Saturday 21 September 2024

Let's Brew - 1910 Barclay Perkins XLK

By this point, Barclay Perkins Ordinary Bitter was very much a mainstream beer, being brewed in large quantities. This batch, for example, was 420 barrels,

There have been a few changes to the recipe since 1900. There’s a slight increase in the percentage of pale malt, replacing some of the adjuncts. Speaking of which, the flaked rice has been dropped, partially replaced by flaked maize.

Three types of base malt were used. A third was made from Californian barley, the rest English. Some of that English malt is described as “Gillstrap”. I assume they mean Gilstrap, one of the big Newark maltsters.

The percentage of sugar is around the same at 18%. However, rather than being all No. 1 invert, a small proportion of it has been replaced by No. 2 invert.

All the hops were English: Kent from the 1909 harvest and Worcester from 1908. The latter having been cold stored. The dry hops were Worcester from the 1909 season. 

1910 Barclay Perkins XLK
pale malt 7.50 lb 74.07%
flaked maize 0.75 lb 7.41%
No. 1 invert sugar 1.75 lb 17.28%
No. 2 invert sugar 0.125 lb 1.23%
Fuggles 145 mins 1.25 oz
Fuggles 90 mins 1.00 oz
Fuggles 30 mins 1.00 oz
Fuggles dry hops 0.50 oz
OG 1050
FG 1013
ABV 4.89
Apparent attenuation 74.00%
IBU 41
SRM 6.5
Mash at 152º F
Sparge at 170º F
Boil time 145 minutes
pitching temp 59.5º F
Yeast Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale

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