W B MEW, LANGTON & Co : OSBOURNE PALE ALES 1884 - 1891

 How Do All , 

Some time ago , I began to re examine the W B Mew, Langton & Co brewing records photos set ;

 Kindly sent by Jeff Secchiari of The Brewery History Society , Cheers Jeff 🍻.

To excise a drawn out fable , I began to be unhappy with my analysis .

  In particular the gross disparity in I B U bandwith in the Osbourne Pale Ales and , 

The Grist Proportions of the Porters and Stouts *  .

 In consequence of this rather irritating conclusion , I started my analysis afresh ; 

Reasoning that a successfull commercial brewery capable of producing up to 200 Barrels  

Of a beer such as Osbourne Pale Ale would , In the interest of product consistency and , 

 Repeat sales have ensured a reasonable degree of homogenisation in re `Perceived Bitterness `,

 And , Hop Charge Points ( Relative to Gravity @ Charge and , Wort Length IN COPPER )

  across All ( sic ) brewings of O P A as recorded in the surviving brewing books from Mew`s 

 Newport brewery **.  

  The table below shows the reformed analysis of the O P A brews selected for investigation ;

 With the * in table referring to the  AVERAGE  Original Gravity ;

 As a number of the brewings contain eg 138.5 Barrels in FV  1 @ 23.6 Lbs / Brl and 

up to 3 - 4 Other Wort Lengths IN F V 1 ; Eg : FV 2 : 48.5 Wort Barrels @ 20.8 Lbs ,

  FV 3 : 42 Wort Barrels @ 23.6 Lbs , + X Barrels of other Worts = Average Original Gravity / * .

    The 3 Surviving Brewing Books from the Newport Brewery of W B Mew , Langton & Co 

Are cared for by the team at The Isle of Wight Records Office , Cat Ref : ML 44 

*  This relates to the Extract Poundage of 1 Quarter of Black Malt @ an Av of 50 Lbs / Qtr 

** I believe the Mew family operated another brewery on the Isle of Wight , 

      Any technical details or , even brewing records would be welcomed ,

Please get in touch or comment below if you`re able to assist .

This Table , Analysis Etc C Edd Mather 2026 

W B Mew , Langton & Co`s Maltings ;
Photo from the Brewery History Society Webpage on the Company

                                           OSBOURNE  PALE  ALES 

                                                      1884   -   1891

Gyle	Date	Original	I B U	A B V
22	21 / 10 / 1884	1.061	64	6.9  %
29	11 / 11 / 1884	1.061.25 *	62	7.1  %
		1.062.75	64	7.3  %
		1.060.5	64	7.0  %
57	24 / 12 / 1884	1.062.75	64	7.2  %
76	21 /   1 / 1885	1.059.25 *	60	6.8  %
		1.060.25	60	7.0  %
		1.058.5	60	6.7  %
166	20 /   5 / 1885	1.062	62	7.1  %
63	29 / 12 / 1885	1.062.5	62	7.1  %
69	5 /   1 / 1886	1.062.5	62	7.1  %
148	20 /   4 / 1886	1.063	64	7.2  %
158	14 /   5 / 1886	1.064.25	62	7.4  %
257	2 /   9 / 1886	1.064	64	7.3  %
43	30 / 11 / 1886	1.063.5 *	62	7.3  %
		1.066	60	7.6  %
		1.064	62	7.3  %
75	12 /   1 / 1887	1.063.5	66	7.3  %
112	11 /   3 / 1887	1.064	62	7.3  %
117	18 /   3 / 1887	1.064.5	62	7.3  %
162	26 /   5 / 1887	1.064	62	7.3  %
208	28 /   7 / 1887	1.064	62	7.3  %
207	8 /   8 / 1889	1.062.75 *	64	7.2  %
		1.064	64	7.3  %
		1.059	64	6.7  %
36	26 / 11 / 1889	1.066.75	66	7.7  %
55	30 / 12 / 1889	1.064 *	62	7.5  %
		1.065.25	62	7.6  %
		1.062.5	62	7.1  %
77	11 /   2 / 1890	1.065 *	62	7.5  %
		1.065.255	62	7.6  %
		1.064	60	7.3  %
162	30 /   6 / 1890	1.064.5	60	7.4  %
28	18 / 11 / 1890	1.062.25	64	7.3  %
60	9 /   1 / 1891	1.063.75 *	62	7.3  %
		1.066.25	62	7.6  %
		1.062.75	62	7.2  %
89	25 /   2 / 1891	1.062.5	64	7.1  %

  

 Cheers All ,

Edd 

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