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

How Do All , 

As most blog readers will know , I`ve begun 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 , the gross disparity in I B U bandwith in the Osbourne Pale Ales ;

and , The Grist Proportions of the Porters and Stouts *  made the re analysis a necessity.

   In consequence of this rather irritating conclusion ;

 I started my analysis afresh  , reasoning that a successfull commercial brewery such as Mew`s

would be more than capable of producing up to 200 Barrels of a beer such as 

Osbourne Pale Ale and in the interest of product consistency and , 

 Repeat sales would 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 in order to provide consistency

  The table below shows the reformed analysis of the Guinea Ale 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 / * .

Today`s outpouring of beery knowledge continues my analysis of the Osbourne Pale Ales 

 Of  W B Mew, Langton & Co by , Looking at the variations in the table set out below , 

 I hope you all enjoy the information . Next in the analysis stakes are the ` Pale Ales` 

As brewed at The Royal Brewery , Newport .

 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 

NB :  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

Gyle	Date	Original	I B U	A B V
36	30 / 11 / 1884	1.057  *	54	6.4  %
		1.058.5	54	6.6  %
		1.057.5	54	6.5  %
47	10 / 12 / 1884	1.055.25 *	56	6.1  %
		1.056.25	56	6.3  %
		1.054.25	54	6.0  %
70	13 /   1 / 1885	1.055.25 *	50	6.1  %
		1.055.5	50	6.2  %
		1.055	50	6.1  %
160	26 /   5 / 1885	1.054.75	52	6.1  %
77	14 /   1 / 1886	1.053 *	50	6.0  %
		1.053.5	50	6.0  %
		1.052.75	50	5.9  %
20	28 / 10 / 1886	1.051.75 *	52	5.8  %
		1.052.75	52	5.9  %
		1.051.25	52	5.7  %
124	20 /   3 / 1887	1.055.5	46	6.2  %
144	25 /   4 / 1887	1.052.75	46	6.6  %
201	18 /   7 / 1887	1.052.75	56	5.9  %
209	12 /   8 / 1889	1.053.5 *	48	5.9  %
		1.054.25	50	6.0  %
		1.052.75	40	5.8  %
52	24 / 12 / 1889	1.053.5 *	50	5.9  %
		1.054.25	48	6.0  %
		1.052.75	40	5.8  %
66	20 /   1 / 1890	1.050.5 *	44	5.5  %
		1.052.75	46	5.8  %
		1.050	46	5.6  %
108	31 /   3 / 1890	1.052.75	48	5.9  %
120	21 /   4 / 1890	1.053.5	50	5.9  %
200	29 /   8 / 1890	1.052.75	46	5.8  %
54	30 / 10 / 1890	1.052.75	50	5.9  %
91	25 /   2 / 1891	1.052.75	46	5.8  %

* Refers to the average combined Original Gravity of Worts IN F V 1 @ Yeast Pitching 

Cheers All 🍻 ,
Edd 

                                     AS WITH ALL OTHER BLOGPOSTS ; 

                              NO PART OF THIS BLOG OR IT`S CONTENT 

       MAY BE USED TO TRAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELEGENCE MODELS OR , 

DEVELOP AND TRAIN A I SOFTWARE / COMPUTER SOFTWARE & PROGRAMMES