There’s
not much in the way of adjuncts. Only the Barclay Perkins example
contains any at all: flaked rice. Which wasn’t the commonest type of
adjunct, being on the expensive side. All the other beers are
adjunct-free.
There are a few more sugars. And every beer
contains one. Just the one. Sadly, in most cases the exact type isn’t
specified in the brewing record. The exception being Barclay Perkins,
where the sugar was No. 2 invert.
The percentage of sugar varies
quite a bit, from 6.5% to 21%. The latter being well above the national
average of around 10% in 1895.
| London Burton Ale adjuncts and sugars 1880 - 1899 | ||||||
| Year | Brewer | Beer | flaked rice | no. 2 sugar | other sugar | total sugar |
| 1892 | Barclay Perkins | KK | 12.28% | 14.04% | 14.04% | |
| 1881 | Whitbread | KK | 15.25% | 15.25% | ||
| 1897 | Fullers | XXK | 20.80% | 20.80% | ||
| 1887 | Truman (Burton) | C5 R | 6.49% | 6.49% | ||
| 1887 | Truman (Burton) | S5 | 7.69% | 7.69% | ||
| Average | 12.86% | |||||
| Sources: | ||||||
| Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/587. | ||||||
| Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/01/047. | ||||||
| Fullers brewing record held at the brewery. | ||||||
| Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/BUR/11. | ||||||
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