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.
Do you know what 'XL' is?
ReplyDeleteMark, based on the usual use of L by London brewers, it stands for "London". So X brewed for London, i.e. stronger. London versions were always stronger than country versions.
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