Lager!

Barclay Perkins Lager in the 1930's, to be precise.

Remember me promising you the grists for Barclay Perkins Lagers? I did. I know I did. Here they are:

Barclay Perkins Lagers 1934-1935
Year	Beer	Style	OG	OG	FG	FG	ABV	App. Attenuation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	barrels	lbs hops	qtrs malt	boil time (hours)	Pitch temp	pale malt	crystal malt	lager malt	caramel
1934	Export Lager	Export	17.83	1049.4	4.33	1012.0	4.95	75.71%	6.00	1.11	205.75	228	38	2	46º			29	0.03
1934	Draught	Lager	11.62	1032.2	4.69	1013.0	2.54	59.63%	5.47	0.99	187.5	186	34	2	46º	17		17
1934	Dark Lager	Münchener	20.72	1057.4	8.48	1023.5	4.48	59.06%	4.68	1.19	104.25	124	26.5	1.5	46º	10	5	11
1935	Draught	Lager	15.7	1043.5	3.97	1011.0	4.30	74.71%	5.47	0.95	196.5	186	34	2	45º	11		23	0.03
1935	Dark Lager	Münchener	20.79	1057.6	6.86	1019.0	5.11	67.01%	4.68	1.15	107.75	124	26.5	1.5	45º	10	5	11
Source:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives

Not 100% about the pale malt. It could have been British-produced lager malt. The logs aren't really clear.

The variations in attenuation are a bit odd.

Drink Whitbread's for lunch today

I wish I could.

Warning.

Time for more advert fun. At least time for another advert. Not sure if there's much fun involved.

Take a look:

Here's what it says in English:

WARNING.
It has be shown to the undersigned that Company of J.A. OF OLFSEN, agent of the firm Van Vollenhoven & Co.., Amsterdam, living here, Haringvliet No. 83, sold its Van Vollenhoven's STOUT as DELI-EXTRA STOUT. Therefore, everyone in his own interest is warned that Deli Extra Stout has never been purchased by the company JA VAN OLFEN from the undersigned of Deli Brewery.

DELI-EXTRA STOUT, which according to Chemical Report excells over Van Vollenhoven's and BASS & Co.'s. Stout, can be obtained at major grocers, bottlers, Hotels and Cafes as well as from the Principal Agent

C.J.F DE VOS,
70 Goudschestraat,
Rotterdam

Chemical Reports are sent free on request."
Source: Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant 25-08-1890

"That's a bit mean." Was Dolores's reaction to the advert. But there were a lot of counterfeit goods around. And companies had to protect their brands.

Funny thing is, though, I always thought Van Vollenhoven's Stout was the most highly-regarded.

Barclay Perkins Ale production 1871 -1880

As threatened, part three. When Barclay Perkins Ales started to take on their modern form.

Barclay Perkins Ale output 1871 - 1880
Year	malt (qtrs)	hops (lbs)	X	XL	XX	XXX	XXXX	KK	KKK	KKKK	Table	XLK	TT	total
1871	30,651	328,243	104,072		4,794	517		2,481	703	62	945			113,530
1872	33,478	342,102	115,564		3,713	456		3,049	1,078		1,039			124,898
1873	39,505	381,944	131,655		3,470	485		3,907	1,239		1,050			141,805
1874	46,205	450,400	150,581		3,660	522		7,449	2,032		1,067			165,361
1875	46,465	453,063	159,168		2,831	289		4,315	1,625		943			169,171
1876	48,760	484,754	168,088		2,429				2,086		996			173,600
1877	52,990	537,222	182,238		2,113				1,879		1,042			187,271
1878	53,140	565,806	184,779		2,091				3,604		1,178			191,652
1879	51,170	658,538	179,208		1,783				2,917		1,397		90	185,395
1880	47,607	596,680	187,570		1,362				2,278			934	4,202	196,346
Source:
Document ACC/2305/1/674 held at the London Metropolitan Archives

And then there were three. The odd splash of XX and KKK and an ocean of X. X Ale would be the biggest seller until the middle of the 20th century.

