WARWICKS & RICHARDSONS : H a MARCH 1910

How Do All ,

Thanks to the helpfull team at Nottinghamshire Archives , where the 1910 Brewing Book from W & R is deposited @ DD /  NM  /  8 / 4 / 1 , I`m happy to be able to bring you this tasty little beer from Newark On Trent ; allthough it`s a meagre 3.1 % ABV as calculated , this sort of beer would have been brewed to be consumed quickly , I`d estimate within 2 - 3 weeks at most from the brewing date ; An ideal Light bodied beer to have with a snackette such as a Ploughman`s Lunch etc .

Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd 

The Brewery

Northgate 

Newark On Trent 

Nottinghamshire 

                                 

Advert from the Brewery History Society Website 

                                                              H . a

                                Brew Nos : 563 , 564 , 565 , 566 

                                              Wednesday 23 Rd March 1910

                                                    I B U : 18  A B V : 3.1 %

     Original Gravity : 1.036.75  Racking Gravity : 1.012.75 Final Gravity : 1.010

                    RECIPE FOR 31 . 0 WORT LITRES @ 1.027 TO COPPER 

                                                  75 % Mash Efficiency

                                     MALTS & ADJUNCTS 

                                  37      %       Mild  Ale Malt             = 1.375 Kg

                                  36       %      Pale Ale @ 6 - 9 ebc    = 1.320 Kg

                                    2.75  %     MED Crystal Malt        = 0.115 Kg

                                  24.25  %     Flaked Maize                = 0.880 Kg

MASHING : Pre Warm the Mash Tun to 90 c - 10 Minutes before mashing in as below ; Ensure the Liquor In Tun is at least 1.5 " ABOVE the filter bed / plates before mashing in, As you are mashing , take up to 20 - 25 Minutes to attain the MASH HEAT .

                       MASH HEAT : 66 c AT 0 - + 90 Minutes = 9.910 Litres 

At TAPS ( 90 M) slowly open the tap and return cloudy runnings over the mash , then ONCE CONSISTENTLY CLEAR , begin to Incrementally increase the flow after the first 10 minutes of running to the copper , THEN START SPARGING ;

       Clear Wort + 10 Mins @ 74 - 71 - 69 c = 34 . 800 Litres OF LIQUOR , then at a gravity of 1.003 STOP TAPS and COLLECT WORT in copper ; ADD LIQUOR to bring the gravity in copper to 1.026.75 ; then CONDENSE to 1.027 with 31 . 0 Wort Litres in the copper , THEN START THE BOIL CLOCK .

                                     SUGARS 

                    No 3 Invert @ 1.006  / 16.44% = 0 . 120 Kg 

Boil 6 . 750 Litres of Brewing Liquor for 15 Minutes , then / Once AT 6.400 Litres  

ADD the No 3 Invert and SIMMER to 6 . 200 Litres, then ADD TO COPPER as below .

                                    COPPER 

A 1 3/4 Hour Boil ON HOPS , 1 St Charge at Let Off - 105 @ 1.027 . 

At Let Off - 50 - 45 Gravity @ 1.032.5 ; then ADD (Brewing Liquor and Sugars)

Thus a CONSTANT gravity ON 30.310 L of WORT ; Condense to Let Off - 30 / 1.033  then ADD the 2 Nd Hop Charge to the copper . AT let off - 12 Minutes , ADD copper finings and at Let Off - 2 Minutes , 

ADD COOLED AND CLEAR BLACK MALT BROTH to colour to the wort to, 

 desired levels as did the brewery when this beer was produced in 1910 .

Annoyingly , no quantative value measurement system is indicated or given where the colour is recorded in the brewing book ; thus I`d suggest somewhere around 28 - 30 EBC  would , be acceptable for a beer of this class .

