Thursday, 3 March 2022

SIDNEY EVERSHED LTD : PORTER 1891

 How Do All ,

Here`s today`s recipe ; A nice and tasty Porter from ..... Burton on Trent !!! ; This recipe is taken from the Pupil Brewer`s Notebook of William J Younger , entered up whilst he was a Pupil Brewer at Evershed`s from 1891 - 1892 Cat No WY 6 / 1 / 1 /  41 

The notebook is a valuable source of information on a brewery whose own Brewing Books and Journals etc have presumably been lost to the mists of time and the voracious appetites of open fired Lancashire boilers .                                                                                    

I`m appealing to any private individuals or companies who have old brewing records in their collections to get in touch if you`re able to allow me access to your archives ; For still operative brewers , I`m interested in any records of your own up to 1922  - 1930 ,  and from breweries whose records inherited through takeover , up to 1968 - 1970  . 

If you`re able to help with my research , please get in touch , I`d love to hear from you .

Cheers 

Edd   @ beerhistorybloke@gmail.com

This recipe C Edd Mather 2022 

         ANY AND ALL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION RIGHTS RESERVED TO
                    Marston , Thomson & Evershed Plc and their successors in title  
        RECIPE FOR 32 WORT LITRES TO COPPER @ 1.052.5 , 75 % Mash Efficiency 

Sidney Evershed Ltd 
Bank Brewery
Bank Square 
Burton on Trent 
Staffordshire 
                                         PORTER 
                                                    December 1891 
        Original Gravity: 1.062  Bottling Gravity : 1.018.75 Final Gravity : 1.016 
                                          I B U : 42       A B V :  5 % 
MALT
Crisp Malt 
Plumage Archer Pale Ale    6 . 115 Kg

French & Jupps 
Brown Malt                         0 . 725 Kg
Black Malt                           0 . 730 Kg

MASHING 
A Lightly burtonised brewing liquor ; and Thoroughly Pre Warm the Mash Tun to 90 c 
 - 10 Minutes before Goods In as below ; ENSURING the liquor is 1.5" above the plates .
   1 St  Mash Heat : 67 c At         0  - + 120 Minutes = 21 . 225 L
   2 Nd Mash Heat : 69 c At + 120  -  + 155 Minutes =  7 . 810 L
At Taps , Slowly return any cloudy /  turbid 1 St Runnings OVER THE MASH , 
Until Consistently Clear & Bright , Then cast to the copper .

SPARGING & COLLECTION 
Sparge at Clear Wort to Copper + 10 Minutes @ 74 - 71 - 68 c = 34 . 100 L , 
Then at a GRAVITY OF 1.005.5 , STOP TAPS AND COLLECT WORT IN COPPER .
At Collection , ADD LIQUOR to 1.052.25 then CONDENSE TO 32.000 Wort Litres 
AT A GRAVITY OF 1.052.5 .

COPPER 
A 1 3/4 Hour Boil ON HOPS ; 1 St Charge at Let Off - 105 @ 1.052 ;
2 Nd Charge at Let Off - 70 @ 1.056 then at Let Off - 30 @ 1.059 , + 3 Rd Charge .
At Let Off - 12 Minutes , ADD Copper Finings and then at Let Off ( 105 Mins ) 
STAND COPPER 1/2 Hour THEN COOL A S A P to Pitching Heat .

HOPS 
1 St Hop Charge : 32 . 000 Wort Litres @ 1.052.5 
                              Fuggles @ 5.5 % a/a = 48 g
2 Nd Hop Charge : 29 . 865 Wort Litres @ 1.056 
                              Tettnanger @ 5.5 % a/a = 8 g
3 Rd Hop Charge : 28 . 265 Wort Litres @ 1.059 
                               Aramis @ 7 % a/a =  20 g 

YEAST 
Pitch with an Burton on Trent type yeast strain , 
165 g WEIGHT of Live Barm @ 14.5 c to 26 . 825 Litres of Wort @ 1.062 

                                    ATTENUATION
DAY   Hour   Heat   Gravity                             REMARKS 
   1         P      14.5     1.062
   2         M     15.5     1.060
              E      17        1.055
   3         M     18.5     1.050
              E      19        1.044
   4         M     19.5     1.039
              E      21        1.032
   5         M     18        1.029.5
              E      18        1.027     To Conditioning Vessel , COOL  and MATURE as below.
MATURATION : AT 14 - 17 c for 2 - 3 Days , then CELLAR @ 10 c until at 1.019.25 , 
Then VENT fully and allow to 14 - 15 c .
BOTTLING : CLEAR & BRIGHT at 1.018.75 - 1.018.5 at 15 c , STAND 2 Days 18 c
CELLAR : 8 - 10 WEEKS @ 10 c then stand 1 Week at 10 - 12 c before Q . C 

Cheers All and Happy Brewing 
Edd 

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