tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7728907393694758639..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Lees Mild in WW IIRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66808194504156495252010-07-30T00:10:55.801-07:002010-07-30T00:10:55.801-07:00Thomas, the reduction in hopping is probably due t...Thomas, the reduction in hopping is probably due to shortages. Britain was importing a considerable percentage of the hops used in brewing. If you look at logs from the 1930's you'll see American hops, Saaz, Hallertau, Poperings. Obviously, there was no access to continental hops after 1940.<br /><br />The gravity was falling, too. So you would expect some reduction in hopping rate. The one to look at to remove the influence of the beer's gravity is the hopping rate per quarter of malt. Which, for Whitbread, fell from 8 lbs per quarter to around 6. For Lees, it was dropped from around 7 pounds to a shade under 6.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-45630891030401371032010-07-29T23:24:57.372-07:002010-07-29T23:24:57.372-07:00Note the decline in hopping rates starting in late...Note the decline in hopping rates starting in late 1941. It's more pronounced for Whitbread, but both recipes were altered.<br /><br />Did this reflect wartimes shortages, resulting in beers with lower levels of hop bittering, or was it due to introduction of new hop varieties with higher levels of alpha acids?Thomas Barnesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-10857217147550985312010-07-29T00:50:58.908-07:002010-07-29T00:50:58.908-07:00The Lees 1939 mild was a good bit more attenuated ...The Lees 1939 mild was a good bit more attenuated 1.005 v's Whitbread Mild 1.010. An if this trend continued through the decade it would would have been a much dry beer than the Whitbread MildsOblivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184794716327407609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-71049352911713102592010-07-29T00:17:43.253-07:002010-07-29T00:17:43.253-07:00Lees Mild looks a fair bit more thin and watery wi...Lees Mild looks a fair bit more thin and watery with that crazy low final gravity too, compared to Whitbread's.Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com