Tetley's beers in 1848 - 1849

Did I mention that I'm a deeply lazy person? I sometimes wonder what I could have achieved, had I not been such a lazy arse.

This information is a good case in point. A few years back I had a lightning visit to the West Yorkshire Archives in Leeds. In a frantic two hour session between the archive opening between and when the family picked me up in a taxi to go to the airport, I snapped as much as I could. to peruse later at my leisure.

The earliest records were from 1848. Yeah! But, rather than the pre-printed form with stuff filled in, they're totally handwritten. Which makes life much more difficult for me. Being a lazy bastard, i went straight to the 1858 records. Which are on pre-printed forms.

The 1848 records I'd just left untouched. Until this week. When I wanted to know when Tetley started brewing Pale Ale. And had a trawl through them, looking for Pale Ale. Which I found. Then I realised: these things aren't as hard to read as I thought. Harvest time.

An interesting set. Especially the Pale Ale. Few breweries were making it in 1848. Mostly just in Pale Ale specialist towns like Burton and Edinburgh.

I was surpised at how much Porter Tetley brewed. The occasional Stout, but quite a lot of Porter. and loads of Mild, of all strengths. Five different ones. The amount of Porter brewed surprised me. A decent percentage of Tetley's output.

A dream: all five 1848 Tetley Milds on draught in the Cardigan Arms.

Tetley's beers in 1848 - 1849
Date	Year	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	hops
27th Mar	1849	E.I. Pale	IPA	1065.6	1016.1	6.56	75.53%	19.78	5.57	English
24th Apr	1848	PA	Pale Ale	1067.9	1018.8	6.49	72.24%	21.44	6.04	English
1st Apr	1848	X1P	Porter	1063.7	1018.3	6.01	71.30%	10.40	2.66	English
14th Apr	1848	Stout	Stout	1077.6	1021.3	7.44	72.50%	12.12	3.70	English
18th Apr	1848	X	Mild	1049.9	1023.8	3.44	52.22%	6.53	1.36	English
5th Apr	1848	X1	Mild	1077.6	1027.1	6.67	65.00%	6.95	6.11	English
5th Apr	1848	X1 S	Mild	1069.3	1026.3	5.68	62.00%	6.95	2.95	English
12th Apr	1848	X2	Mild	1088.6	1025.5	8.36	71.25%	6.31	2.26	English
7th Apr	1848	X3	Mild	1099.2	1025.5	9.75	74.30%	6.37	2.54	English
Source:
Tetley brewing record held at the West Yorkshire Archives, document number WYL756/1/ACC1903.