Bottom of the pile was X. Or rather, X with a line through it. Unlike other breweries, Tetley didn’t go from X to XXXX. Instead, all were a single X, just with varying numbers of horizontal lines through it. No idea why.
There are only three elements to the grist: mild malt, pale malt and sugar. I’ve no idea what the last was exactly. I can’t really read the description. It looks something like “Inchity”. I’ve gone for a conservative guess with No. 2 invert.
The hops are more comprehensible: Kent from the 1886 and 1887 harvests, Alsace from 1886 and Altmark from 1887.
| 1888 Tetley X | ||
| pale malt | 6.50 lb | 66.67% |
| mild malt | 2.25 lb | 23.08% |
| No. 2 invert sugar | 1.00 lb | 10.26% |
| Fuggles 120 mins | 0.75 oz | |
| Strisselspalt 120 mins | 0.75 oz | |
| Goldings dry hops | 0.25 oz | |
| OG | 1046 | |
| FG | 1016.5 | |
| ABV | 3.90 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 64.13% | |
| IBU | 20 | |
| SRM | 7 | |
| Mash at | 148º F | |
| Sparge at | 165º F | |
| Boil time | 120 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 65º F | |
| Yeast | Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire Ale Timothy Taylor | |
The note about Altmark hops got me curious, so I did a search and found this fascinating world hop report from 1931 online.
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What I found fascinating is the table of imports of hops to the U.S. from 1928 to 1930, and the 1930 U.S. beer production of 28,000,000 hectoliters, despite it being the height of Prohibition.
I just finished reading this story today: „https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2022/10/27/beer-for-all-or-for-none-the-busch-lasker-controversy-of-1922“ - and I‘ve learnt that American brewers during prohibition produced „near beer“ by brewing regular beer and removing the alcohol afterwards.
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