                                HOPS

                First Charge :   31.0 WORT LITRES @ 1.027                                                     Fuggles @ 4 % a/a = 8 g  4 IBU

                                        Aramis  @ 6 % a/a = 7 g  5 IBU     

       Second Charge :   30 . 845 Wort Litres @ 1.033

                             Fuggles @ 4 % a/a = 9 g 4 IBU

                                        Aramis   @ 6 % a/a = 9 g 6 IBU 

                                   RACKING HOPS 

            To 25 . 5 Litres in DRAUGHT CONTAINER : 4.5 g Brewer`s Gold 

                  YEAST

                Pitch  64 g Live Yeast @ 15.5 c Suggested Strain : Edinburgh Type 

                        ATTENUATION

Day Hour Heat  Gravity                          REMARKS 

   1          P       15.5     1.036.75 

   2        E8       17.5     1.030.5

   3         M       19        1.025

              E        19.75   1.021

   4        M        20        1.018.5

   5        E5       21        1.015.5      COOL 

   6         M       18        1.015     

            E        17        1.014.5   

   7        M        16        1.013.25

             E         14        1.013

   8        M         14       1.012.75   Rack ON HOPS to Draught Container .

STAND 2 Days at 16 - 18 c then CELLAR @ 10 c for 1 WEEK then ADD FININGS and ROLL WELL , STILLAGE @ 10 c ONE WEEK , VENT @ S + 7 Days and allow between 12 and 24 Hours for the beer to clear and condition before Q C                                  

                                  BLACK MALT BROTH 

Take Eg  ( X )   Litres of Brewing Liquor and Boil for 15 Minutes , 

Then PER  0 . 500 L of LIQUOR ADD 0 . 050 g Black Malt and SIMMER 5 Minutes , 

ADD FURTHER ADVANCES in 0 . 005 Kg Increments until the desired colour is reached , THEN LET OFF SIMMER / HEAT , Stand and the COOL AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE to 10 - 12 c then ; once settled @ 12 c , Bottle or , put into a container , then in the fridge .

Cheers All and Happy Brewing , 

Edd 

Lancashire 

November 2021 

GREENALL`S ( St HELENS ) BEERS 1885 - 1886

How Do All , 

Thanks to the good folks at Cambridgeshire Archives ( Huntingdon ) and the team in the reprographics department , I`m very happy to be able to bring you this table of beers from a VERY well known name in Lancashire brewing history , that  of Greenall .

Label Photo C Peter Dickinson 

The source of this discovery ? ; A Pupil Brewer`s Notebook from the 1880`s , those of           " A . R Lowe , Pupil of F C Harvey Esq , The Brewery , St Helens " which ,                   forms part of the Lowe ,Son & Cobbold collection @ KHAC 2 / 2531 / 1 ,

There are two other Brewing Books listed in that collection , another brewing journal inscibed " A R Lowe " 1889 - 1891 @ KHAC 2 / 2531 / 2 and one , presumably from the company`s own brewery @ KHAC 2 2531 / 3 Brewing Journal 1894 - 1904 

                                     Huntingdon Library and Archives 

                                                    Princes Street 

                                                     Huntingdon

                                                       PE29 3PA

Main Archives Web Linky : 

       https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/archives

Drawing of the brewery from The Brewery History Society website 

 The brewery in St Helens was founded in 1762 by Thomas Greenall , and for the next 20 years was the epicentre of the family`s brewing interests . The brewery at St Helens was to lead an odd , Quasi independent life as part of the Greenall - Whitley Brewing interests until the mid 1930`s when the remaining privately held shares in the St Helens firm were bought by the Wilderspool based Greenall`s concern .                                                             

Sadly the Hall St brewery founded by Thomas Greenall in 1762 brewed it`s last drop of beer in the 1970`s ( Cited as being April 1975 from Brewery History Society data ) .

T & G Greenall 

The Brewery

Hall St

St Helens 

Lancashire 

            

     A Sample Range of Beers , as included in KHAC 2 / 2531 / 1                                                 ( 1885 - 1886 ) 

 Quality      Gyle No    DATE                     O . GRAV   R . GRAV   P . GRAV   I B U    A B V

     X X           2            Friday  02/10/1885  1.042.75     1 . 009          1 . 006       34      6 . 5 %

    X X X         7            Thurs   08/10/1885    1.059.75    1.011           1.008          30     5 . 5 %

PORTER        95          Friday   22/01/1886    1.061         1.011.75      1.008.5       28    6 . 3 %

     P    ( A )       1          Thurs    01/10/1885    1.066         1.016.25       1.013         46    6 . 5 %

           ( B )                                                      1.059.75     1.016            1.013        46    5 . 8 %

   S  .  B           18         Weds     02/10/1885    1.080         1.015            1.012        54         8    %

(Stock) S      22         Mond     26/10/1885   1.080.25    1.015            1.012        50      8 . 2  %

    S  S             11         Thurs      18/10/1885   1.104         1.019.5         1.012        60      9 . 7 %

               

CheersAll , I hope that you find the table of interest ; If you`d like me to feature your area ;

 I`d love to see historic brewing records from more places around the UK and worldwide ,

Leave me a comment below and I`ll reply .

