2.63%</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl78">black malt</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl76" align="right">0.125 lb</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl69" align="right">2.63%</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl78">grits</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl68" align="right">1.00 lb</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl69" align="right">21.05%</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl78">No. 2 invert   sugar</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl68" align="right">0.50 lb</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl69" align="right">10.53%</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl73">Cluster 120 min</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl75" align="right">0.25 oz</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl73">Hallertau 60 min</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl75" align="right">0.25 oz</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl74">Fuggles 30   min</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl75" align="right">0.50 oz</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">OG</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl70" align="right">1022</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">FG</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl70" align="right">1007</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl65" width="185">ABV</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl66" width="94" align="right">1.98</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">Apparent   attenuation</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl69" align="right">68.18%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">IBU</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl70" align="right">16</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">SRM</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl70" align="right">8</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">Mash at</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl80">146º F</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">after   underlet</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl71" align="right">154º F</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">Sparge at</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl71" align="right">170º F</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl70">Boil time</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl72">90 minutes</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl65" width="185">pitching temp</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl71" align="right">63º F</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl67"></TD>
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<TD class="cms_table_xl70">WLP028 Edinburgh Ale</TD>
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<b>After six (6) years I was back chauffeuring #PubMan Si as he ticks his way through the <a href="https://camra.org.uk/good-beer-guide?landing_style=good_beer_guide&amp;sort=nearest" target="_blank">Good Book</a></b>. And a great #PubMan he is - whilst I spent Saturday morning rolling round with sweaty men in skintight lycra he was already getting in two (2) pre-emptive ticks! I caught up with him at the second pre-emptive, the Surrey Hills Brewery. They've got an outside area where you can get a beer, but it didn't look like it even reached the lowly standards of most tap rooms. <br />
Our first stop for the main business of the day was the <a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/dolphin-betchworth-191112" target="_blank">Dolphin in Betchworth</a>. What with me recovering from my exertions and, you know, driving, it was coke for me. Cracking looking pub though. It's run by Dorking brewery, a brewery that I must confess I've never been to. <br />
<a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/cock-inn-headley-179747" target="_blank">The Cock Inn in Headley</a> was next. It looked huge, and very foody. But they had Landlord on so I did have a half here. The weather was nice so we sat outside and took in the view. Being at a large country pub in Surrey got us on to the <a href="https://edsbeer.blogspot.com/2020/08/when-brapa-comes-to-town.html" target="_blank">mysterious missing llamas</a>. Si's folks had even stayed in the area but seen no llamas. As CAMRA has now branched out into campaigning on misleading information about evil keg lagers, perhaps misleading information about llamas could be next?<br />
Then it was on to <a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/plough-leigh-191189" target="_blank">The Plough in Leigh</a>, my favourite of the trip. We had to park some distance away, as there were loads of cars parked in the road outside due to a wedding. They had Harvey's Best on so once again I was forced to have a half. The grumpy barman was not impressed by Si walking the wrong way when trying to find the loo, which after some suspiciously foody places made this feel like a proper pub. Lots of people from the wedding soon arrived, and much to Si's horror started queuing at the bar and someone else tacked on to the end. As an experienced #PubMan Si was telling he'd just walk straight past. And how right he was, as when more people from the wedding arrived they went past Mr Tacked On and joined their friends. He'd have been served before they arrived if he'd used proper pub etiquette. Let that be a lesson to you!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxriWKVKrVlweBBA7hpsooAg3bKQL4G42IkQFyzY0GDxe64oSXqufMo_aoPwEEHU8nN7GdPKP7JgVofqCPx8O-NpCgmQg0Xt_h1QBziNaBlFp-wgHeRve1KHzKiiIYjSakLrzXonAhZO0CU3Y2EBA_zrvpMXt5PVQMJXFOt5Tig35EIDW3o3SbEmzAfD5s/s4080/IMG_20260822_133016577.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxriWKVKrVlweBBA7hpsooAg3bKQL4G42IkQFyzY0GDxe64oSXqufMo_aoPwEEHU8nN7GdPKP7JgVofqCPx8O-NpCgmQg0Xt_h1QBziNaBlFp-wgHeRve1KHzKiiIYjSakLrzXonAhZO0CU3Y2EBA_zrvpMXt5PVQMJXFOt5Tig35EIDW3o3SbEmzAfD5s/s320/IMG_20260822_133016577.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>I was excited by the next stop, <a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/royal-oak-holmbury-st-mary-191133" target="_blank">The Royal Oak in Holmbury St Mary</a>, as it was on the route of an old commute, but I'd never called in. I must confess I don't like to stop when I've escaped work and am heading home. Another big foody looking pub, we discussed the practicalities of pub ticking. With many years of experience under his belt Si pays a lot of attention to pre-emptives, particulaly in hard to get areas. But conversely, a new tick out in the sticks will be ignored on first appearance, in case it's a one year wonder. The first rules of pub ticking I heard from a friend were very strict. If a pub dropped out of the GBG it was lost and had to be re-ticked if it returned. The thought of this caused a look of horror to cross Simon's face, but we both agreed that using those rules ticking the whole Good Beer Guide would be simply impossible. <br />
After that we found ourselves at a big pub that looked like it was set up for food: <a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/bricklayers-arms-shamley-green-151519" target="_blank">The Bricklayers Arms</a> in Shamley Green. The conversation turned to music here, as I'd seen a few punk bands recently. I may be lagging behind on pubs, but I'm definitely up on gigs.<br />
