Barclay Perkins Ale production 1844 -1860

Part two of a three-part series.

See if you can spot the trends:

Barclay Perkins Ale output 1844 - 1860
Year	malt (qtrs)	sugar (qtrs)	hops (lbs)	X	XL	XX	XXX	XXXX	KK	KKK	KKKK	Table	Hhd	EIA	FS	FBSt	BS	total
1844	23,965		341,695	17,910	432	8,987	2,909	94	4,131	5,334		1,070	739	18,270	1,125	1,322	2,286	64,610
1845	24,810		402,083	22,497		8,502	3,274	98	4,366	5,313	176	1,164		21,192				66,583
1846	27,000		462,716	23,748		9,801	3,434		3,847	7,169	208	1,060		24,134				73,400
1847	24,979		456,489	24,171		9,711	2,947		3,400	5,361	896	1,074		26,510				74,070
1848	22,036	60	359,810	26,427		10,443	2,448	287	3,617	5,904		1,336		17,446				67,928
1849	23,947		350,485	30,205		7,868	2,127		3,703	8,201	265	1,095		14,723				68,187
1850	23,625		327,556	32,604		7,765	1,975		2,686	7,351	204	1,097		13,926				67,607
1851	25,737		330,502	33,134		6,743	1,746		2,512	7,314	282	1,246		17,340				70,317
1852	30,756		421,245	38,832		6,919	1,681		3,500	8,308	232	1,233		23,286				84,519
1853	30,862		474,047	42,164		6,621	1,378		4,388	7,658	101	1,270		26,540				90,120
1854	27,305		401,975	38,291		6,345	1,208		5,372	9,027	201	1,042		20,554				82,040
1855	20,018		294,198	35,153		4,870	1,018		5,445	2,722	102	960		14,598				64,868
1856	24,425		362,320	37,172		5,446	786		6,281	4,388	95	1,024		19,187				74,378
1857	26,676		396,695	40,063		6,218	1,263		6,348	5,307	86	1,115		19,190				79,591
1858	26,642		424,040	41,905		6,756	1,234		6,027	4,711	212	1,407		20,427				82,679
1859	28,736		419,243	46,117		5,870	1,199		5,930	4,829	221	1,370		19,653				85,189
1860	28,200		406,955	46,924		5,370	959		7,197	5,102	101	1,209		16,930				83,791
Source:
Document ACC/2305/1/670 held at the London Metropolitan Archives
Document ACC/2305/1/671 held at the London Metropolitan Archives

Did you see it? The start of the march to dominance of X Ale. And the whittling down of the number of different K and X Ales.

I'm so glad I've found these numbers. They illustrate wonderfully the trends in 19th century British brewing. I should combine them with those from Whitbread. Maybe next week.