Edd ,

Lancashire 

November 2021  

Label Photo C Peter Dickinson 

                              

WARWICKS & RICHARDSONS BEERS IN 1910

 How Do All ,

Here`s the results of my most recent research project ; a sampling of the beers contained in the 1910 Brewing Book of  Warwicks & Richardsons located in the Nottinghamshire Archives  , Catalogue No : DD / NM / 8/4/1  .                                                                         There are quite a few different beers in the ledger ranging from X Ales to IPA , Home Brewed and even Two Stouts !! 

If there are any blog readers who are able to send me photos of old brewing records , please get in touch , I`d love to hear from you ;  all Blogposts and writings to use info and photos sent will , be credited to the author / sender and the relevant Archives / Materials Source ; and where requested , the source will remain confidential .

Cheers All  🍻

Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd

The Brewery

Northgate 

Newark 

Nottinghamshire 

Illustration of the brewery from the Brewery History Society Website

                                 BEERS IN 1910                               QUALITY   GYLE NO`s   DATE                                O , GRAV  R . GRAV P . GRAV  IBU  A B V  

     H . a         563 - 566       Wednesday 23/03/1910       1.036.5        1.013         1.010      18     3 . 3 

 

        X           538 - 541       Wednesday 16/03/1910       1.044           1.013         1.010      20     4 . 1

      X  X        548 - 551       Monday      21/03/1910       1.049.5        1.014         1.011      24     4 . 5 

     X X X      542 - 544       Thursday    17/03/1910       1.057.25      1.020          1.017     26        5

         a          575                 Saturday    26/03/1910       1.072.25       1.019          1.016     24     6 . 75 

       S  S        570 - 572       Thursday    24/03/1910        1.055           1.021          1.018      24    4 . 6

      D    S      552 - 553        Monday     21/03/1910        1.069.5        1.025          1.022      28   5 . 75 Dr

                                                                                                                                                      6 . 1 Bott

   

     H B  X     736                  Thursday   12/05/1910        1.046           1.015          1.012      18   4 . 25     

    H B X   X 735                  Thursday   12/05/1910        1.061           1.017          1.014      18       6

      H  B        708 - 709        Wednesday 04/05/1910       1.064           1.023          1.020      24   5 . 3 

    L B B        590 - 593        Wednesday 30/03/1910       1.042.75       1.012.75     1.010     28    4 . 1 

       J a          716                  Thursday    05/05/1910       1.047.25       1.013.25     1.011.5  26    4 . 6 

  X X X B     597                  Thursday    31/03/1910       1.050            1.015          1.012     34    4 . 6

     B  B         688 - 690         Friday        29/04/1910       1.050            1.015          1.012     36    4 . 9

    I  P  A       567 - 569         Tuesday      24/03/1910       1.060            1.017          1.014     44    5 . 5

                                                                                          1.064            1.017          1.014     44       6 

Cheers All , I look forward to hearing from you ,

Edd 

Lancashire 

November 2021    

E M U BREWERY Ltd : BEERS IN 1913

 How Do All ,

During my time away from blogging I`ve been able to increase my knowledge of both techniques and ingredients in historic brewing records and notes ; including their interpretation and conversion .

As with all blog posts where others contribute source materials and guest posts ; 

 I`m happy to credit Hai Pham over in Perth  W . A ,  for the effort he made in photographing the original brewing records in  The State Library of Western Australia`s Archieval Collections @ Emu Brewery Ltd ,

     Recipe Books, Cat No : MN 747 ACC 2834A/5 = 26.05.1913 - 16.02.1916                        

Cheers Hai , your efforts are very much appreciated .