Bitter!

Vollenhoven's Stout

Van Vollenhoven's Stout increases the nutritional value of the meal without you noticing.

Moreover, van Vollenhoven Stout is a contrast with various dishes, making meat and vegetables taste better. Van Vollenhoven's Stout is a drink,that has had  a well-deserved reputation for more than fifty years .

Order, on a trial basis, three bottles from your dealer and try from tomorrow Van Vollenhoven's Stout as a table beverage.

You will remain in Van Vollenhoven's Stout is "healthy glass.

Het Centrum 06-04-1927



Van Vollenhoven's Stout verhoogt de voedingswaarde van den maaltijd zonder dat ge er aan denkt.

Bovendien vormt van Vollenhoven's Stout een zeker contrast met de diverse gerechten, zodat het vlees en de groenten U beter smaken. Van Vollenhoven's Stout is een drank, die meer dan vijftig jaar een welverdiende reputatie geniet.

Bestel bij wijze van proef eens een drietal flesjes bij Uw handelaar en neem van morgen af een proef met Van Vollenhoven's Stout als tafeldrank.

U zult er bij blijven, Van Vollenhoven's Stout is "gezond met glazen".



Het Centrum 06-04-1927

Barclay perkins Lager water treatment in 1934

Another title timesaver.

Compare an contrast this with Barclay Perkins' water treatment for their other beers. Very, very different.

Here's what it says for the mentally-thrabbed:

"Export & Draught Boil nos. 4 & 5 backs for 1.5 hours and alow if possible to cool to required temperature. No Gypsum added.

Dark Liquor not boiled, raise to required temperature, no Gypsum added."

That reminds me. There's a post about Barclay Perkins' water treatment I've had lying around, unfinished, for months. I really should finish it. It contains full instructions for reconstructing their water profile for each of their beers.

Barclay Perkins Ale production 1844 -1860

Part two of a three-part series.

See if you can spot the trends:

Barclay Perkins Ale output 1844 - 1860
Year	malt (qtrs)	sugar (qtrs)	hops (lbs)	X	XL	XX	XXX	XXXX	KK	KKK	KKKK	Table	Hhd	EIA	FS	FBSt	BS	total
1844	23,965		341,695	17,910	432	8,987	2,909	94	4,131	5,334		1,070	739	18,270	1,125	1,322	2,286	64,610
1845	24,810		402,083	22,497		8,502	3,274	98	4,366	5,313	176	1,164		21,192				66,583
1846	27,000		462,716	23,748		9,801	3,434		3,847	7,169	208	1,060		24,134				73,400
1847	24,979		456,489	24,171		9,711	2,947		3,400	5,361	896	1,074		26,510				74,070
1848	22,036	60	359,810	26,427		10,443	2,448	287	3,617	5,904		1,336		17,446				67,928
1849	23,947		350,485	30,205		7,868	2,127		3,703	8,201	265	1,095		14,723				68,187
1850	23,625		327,556	32,604		7,765	1,975		2,686	7,351	204	1,097		13,926				67,607
1851	25,737		330,502	33,134		6,743	1,746		2,512	7,314	282	1,246		17,340				70,317
1852	30,756		421,245	38,832		6,919	1,681		3,500	8,308	232	1,233		23,286				84,519
1853	30,862		474,047	42,164		6,621	1,378		4,388	7,658	101	1,270		26,540				90,120
1854	27,305		401,975	38,291		6,345	1,208		5,372	9,027	201	1,042		20,554				82,040
1855	20,018		294,198	35,153		4,870	1,018		5,445	2,722	102	960		14,598				64,868
1856	24,425		362,320	37,172		5,446	786		6,281	4,388	95	1,024		19,187				74,378
1857	26,676		396,695	40,063		6,218	1,263		6,348	5,307	86	1,115		19,190				79,591
1858	26,642		424,040	41,905		6,756	1,234		6,027	4,711	212	1,407		20,427				82,679
1859	28,736		419,243	46,117		5,870	1,199		5,930	4,829	221	1,370		19,653				85,189
1860	28,200		406,955	46,924		5,370	959		7,197	5,102	101	1,209		16,930				83,791
Source:
Document ACC/2305/1/670 held at the London Metropolitan Archives
Document ACC/2305/1/671 held at the London Metropolitan Archives

Did you see it? The start of the march to dominance of X Ale. And the whittling down of the number of different K and X Ales.

