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Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Barley Wine

Just a table today. Of Barley Wines. Why? Well why Not?



Barley Wine 1870 - 1967
Year Brewer Beer Style Price size package Acidity FG OG Colour ABV attenuation
1870 Bass Barley Wine Barley Wine


0.23 1032.3 1114.8
10.84 71.86%
1923 Younger, Geo. Malt Wine Barley Wine
pint bottled
1023.9 1083.4 69 7.76 71.34%
1932 Mann Crossman Barley Wine Barley Wine 11d pint bottled 0.18 1011.9 1096
11.15 87.60%
1933 Mann Crossman Barley Wine Barley Wine 11d pint bottled 0.19 1006.9 1094.8
11.71 92.72%
1934 Bass Prince's Ale (brewed 23/7/1929) Barley Wine
halfpint bottled 0.12 1029.2 1112.8
11.00 74.11%
1935 Bass Barley Wine Barley Wine
halfpint bottled 0.07 1023.3 1109
11.32 78.62%
1948 Mann Crossman Barley Wine Barley Wine 28d half pint bottled 0.17 1015 1084.2 24 + 40 9.10 82.19%
1950 Ind Coope Arctic Ale No. 1 Barley Wine
pint bottled 0.10 1020.8 1079.9 40 + 16 7.72 73.97%
1950 Ind Coope Arctic Ale Barley Wine 18d nip bottled 0.05 1020.1 1079.8 18 + 40 7.80 74.81%
1950 John Smith, Tadcaster Barley Wine Barley Wine
half pint bottled 0.10 1036 1098.2 18 + 40 8.08 63.34%
1951 Ind Coope Arctic Ale Barley Wine 17.5d nip bottled 0.08 1019.1 1078.1
7.71 75.54%
1952 Bass Barley Wine Barley Wine 21.5d nip bottled 0.08 1035.6 1104.1 10 + 40 8.93 65.80%
1952 Ind Coope Arctic Ale Barley Wine 18d nip bottled 0.07 1020.2 1080.3 21 + 40 7.85 74.84%
1952 Watney Stingo Barley Wine 17d nip bottled 0.12 1008 1090.7 20 + 40 10.98 91.18%
1953 Ballingall & Son Old Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/4.5d nip bottled 0.06 1017.5 1074.6 15 + 40 7.46 76.54%
1953 Bass Barley Wine Barley Wine 20d nip bottled 0.08 1036.3 1104.6 10 + 40 8.90 65.30%
1953 Benskin Colne Spring Ale Barley Wine 30d half pint bottled 0.05 1008.2 1090.7 1 + 8 10.95 90.96%
1953 Cobbold & Co, Ipswich Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/0.5d nip bottled 0.05 1029.5 1073.8 15 + 40 5.72 60.03%
1953 Everards Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/5d nip bottled 0.07 1017.2 1077.1 13 + 40 7.84 77.69%
1953 Ind Coope Arctic Ale Barley Wine 18d nip bottled 0.08 1018 1079 18 + 40 7.98 77.22%
1953 Morgans Brewery Ltd [Norwich] Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/2d nip bottled 0.06 1024 1072.3 12 + 40 6.27 66.80%
1953 Scarborough & Whitby Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/2.5d nip bottled 0.07 1024.3 1064.3 17 + 40 5.17 62.21%
1953 Tamplin Cheerio Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/- nip bottled 0.06 1015.1 1063.3 16 + 40 6.28 76.15%
1953 Tetley Imperial Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/6d nip bottled 0.07 1022.1 1078.9 10.5 + 40 7.40 71.99%
1953 Tollemache Tolly Royal Barley Wine 16d nip bottled 0.06 1023.6 1073.3 17 + 40 6.45 67.80%
1953 Truman No. 1 Burton Barley Wine Barley Wine 20d nip bottled 0.06 1023.6 1095.4 6 + 40 9.42 75.26%
1953 Watney Yorkshire Stingo Barley Wine 17d nip bottled 0.10 1031.7 1089.6 17 + 40 7.52 64.62%
1954 Georges & Co, Bristol Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/8d half pint bottled 0.05 1026 1078.2 95 6.78 66.75%
1954 Tennant Bros. Ltd, Sheffield Gold Label No.1 Sparkling Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/8d nip bottled 0.13 1021.1 1101.5 90 10.60 79.21%
1954 Tollemache Tolly Royal Barley Wine 21.5d half pint bottled 0.04 1013.7 1065.9 110 6.82 79.21%
1955 Benskin Colne Spring Ale Barley Wine 30d half pint bottled 0.08 1011.1 1091.8 75 10.69 87.91%
1955 Tennant Bros. Ltd, Sheffield Gold Label Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/7d nip bottled 0.08 1020.8 1102.4 45 10.77 79.69%
1955 Tennant Bros. Ltd, Sheffield No. 1 Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/7d nip bottled 0.10 1022.6 1097.5 175 9.84 76.82%
1956 Ind Coope Arctic Barley Wine Barley Wine 18d nip bottled 0.05 1019.7 1077.1 105 7.49 74.45%
1958 Bass, Burton No. 1 Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/9d nip bottle 0.06 1039.8 1106.8 100 8.71 62.73%
1958 Tennants Gold Label No.1 Barley Wine Barley Wine 19d nip bottled 0.06 1017.9 1102.5 35 10.58 82.54%
1959 Hall & Woodhouse Stingo Barley Wine Barley Wine
halfpint bottled 0.05 1010.4 1077.3 45 8.81 86.55%
1959 Harvey & Sons Elixzabethan Ale Barley Wine
halfpint bottled 0.07 1030.5 1085.4 100 7.12 64.29%
1959 Ind Coope Benskins Colne Spring Ale Barley Wine 23.5d half pint bottled 0.10 1009.3 1092.8 80 11.08 89.98%
1959 Tamplin Cheer-i-o No. 1 Barley Wine Barley Wine
halfpint bottled 0.04 1016.1 1062.6 120 6.05 74.28%
1960 Benskin Colne Spring Ale Barley Wine
nip bottled 0.04 1007.6 1092.2 68 11.25 91.76%
1962 Tennant Bros Gold Label No.1 Barley Wine Barley Wine 21d nip bottled 0.05 1019.5 1102.2 30 10.34 80.92%
1965 Bass, Burton Red Label No. 1 Barley Wine Barley Wine 1/11.5d nip bottle 0.10 1035.8 1104.1 110 8.90 65.61%
1965 Bass, Burton Gold Label Barley Wine
nip bottle 0.04 1014.2 1064 19 6.50 77.81%
1965 Benskin Colne Spring Ale Barley Wine 25d nip bottled 0.07 1014.2 1090.7 60 10.10 84.34%
1965 Courage, Barclay Barley Wine Barley Wine 20.5d nip bottled 0.07 1028.4 1083.1 65 7.10 65.82%
1965 Ind Coope Arctic Barley Wine Barley Wine 21d nip bottled 0.04 1018.6 1078.6 85 7.84 76.34%
1965 Tennants Gold Label No.1 Barley Wine Barley Wine 22d nip bottled 0.10 1018.8 1100.8 26 10.25 81.35%
1965 Tollemache Tolly Royal Barley Wine Barley Wine 16d nip bottled 0.05 1016 1071.1 120 7.20 77.50%
1965 Watney Stingo Barley Wine Barley Wine 20d nip bottled 0.06 1019.9 1086.4 110 8.71 76.97%
1966 Courage & Barclay Barley Wine Barley Wine 20d nip bottled 0.06 1023.2 1081.1 100 7.55 71.39%
1967 Eldridge Pope & Co. Huntsman Goldie Barley Wine Barley Wine 24d nip bottled 0.06 1016.9 1080.4 23 7.94 78.98%
Sources:
A dictionary of chemistry and the allied branches of other sciences, Volume 6 by Henry Watts, 1872, page 256
Younger, Wm. & Co Gravity Book
Whitbread Gravity Book

