And what about the hops? Pretty much the same as all the other beers. That is, two types of English hops from the two most recent seasons.
Unlike in modern brewing, back in the day it wasn’t unusual to use the same hops in every beer. Or to use the same mashing scheme for every beer. Basically, they didn’t piss around as much as modern brewers do.
Process time. The funnest bit of all. Tables. Any big surprises? Well. No. The Fullers beers were boiled for longer. And pitched a few degrees warmer. Resulting in fermentations that were a few days shorter than at Youngs.
Fullers vs Youngs Porter and Stout hops | ||||
Brewer | Beer | Style | hop 1 | hop 2 |
Fullers | P | Porter | English 1929 | English 1930 |
Fullers | BS | Stout | English 1929 | English 1930 |
Youngs | P | Porter | Kent 1930 CS | Sussex 1931 |
Youngs | S | Stout | Kent 1930 CS | Sussex 1931 |
Sources: | ||||
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery. | ||||
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1. |
Fullers vs Youngs Porter and Stout processes | ||||||
Brewer | Beer | boil time (hours) | Pitch temp | max. fermen-tation temp | length of fermen-tation (days) | |
Fullers | P | 1.5 | 1.75 | 61º F | 68º F | 7 |
Fullers | BS | 1.5 | 1.75 | 61.5º F | 68.5º F | 5 |
Youngs | P | 2 | 2 | 59º F | 68º F | 8 |
Youngs | S | 2 | 2 | 59º F | 69.25º F | 9 |
Sources: | ||||||
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery. | ||||||
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1. |
Surprised that the Young’s stout was fermented for two days shorter than the porter.
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