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Saturday, 29 August 2026

London Burton Ale adjuncts and sugars 1880 - 1899

A Dunmow Brewery Burton Ale label featuring a drawing of half a pig carcass.
There’s not much in the way of adjuncts. Only the Barclay Perkins example contains any at all: flaked rice. Which wasn’t the commonest type of adjunct, being on the expensive side. All the other beers are adjunct-free.

There are a few more sugars. And every beer contains one. Just the one. Sadly, in most cases the exact type isn’t specified in the brewing record. The exception being Barclay Perkins, where the sugar was No. 2 invert.

The percentage of sugar varies quite a bit, from 6.5% to 21%. The latter being well above the national average of around 10% in 1895. 

London Burton Ale adjuncts and sugars 1880 - 1899
Year Brewer Beer flaked rice no. 2 sugar other sugar total sugar
1892 Barclay Perkins KK 12.28% 14.04%   14.04%
1881 Whitbread KK     15.25% 15.25%
1897 Fullers XXK     20.80% 20.80%
1887 Truman (Burton) C5 R     6.49% 6.49%
1887 Truman (Burton) S5     7.69% 7.69%
  Average         12.86%
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/587.
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/01/047.
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/BUR/11.


 

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