Tomson & Wotton beers in 1893

Some results from my expedition to Maidstone last week. From the one brewing book they hane from Tomson & Wotton.

The range is quite narrow, just seven beers. And two of those are AK. One Mild, four Pale Ales, one Porter and one Stock Ale. No Stout. No Strong Ale, really. And with a very narrow range of gravities: from 1047º and 1062º.

I know that there really were two beers sold as AK, because I've seen it in an advert. Which is also how I know that KK was a Palae Ale.

The gravities aren't that different from London. The Mild is a bit weaker, but the Pale Ales cover a similar range of gravities and the Porter is about the same.

It's a similar story with the hopping rates, which are very similar to those in London. 7 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt for Mild, 11 lbs per quarter for a strong Pale ale.

The rate of attenuation isn't great, only 76% at best. Though I'm not 100% that it's the racking gravity. The true FG could be lower.

Tomson & Wotton beers in 1893
Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl
X	Mild	1052.2	1016.1	4.77	69.20%	7.00	1.40
AK	Pale Ale	1046.9	1016.1	4.08	65.74%	9.00	1.71
AK (Stock)	Pale Ale	1051.1	1016.1	4.63	68.55%	9.00	1.71
AKK	Pale Ale	1057.3	1013.9	5.75	75.85%	10.00	2.14
KK	Pale Ale	1059.6	1016.6	5.69	72.13%	10.69	2.37
P	Porter	1051.2	1021.6	3.92	57.82%	6.67	1.49
KKK	Stock Ale	1062.0	1016.6	6.01	73.20%	10.00	2.37
Source:
Tomson & Wotton brewing record held at the Kent Arrchives, document number R/U7/B5.