Wednesday 25 January 2023

Let's Brew Wednesday - 1941 Barclay Perkins KK

Just for a bit of variation, today's recipe isn't a Stout. And not from the book I'm working on. Well, not working on currently, as it's just about finished. Maybe I'll get around to publishing it soon.

Not much seems to have changed since 1940. At least not in terms of strength. That could be because this was brewed fairly early in the year, in April. While the 1940 recipe above is from September.

The grist has seen one big change: the dropping of adjuncts. Leaving it malt and sugar only. Barclay Perkins hadn’t brewed like that since the 1880s. The percentage of mild malt has increased slightly at the expense of pale malt. And this time, it really was all mild malt in the original. The SA malt has been dropped.

There’s also been a change in process, with the boil time of the first wort being reduced by 15 minutes. Presumably to save fuel.

The hopping rate has remained around the same, though the quantity of dry hops was reduced from 3 oz. to 2 oz. per barrel. The hops themselves were Kent Goldings and Kent Fuggles both from the 1938 harvest and kept in a cold store. While the dry hops were Goldings from 1939.

1941 Barclay Perkins KK
pale malt 0.75 lb 6.45%
mild malt 9.25 lb 79.57%
crystal malt 60 L 0.75 lb 6.45%
No. 3 invert sugar 0.75 lb 6.45%
caramel 2000 SRM 0.125 lb 1.08%
Fuggles 105 mins 1.75 oz
Goldings 30 mins 1.75 oz
Goldings dry hops 0.25 oz
OG 1052.5
FG 1015
ABV 4.96
Apparent attenuation 71.43%
IBU 41
SRM 23
Mash at 146º F
After underlet 149º F
Sparge at 172º F
Boil time 105 minutes
pitching temp 60º F
Yeast Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale

 

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