EMU Brewery Ltd 

Mount`s Bay Road 

Perth 

Western Australia 

Photo from the State Library of Western Australia Collections

                          BEERS IN 1913

 Quality     No  Date                   Original Gravity Final Gravity    I B U   A B V

     X         16    Fri    22.08.1913         1.041               1.013            20       4.3 %

    

  X X X       3    Wed 16.06.1913          1.043.75          1.007           28       5.3 %

SPECIAL SHOW

    X X X   24    Mon 15.09.1913          1.043               1.007.5        34        5 .25  %

  PORTER  36   Thu  17.06.1913          1.050               1.012           36       5.5 %

    Extra Double 

   STOUT     4    Tue  15.11.1913          1.055.5            1.009           56      5.9 %

I hope you`ve enjoyed this brief post ;

I`ll be posting more tables like this, brewery histories and even some new , Nice and reasonably accurate improved home brew recipies  for between 25 - 26.5 L of Beer to Draught Container / Bottling C . V ;  On that note , the recipies are designed for those Home Brewers who have a Minimum 3 Vessel set up , IE A Hot Liquor Tank, Mash Tun and Copper / Boiler and whilst I understand that Unitary base I  process home brew systems are available ; and deservedly popular for their ease of use , there are I believe some specific points in the manufacturing process re accurate reproduction of Old Beers ; that are I strongly believe ,  Key to a bearing point  relative to a more accurately reproduced historically authentic beer .

 Cheers All , I look forward to hearing from you ,

Edd 

Lancashire November 2021       

ARCHIVES VISIT : NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ARCHIVES

 How Do All , 

Welcome to the new blog ,containing all sorts of beer related facts , information and even some historic recipies based on the records I`ve managed to dig up ; or have been sent .

At the beginning of this month , I slowly ambled into Bolton ; stopping off at the excellent Odessa Cafe on Exchange St for a rather tasty Bacon & Mushroom on toast and coffee before making my way to the train station ; catching the train for Manchester Piccadilly I passed through the site of Clifton Junction ;

 "Where on the 12 Th of March 1849 , there was a Pitched Battle between employees of The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and those of The East Lancashire Railway ; after the L & Y R blocked the line to prevent the E L R from running trains in an argument over fare inspection on freight and passengers ; later parts of this dispute involved the imprisonment of passengers at Manchester Victoria " !!! .                                                                                

The train from Manchester to Sheffield being on time , we slowly rolled through the centre of Manchester on our way south on the Hope Valley Line , passing through Edale , 

Photo : Edd Mather 2021

where in in the early 1830`s Daniel Marshall was born ( The other half of Magee , Marshall & Co )  , then into Sheffield  and exchange for the  Nottingham service , a comfortable journey of an hour or so brought me to Nottingham by lunchtime . A brief snackette and cuppa later and i was walking along the Beeston canal towpath towards the archives   ( 10 - 15 Mins walk from the train station ) .

                      Website : https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/heritage/archives

Photo : Edd Mather 2021 

On arrival at the archives , I was kindly assisted in sorting out the necessary procedures ; providing the required ID for an Inspire Card , ( necessary to examine original documents ) after putting the bag and pens into the locker , I was admitted into the search room where the doccuments I`d pre ordered were awaiting me .

James Hole & Co , Castle Brewery , Newark 

Brewing Book 1896 - 1901   @    A C C 8003 

Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd , Northgate Brewery , Newark 

Brewing Book 1910                @   DD / NM / 8/4/1  

  

After the photography of records was over , 5 Pm was fast approaching ; so after thanking the staff for their efforts on my behalf , I made my way outside and walked round to the oldest Pub in England ; Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem where some welcome pints were enjoyed and in Excellent condition too !! 

Photo :  Edd Mather 2021 

As time ticked slowly by , I realised that the train home sadly beckoned me ; after a pleasant journey back I arrived back in Bolton slightly travel worn yet happy to have been able to make my first research trip in Two Years ! 

Photo : Edd Mather 2021 

Cheers All , I`ll be posting some of the James Hole & Co , and Warwicks & Richardsons beer recipies up in the not too distant future ; along with other historic beery goodies ! 

Edd 

Lancashire 

November 2021