Tetley Ale malt specifications

The first post in a series based on the Tetley Beer & Malt Specifications document. A treasure trove of technical information. Especially this stuff on malt. 

Though looking more closely, the malt standards aren't Tetley's. They're Allied Breweries'. As you will see below, the standards weren't the same for all the breweries. Oddly, the standards don't seem to be grouped by the three constituent parts. Burton and Warrington have the same standard, while the former was Ind Coope and the latter Tetley.

Also interesting is how Castlemaine 4X, a Lager, has different standards for its Ale malt. As there are also Lager malt specs, it appears that 4X was brewed from a mixture of Ale and Lager malt.

I'll be honest, I had no idea what some of these things were. Which shows how little I understand about malting and brewing chemistry. I had to look a lot of them up. It was very educational. Even if nitrogen in malt and beer is incredibly complicated.

I'll be imperfectly relaying what I've learnt next time.

Tetley Ale malt specifications
1.1 Extract	282 brl°/336 lb (on dry)
	301 l°/kg (on dry)
1.2 Fine coarse difference	2-7 brl°/226 lb.
1.3 Moisture	not more than 3.5%
1.4 Colour	5.5 ± 1.5° EBC
	6.5 ± 1.5° EBC (Leeds)
	4.5 ± 1.5° EBC (Castlemaine 4X)
1.5 Total N	1.60 ± 0.1% average
	not more than 1.90% on individual samples
1.6 TSN (total soluble nitrogen)	0.60 ± 0.04% (Burton, Warrington)
	0.58 ± 0.04% (Leeds, Romford) -
	not more than 0.70% on individual samples.
	0.65 ± 0.5% (Castlemaine 4X)
1.7 SNR (specific nitrification rate)	38 ± 2 (Burton, Warrington)
	36 ± 2 (Leeds, Romford)
	41 ± 2 (Castlemaine 4X)
1.8 FAN (free amino nitrogen)	180 ± 20mg/1 at 1048 0G
	200 ± 20mg/1 at 1048 0G (Castlemaine 4X)
	150 ± 20mg/1 at 1048 OG (Leeds)
1.9 Arsenic	not more than 0.5 mg/kg.
1.10 Lead	not more than 1.0 mg/kg.
1.11 Dust and Offal	not more than 2.0% (2.2 mm screen)
1.12 NDMA (N-Nitroso-dimethylamine)	not more than 5 μg/k
Source:
Tetley Beer and Malt Specifications, 1985, malt page 1.