The cost of various malts in 1907

Back trying hard to leach information from research from my new book without self-plagiarising. Or posting the whole of the book before I publish it.

Where am I? Trying to use a random table from the book. With a totally different text. At least, I hope a totally different text. Luckily, I assembled and discussed this table so long ago, I've not the slightest fucking idea what I wrote about it.

This is fun, isn't it? Well, for me at least.

The table, rather than comparing the price per weight of the different malts, looks at the price per pound of extract. Which is a better way of looking at the relative cost.

It's clear why Chilean barley was so popular. It was cheaper than English barley. Big surprise their. Who would have guessed that brewers would go for cheaper options?

Note also that Chevalier barley was being grown in Chile. Chevalier wasn't just the main barley variety grown in the UK, but was also common all over the world.

The cost of various malts in 1907
Oriigin	Malt type	Cost per lb. of extract. d.
English	pale ale malt	4.8
Smyrna	pale ale malt	4.4
Ouchak	pale ale malt	4.6
Californian	pale ale malt	4.3
English	stock ale malt	4.7
English	mild ale malt	4.5
Smyrna	mild ale malt	4.3
Californian	mild ale malt	4.2
Chilian (brewing)	mild ale malt	3.9
Chilian (Chevalier)	mild ale malt	4.5
Benghazi	mild ale malt	4.4
	Amber malt	4.7
	Brown malt	5.5
	Black malt	6.1
	Roasted barley	4.8
Source:
Journal of the Institute of Brewing, Volume 13, page 342.