Look at the colours. All dark until Tennant's Gold Label in the 1950's.

Barley Wine was not originally a type of Pale Ale.

That's all I wanted to say.

14 comments:

  1. The Beer Nut19 May 2010 at 02:05

    Interesting to see the ones at 6% ABV and under. When Smithwick's Barley Wine was discontinued in the late 1990s it was 5.5%.

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  2. Martyn Cornell19 May 2010 at 08:34

    As you've indicated before, Ron, apart from that stray descriptor of Bass No 1 from 1870 as "barley wine" it's not a name really used until the start of the 20th century, and from what I've been able to see, when it was used, it was used as a catch-all for any sort of strong beer/ale regardless of style, apart from the very strongest stouts. So, as I'm planning to argue in a posting real soon now (ie when I finally get round to it), barley wine in itself is not the name of a style.

    What interests me is whether there was any perceived difference among brewers between a Stingo and an Old Tom, or whether these were labels they stuck on arbitrarily.

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  3. Ed19 May 2010 at 14:01

    Very interesting to see some info on Colne Spring Ale, that was one of the beers that interested me in Martyn's latest book. What units are the colour in?

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  4. Ron Pattinson19 May 2010 at 22:26

    Ed, that's EBC 25mm cell, I believe. The values show beer mid to dark brown.

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  5. Oblivious20 May 2010 at 00:49

    Where any of these originally Burtons rebadged as barley wines?

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  6. Ron Pattinson20 May 2010 at 00:59

    Martyn, the use of various seems arbitrary and partly regional. To me, Old Tom, Stingo, Barley Wine and a whole load of other names just seem to be variations of K Ales.

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  7. Ron Pattinson20 May 2010 at 01:00

    Oblivious, I believe some of the London Barley Wines were KKKK Ales. Though Truman's was their No. 1 Burton Ale.

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  8. Unknown17 September 2010 at 14:32

    1933 Mann Crossman barleywine had a terminal gravity less than 2 plato! I can't think of a modern beer anywhere near that strong (11+%) with a TG like that. Ron, have you ever heard anything else about this beer?

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  9. Ron Pattinson19 September 2010 at 01:46

    Dann, I'm afraid that's all I've got. Frustratingly, Mann's brewing records don't seem to have survived.

    It is a very low FG for a beer that strong. I guess they must have used a stack of sugar.

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  10. donotsmudge3 November 2010 at 15:45

    I've been brewing barley wine at home for 32 years as a wine at 10%vol. 14% is attainable but has a less pleasant flavour. Before circa 1850 most ales were brewed to 10%vol. Small beers below 9% evolved due to concerns for public health and increasing duties.donotsmudge.

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  11. Ron Pattinson4 November 2010 at 00:28

    donotsmudge, I wouldn't say most beers were 10% ABV before 1850. 6.5 to 7% was more typical.

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  12. J. Karanka18 September 2013 at 10:02

    Aren't these barley wines just a continuation of the XXX-XXXX ales?

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  13. Anonymous1 April 2022 at 03:32

    Any chance we can get a recipe for that Bass no1 Barley Wine. Been looking everywhere for it.

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  14. Ron Pattinson1 April 2022 at 05:21

    Anonymous,

    you'll have to ask Coors about that. They own the Bass records and won't let anyone look at them.

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