Our last port of call was a pub I'd actually been to before: <a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/good-intent-puttenham-150465" target="_blank">The Good Intent in Puttenham</a>. As he'd had six pints got up at five Si had a power nap on the way over. As someone committed to responsible drinking I did suggest I could take him straight to the station, but he had no time for such poltroonery! You don't get to tick the whole Good Beer Guide if you give in that easily! So with a new burst of energy he sprang to life and shot into the pub. Great pub it is too. And they had Landlord on. Puttenham is the home of the last <a href="https://www.hamptonestate.co.uk/hops/" target="_blank">historic hop farm</a> in the <a href="https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/147/Hops.pdf" target="_blank">Farnham</a> area, but sadly this is to be their last year. The (coir) thread is still not quite broken though, as the nearby Hogs Back brewery grow their own hops. <br />
Then it was on to Woking station. I headed home, as I had <a href="https://camra.org.uk/pubs/crown-horsell-150274" target="_blank">The Crown</a> to get to that evening, and Si was on his way back up north. I hope his journey went well, I did see there was no ESB at the Parcel Yard, which was not a good omen. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRjeSRhD-LBKFb91wjyDXWPgMDvObwVr6CtFHJomGtIbStlYV_VFd-FPDMOVe82xmvqqYtzfE9V3hvndhpSysCzdld84OzJO-qAXCPoaLs94jZkc0-t47bmit6dXnkRujxT50NXg24B3fFX5mfC45ucXiU4AgnciuJmnaLhPXzDUjOK7HkPXk-2kUAik/s1010/Mann_KKK_Strong_Ale_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRjeSRhD-LBKFb91wjyDXWPgMDvObwVr6CtFHJomGtIbStlYV_VFd-FPDMOVe82xmvqqYtzfE9V3hvndhpSysCzdld84OzJO-qAXCPoaLs94jZkc0-t47bmit6dXnkRujxT50NXg24B3fFX5mfC45ucXiU4AgnciuJmnaLhPXzDUjOK7HkPXk-2kUAik/w320-h400/Mann_KKK_Strong_Ale_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>Time to take a look at the ingredients. Starting with the malts.<br />
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There aren’t a great number of them. Just three, two of them base malts.<br />
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All but one have a base of standard pale malt. The exception being the 1881 Whitbread example, which uses SA malt. Which is a type of malt which produces a wort with a higher proportion of less readily-fermentable sugars. Something desirable in a beer which would undergo a long secondary fermentation. Note that it is one of the beers with the lowest degree of attenuation.<br />
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The only coloured malt is a small quantity of brown malt in the 1891 Whitbread beer. That is significant. As it’s around the time when Mild Ale and Burton Ale started to darken in colour. By the time WW I rolled around, they would fairly dark brown.<br />
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Only the 1897 Truman beer is 100% malt. Though the malt content is pretty high in all but Barclay Perkins KKK., averaging 87%.  <br />
<div class="cms_table"><table width="493" class="cms_table"><tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl115" width="493" colspan="7"><b>London Strong Burton Ale malts 1880 - 1899</b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl106"><b>Year</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl100"><b>Brewer</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl106"><b>Beer</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="61"><b>pale  malt</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="64"><b>SA  malt</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="50"><b>brown  malt</b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl104" width="68"><b>total  malt</b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1881</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Whitbread</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">84.75%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>84.75%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1891</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Whitbread</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">84.92%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">1.68%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>86.59%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1886</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Barclay Perkins</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">KKK</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">74.40%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>74.40%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1887</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Truman (Burton)</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">S3</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">90.70%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>90.70%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl103">1897</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl101">Truman (Burton)</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl103">CS 3</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111" align="right">100.00%</TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl111"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl102" align="right"><b><i>100.00%</i></b></TD>
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<TD class="cms_table_xl105"><b><i>Average</i></b></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl110"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl109"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl109"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl107"></TD>
<TD class="cms_table_xl108" align="right"><b><i>87.29%</i></b></TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl112" colspan="7">Sources:</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl118" colspan="7">Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan  Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/047 and LMA/4453/D/01/057.</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl118" colspan="7">Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London  Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/583.</TD>
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<tr valign="top" class="cms_table_tr"><TD class="cms_table_xl119" colspan="7">Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan  Archives, document numbers B/THB/BUR/11 and B/THB/C/327.</TD>
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A couple of Stouts are easily explained away. Most likely blends of Porter and Stout. AA is rather trickier. As its gravity doesn’t match any of the beers in the records. And there’s nothing obvious it could be a blend of. Watered-down PAB, the weaker of the two Pale Ales, perhaps? There was no way to know.<br />
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As for the name, Amber Ale was my best guess. Oh, and that it was a bottled beer. In the table, draught beers are to the left, bottled ones to the right. That’s all I had. That is, bugger all.<br />
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Until today. When I was looking at the wholesale price table at the back of the 1943-1944 brewing book. Where there’s this note:<div style="text-align: left;">&quot;New ratio 5.5 PAB - 4.5 A for AA.&quot; </div>Now it all makes sense. It probably <b><i>was </i></b>called Amber Ale, given that it was a mix of Mild and Pale Ale. PAB had a gravity of 1031º +1º of primings for draught versions. While A, the weaker of the two Mild was just 1026º, again with an 1º of primings. With the AA blend 1030º.<br />
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Mix a watery Pale Ale with an even more watery Mild Ale and what do you get? A pretty watery Amber Ale. Much like mixing Light Ale and Brown Ale, really. Or a bottled version of Mild and Bitter mixed.<br />
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I wonder if anyone else made a similar beer? Just had a look in my giant table of gravities. There were a few other breweries making something called Amber Ale in the 1930s and 1940s. Mostly a bottled beer of fairly modest gravity. Though there were a few stronger ones. None from London, mind. <br />
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