Belhaven Beers in 1881

Time to take another look at Belhaven's beers, from a decade later. And there have been a lot of changes.

There are far fewer different beers. That could just be because not everything was transcribed from the original record. But I suspect not. A majority of the brews were XX 54/-. Which I assume was a Pale Ale. I'm guessing this and XXX 60/- are the same beers as XX and XXX in 1871.

Of the Shilling Ales only 80/- and 100/- have survived. (At lower gravities.) Though there's also a new beer called P 48/-. I would have guessed that the "P" stood for "pale". But it seems too lightly hopped to be a Pale Ale.

All of the Strong Ales are gone, both the Shilling Ales and the numbered Ales.

Overall, it's a way simplified set of beers. And one very dominated by a single Pale Ale, XX 54/-.

Belhaven Beers in 1881
Date	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl
21st Nov	TB	Table Beer	1036	1015	2.78	58.33%	5.00	0.71
12th Jan	P 48/-	Ale	1057	1027	3.97	52.63%	5.88	1.18
21st Dec	80/-	Ale	1062	1027	4.63	56.45%	6.15	1.67
28th Nov	100/-	Ale	1069	1031	5.03	55.07%	5.56	1.64
8th Dec	XX 54/-	Pale Ale	1050	1017	4.37	66.00%	9.09	1.85
14th Dec	XXX 60/-	Pale Ale	1055	1020	4.63	63.64%	9.09	2.06
Source:
Belhaven brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archives, document number B/6/1/1/3.