Evershed Beers 1891 - 1892

As promised, here are the beers from Evershed. Weird how the records ended up in Scotland.

It seems one of the Youngers, William J. Younger to be precise, did a bit of work experience in Burton. He kept his own personal, handwritten brewing book. Which he took back with him to Scotland. It wasn't that unusual for brewers to keep their own private records in parallel with the official brewing books. I've come across a few of them in the archives.

Evershed used a typically Burton system for naming their beers. Ales numbered 1 to 7, Stouts P4 and P5 and the enigmatic O. It had me confused for a while. A long while. Until about half an hour ago, in fact. A beer of 1060 with 5 or 6 pounds of hops per barrel. Then I twigged. That must be the Pale Ale.

Evershed beers 1891 - 1892
Date	Year	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Attenuation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	boil time (hours)	boil time (hours)	Pitch temp
2nd Feb	1892	1	Ale	1098.34	1049.86	6.41	49.30%	11.82		4	4.25	º
29th Jan	1892	2	Ale	1080.33	1035.32	5.95	56.03%	10.00	3.45	2.5	3	º
29th Jan	1892	3	Ale	1073.96	1030.47	5.75	58.80%	10.00	3.18	2.5	3	º
15th Jan	1892	3	Ale	1075.07	1025.62	6.54	65.87%	20.00	7.23	2.5		56º
14th Dec	1891	4	Ale	1065.37	1024.93	5.35	61.86%	18.33	5.12	2.5	3.75	57º
18th Jan	1892	4	Ale	1065.93	1024.93	5.42	62.18%	9.17	5.21	2.5		º
1st Feb	1892	4	Ale	1067.31	1026.32	5.42	60.91%	9.17	5.27	2.5	3.5	º
8th Feb	1892	4	Ale	1066.48	1024.93	5.50	62.50%	9.17	5.21	2.5	3.5	º
14th Dec	1891	5	Ale	1057.89	1023.55	4.54	59.33%	17.27	3.94	2.5	3.25	58º
15th Dec	1891	5	Ale	1061.49	1024.24	4.93	60.59%	20.47	5.18	2.5	3.25	58º
15th Jan	1892	5	Ale	1060.39	1022.16	5.06	63.30%	15.81	4.05	2.5	3.25	58º
1st Feb	1892	5	Ale	1057.89	1020.78	4.91	64.11%	8.64	3.92	2.5	3.5	º
5th Feb	1892	5	Ale	1058.17	1021.47	4.86	63.10%	7.91	3.98	2.5	3.25	º
14th Dec	1891	6	Ale	1052.91	1020.08	4.34	62.04%	15.79	3.61	2.5	3.25	58º
16th Dec	1891	6	Ale	1052.35	1020.08	4.27	61.64%	15.79	3.51	2.5	3.25	58º
13th Jan	1892	6	Ale	1053.74	1019.39	4.54	63.92%	17.44	3.54	2.5	3.25	58º
3rd Feb	1892	6	Ale	1054.29	1020.08	4.53	63.01%	8.29	3.54	2.5	3	º
5th Feb	1892	6	Ale	1051.80	1019.39	4.29	62.57%	7.89	3.49	2.5	3.75	º
29th Jan	1892	7	Ale	1044.32	1017.31	3.57	60.94%	17.93	3.06	2.5	3.25	59º
2nd Feb	1892	Beer	Table Beer	1020.78						4	4.25	º
15th Mar	1892	K3	Ale	1073.68	1025.62	6.36	65.23%			2.25	3	º
29th Feb	1892	K4	Ale	1069.25	1025.62	5.77	63.00%			2.25	3	º
16th Dec	1891	O	Pale Ale	1061.22	1020.08	5.44	67.19%	17.27	4.44	2.25	3.25	57º
13th Jan	1892	O	Pale Ale	1059.00	1020.78	5.06	64.79%	26.05	6.51	2.25	3.25	56.75º
18th Jan	1892	O	Pale Ale	1058.72	1019.39	5.20	66.98%	13.02	6.51	2.25	3.25	57º
1st Feb	1892	O	Pale Ale	1059.83	1020.78	5.17	65.28%	11.16	5.68	2.5	3.25	º
8th Feb	1892	O	Pale Ale	1060.11	1019.39	5.39	67.74%	13.02	6.67	2.25	3.75	º
3rd Feb	1892	O4	Pale Ale	1055.12	1018.70	4.82	66.08%	11.28	5.15	2.5	3	º
2nd Nov	1891	P4	Stout	1064.40	1027.70	4.86	56.99%			3.25		58º
18th Mar	1892	P4	Stout	1067.31	1022.85	5.88	66.05%			2.75	3.5	º
18th Mar	1892	P5	Stout	1063.16	1025.62	4.97	59.43%			2.75	3.5	º
Source:
Document WY/6/1/1/14 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.

I assume that 5, 6 and 7 were marketed as Mild Burton Ales. 1, 2, 3 and 4 as plain Burton Ales or Strong Burton Ales. While K3 and K4 would be Old Burton Ales.

It's great to have more details of Burton brewing. But it only make me long more for a glance at Bass's brewing records.