Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal - Saturday 09 December 1905, page 1. |
There's a reason I hunted out this price list on the British Newspaper Archive. I was taking my first run through Crowley's brewing records (thanks Perter Symons and Edd Mather who supplied them) and was wondering where the hell the Mild was.
I also wanted to make sure that all the B's really were types of Pale Ale. Because I was all confused, like.
This is what the beers looked like:
Crowley beers in 1914 | |||||||
Beer | Style | OG | FG | ABV | App. Atten-uation | lbs hops/ qtr | hops lb/brl |
AK | Pale Ale | 1047.1 | 1011.1 | 4.76 | 76.47% | 6.25 | 1.10 |
B | Pale Ale | 1038.8 | 1007.2 | 4.18 | 81.43% | 7.17 | 1.01 |
BB | Pale Ale | 1045.7 | 1009.4 | 4.80 | 79.39% | 9.82 | 1.64 |
BBB | Pale Ale | 1054.0 | 1011.6 | 5.61 | 78.46% | 10.75 | 2.11 |
L | Pale Ale | 1052.6 | 1014.4 | 5.06 | 72.63% | 6.25 | 1.24 |
Porter | Porter | 1049.9 | 1016.6 | 4.40 | 66.67% | 5.63 | 1.05 |
Stout | Stout | 1067.9 | 1026.0 | 5.53 | 61.63% | 5.63 | 1.43 |
Source: | |||||||
Brewing record held at Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, document number 37M86-2. |
Not found the Old Ale yet, I'm afraid. Judging by the number of brews o it, AK was filling the role of Mild Ale. Though before anyone asks, AK is not a type of Mild. It's a Light Bitter.
3 comments:
Hi Ron ,
Sorry mate but the L is a MILD !!.
They were brewing at least three milds in 1896 , an X @ 26 ibu 6.5% abv ,a stock version of the X , And the L is, a mild @1.061° ,24ibu and a very healthy 6.75-7%abv !.
There's also three different AK's : AK Stock @ 1.045° , 38 IBU and 5% abv , a Pale AK @ 1.050°,42ibu, and 5.5%abv and a slightly darker AK @ the same gravity and abv , but at 38 ibu .
Cheers
Edd
Edd,
if L is a Mild, how come it's always parti-gyled with AK?
Hi Ron ,
In 1896 it was P/G with the X , in 1901 ~ onwards with the AK .
The difference being the respective gravities @ lbs of hops per quarter , calculated on gravity @ first charge volumes. ( exclude adjuncts from this calculation) .
L appears as a stand alone gyle on 13/06/1901 , No 13 @ 7 lbs/ qtr.
I've not seen the earliest Brewing Journal , 1890-1896 :27M84/1 as yet to look at the early brewings (yet !!) .
Cheers
Edd
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