I'm so glad I've found these numbers. They illustrate wonderfully the trends in 19th century British brewing. I should combine them with those from Whitbread. Maybe next week.

Paulaner and Franziskaner

What's up? All these Paulaner and Franziskaner Weissbier adverts on the TV.

I remember.


I'm in Bavaria. Could explain it.


Too many beer schnapps before breakfast.

Jim Montgomery.

Beers!

Time for another old advert. I love these things. Tell you what was in the shops at the time. That type of stuff.

Here it is. I love the title: Beers.

Source: Het nieuws van den dag  11-02-1884


This is what it says, for the giving-a-crapply-challenged:

Bass Extra Stout and Pale Ale 15
Vollenhoven's Extra Stout 12.5
Corman's Stout 12.5c per half bottle
Noorsch Stout 25
Noordsch Ale 22.5 per whole bottle
Erlanger, Münchener 22.5 per whole bottle
Dortmunder 15 per whole bottle, 11 c per half bottle
Beiersch diverse 17
Pilsener 18 per whole bottle
Hollandsche Ale De Haan 8.5 c  per half bottle
Maastrichts Bier prima 10 c per whole bottle

Note the rather modest role played by pale Lager. Beiersch usually meant a dark Lager. Plenty of Ales and Stouts in there. Both domestic and imported.

Whitbread's Lager trade (1940)

Not quite chiselled the last few scraps of ore from Whitbread's spreadsheet mine. The sun is singing, the birds are shining. Summer and time for Lager. At least posts about Lager.

These are the sales numbers (in barrels) for the first quarter of 1940.

Bear in mind when you look at these figures that Whitbread sold 24,000 barrels of bottled Guinness and around 200,000 barrels of Stout in total. It puts the 20 barrels of Lager into perspective. Admittedly this is just one quarter. So the real annual would have been 80 barrels. Let's be generous and say 100 barrels. Still bugger all.

Of course, there weren't going to be any imports of three of these beers for a few years.

I hadn't realised that Whitbread's relationship with Artois went back so far. Fascinating, eh?

Barclay Perkins Ale production 1834 -1843

Little time. Head about to explode. Must be quick. Remember this.

Barclay Perkins Ale output 1834 - 1843
Year	malt (qtrs)	hops (lbs)	X	XL	XX	XXX	XXXX	K	KK	KKK	KKKK	Table	S Ale	total
1834	5,695	51,270	3,434		8,014	812			622	507		985		14,374
1835	10,145	82,818	5,969		10,116	2,319		784	1,771	1,276		390		22,625
1836	16,216	139,466	11,339		13,167	3,532	286	634	3,316	2,987		772	1,507	37,540
1837	15,537	140,064	10,561	1,377	10,529	4,090	497		1,760	2,323		845	6,971	38,953
1838	15,901	149,769	12,262	2,429	9,180	4,470	375		1,809	3,298	213	934		34,970
1839	15,635	187,546	6,098	2,198	7,267	3,418	199		4,113	6,718	422	966		31,399
1840	22,111	239,324	16,936		9,514	2,804	302		4,589	6,575	466			41,186
1841	23,330	277,336	17,239		9,329	2,881	95		3,784	3,412	173	1,200		38,113
1842	23,295	290,496	16,707		9,563	3,062	95		3,900	5,164		1,166		39,657
1843	22,840	289,161	16,676	200	9,391	3,026	93		1,708	3,024	125	1,212		35,455
Source:
Document ACC/2305/1/669 held at the London Metropolitan Archives

The start of the 19th century Mild boom.