Thanks to the teams at Bedfordshire Archives for their help with my enquiries , And for the photography of the original records ; as I`m sadly unable to visit the archives in person . I`d also like to thenk Keith Osborne for the extract from his book "Bedfordshire Barrels" showing the two Higgins & Sons Stout Labels ,and the date of the last brew ;
The original record : Higgins & Son , Brewing Book 1889 - 1904 @ GK/ B2 / 1 ;
The book entries only start in early - mid December 1889 though happily a table of the beers brewed and barrels is included which I`ve laid out below .
Higgins & Sons
The Castle Brewery
Castle Lane
Bedford
Bedfordshire
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| Label Image Ex Bedfordshire Barrels by Keith Osborne |
The brewery was founded by a local publican , Charles Higgins in 1837 ; Passing to
his son George after he died in 1858 ; with the firm trading as Higgins & Sons after 1880 .
The brewery continued to prosper and was registered as a limited company in 1902 and continued to lead an independent existence until 1928 when they were purchased by
Wells & Winch of Biggleswade , with the last brew being mashed in on the 5th Oct 1928 .
SUMMARY OF BREWINGS 1889
L P A 632 Barrels
PALE 549 Barrels
X X PALE 220 Barrels
PORTER 214 Barrels
STOUT 108.5 Barrels
X 4523 Barrels
X X X 242 Barrels
BEERS BREWED : DECEMBER 1889
Brew No QUALITY Date O . Grav R . Grav P . Grav IBU ABV
96 X 17 / 12 / 1889 1.049 1.013 1.010 26 4.9
2 L P A 31 / 12 / 1889 1.049 1.010 1.007 44 5
94 I P A 11 / 12 / 1889 1.051 1.012 1.009 44 5 .2
99 X 20 / 12 / 1889 1.051 1.011 1.008 42 5 . 25
98 PORTER 19 / 12 / 1889 1.057.5 1.016 1.013 40 5 . 5
97 STOUT 19 / 12 / 1889 1.076.5 1.016 1.013 44 7 . 6
Cheers 🍻
Edd ;
Lancashire
January 2022
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