I was the person who requested it, thanks so much Ron!! After trawling through the blog, I had some ideas, but the concise-answer really nailed it down for me - as well as giving me good, simplified lines to feed people, when I’m trying to explain these things I’m into.
Love these short informative videos. Thank you Ron. Also, here's a plug for your book AK! The story of a light bitter Everything you need to know about AK, the classic Running Bitter of the 19th century. Including 50 historic recipes from 15 different breweries spanning more than 100 years.
It's just like you would imagine. Not much flavour there at all, hardly any malt flavour with some graininess from the flaked barley. There is some Goldings aroma. I used a fairly mineral water profile given it was a Kent beer and that comes through on the taste. It's like you got half a pint of a pale ale and added another half pint of still mineral water. Now I know what a WW2 beer tastes like!
In 1949 Finland, A-beer (aka III-beer) was defined as a beer with alcohol by weight 3.7-4.4% (4.6-5.5% ABV). B-beer was 2.8-3.7% ABW (3.5-4.6% ABV). Just realised it fits your theory about the name of AK. III-beer was ABV <5.7% in 1932-1937 (after prohibition) and ABV <4.9 in 1937-1949. The story goes that the new A-beer class was created to please the foreign public in the 1952 Olympics.
Keep'm coming Ron. Very interesting. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Thanks Ron.
ReplyDeleteI was the person who requested it, thanks so much Ron!! After trawling through the blog, I had some ideas, but the concise-answer really nailed it down for me - as well as giving me good, simplified lines to feed people, when I’m trying to explain these things I’m into.
ReplyDeleteGood and precise. Big fan of brewing in this style. It's nice to have the background info
ReplyDeleteLove these short informative videos. Thank you Ron. Also, here's a plug for your book AK! The story of a light bitter
ReplyDeleteEverything you need to know about AK, the classic Running Bitter of the 19th century. Including 50 historic recipes from 15 different breweries spanning more than 100 years.
I'm drinking a 1943 Shepherd Neame AK I made from the recipe in that book right now!
DeleteBrad, and how does it taste?
ReplyDeleteIt's just like you would imagine. Not much flavour there at all, hardly any malt flavour with some graininess from the flaked barley. There is some Goldings aroma. I used a fairly mineral water profile given it was a Kent beer and that comes through on the taste. It's like you got half a pint of a pale ale and added another half pint of still mineral water.
ReplyDeleteNow I know what a WW2 beer tastes like!
In 1949 Finland, A-beer (aka III-beer) was defined as a beer with alcohol by weight 3.7-4.4% (4.6-5.5% ABV). B-beer was 2.8-3.7% ABW (3.5-4.6% ABV). Just realised it fits your theory about the name of AK.
ReplyDeleteIII-beer was ABV <5.7% in 1932-1937 (after prohibition) and ABV <4.9 in 1937-1949. The story goes that the new A-beer class was created to please the foreign public in the 1952 Olympics.