Fremlin adjuncts in 1897

We now move on to adjuncts. Of which there are three. Which seems rather a lot. Most brewers chose an adjunct and stuck to that for all their beers. Not Fremlin.

The three cheapest beers – X, H and BB – used flaked barley. Which is an unusual choice. I’ve rarely seen it employed. The one exception being WW II. When brewers were ordered to use it. For the simple reason that there was plenty of barley available, but not enough labour to malt it all.

Flaked maize crops up in Pilsener and PA. Two of their most expensive beers. And rather a lot of it in Pilsener. I’m guessing that it’s partly to keep the colour low. As the base isn’t lager malt but standard pale malt.

Flaked wheat – another unusual choice – appears in BA, BA C and IPA. Which seems quite random.

Adjunct-free are the three London Pale Ale variants, BA L, BB L and PA L. Possibly because these were Stock Pale Ales. Also the three Black Beers: Porter, Cooper and Stout.

Other than in Pilsener, the proportion of adjuncts was quite low, just around 6%. 

Fremlin adjuncts in 1897
Beer	Style	flaked maize	flaked barley	flaked wheat	total adjuncts
X	Mild		5.88%		5.88%
H	Pale Ale		6.00%		6.00%
BA	Pale Ale			6.98%	6.98%
BA C	Pale Ale			5.88%	5.88%
BA L	Pale Ale				0.00%
BB	Pale Ale		5.88%		5.88%
BB L	Pale Ale				0.00%
PA	Pale Ale	5.88%			5.88%
PA L	Pale Ale				0.00%
IPA	IPA			5.88%	5.88%
Pilsener	Pilsener	20.00%			20.00%
P	Porter				0.00%
Cooper	Porter				0.00%
DS	Stout				0.00%
Source:
Fremlin brewing record held at the Kent Archives, document number U3555/2/F/Bx2/1/22.