Friday, 19 August 2022

FREDERICK BAILEY & CO : BITTER ; JULY 1889

 How Do All ,

                    I hope that you all enjoyed the table of beers I posted earlier this week , Continuing the 
Bitters theme of recent posts , here`s one of the two beers specifically entered as " Bitter " in 
the Private Brewing Book of H H Tebbutt 1881 - 1889 deposited with the helpful team at
Cambridgeshire Archives as an Uncatalogued Accession .
 As with the Beers Table ; I`m grateful to the team at the Archives for their help , And to the team down in 
St Edmunds at Greene King Ltd for their assistance with the reprographics charges , Cheers Guys 
I really appreciate your assistance with my first foray into Cambridgeshire`s beery history .

Cheers All and Happy Brewing ,

Edd 

This recipe C Edd Mather 2022 

                  ANY AND ALL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION RIGHTS RESERVED TO :
                              Star Brewery ( Cambridge ) Ltd and their Successors in title 

Frederick Bailey & Co 
Star Brewery
Newmarket Rd
Cambridge 
Bailey & Tebbutt Label Photo Courtesy of Peter Dickinson 


                                                             BITTER 
                                                          Thursday 11 Th July 1889 
                                                                     Gyle No : 66 
                   Original Gravity : 1.062.25  Racking Gravity : 1.013 Final Gravity : 1.010 
                                                  I  B  U  : 62                A  B  V : 6 . 5 % 

                                      MALTS  &  ADJUNCTS 
Crisp Malt
                   Chevalier Pale Ale                  30       %  = 1.980 Kg 
Simpson`s Malt
                   Best Pale Ale Malt @ 4.5 ebc 30      %  = 1.825 Kg 
Warminster Malt 
                    Vienna Malt                            27.75 %  = 1.825 Kg 

FLAKED RICE                                          12.25 % = 0.765 Kg 

                                   MASHING , SPARGING & COLLECTION
Use a Pale Ale type brewing liquor , and Thoroughly Pre Warm the Mash Tun to 90 c 
- 10 Minutes BEFORE Mashing In as below , ENSURING that the Liquor is 1.5 " ABOVE the Plates .
                            1  St Mash Heat : 66 c AT        0 - + 150 Minutes = 16 . 850 Litres 
                            2 Nd Mash Heat : 68 c AT + 150 - + 180 Minutes =   2 . 000 Litres 
At 180 Minutes , Slowly open the Mash Tun Valve and Return OVER THE MASH and Cloudy 
First runnings UNTIL CONSISTENTLY CLEAR & BRIGHT , Then send to the Copper .
 SPARGE @ Clear Wort to the Copper + 10 Minutes 85 c = 24.100 Litres and at a gravity of 1.005 ,
STOP TAPS and Collect Wort in the Copper .
At Collection , ADD Liquor to 1.048.75 then CONDENSE to 1.049 .

                                                                       SUGAR 
                                              Invert Glucose  1.006.25 = 0.600 Kg 

                                                                       COPPER 
A 2 Hour boil On Hops ; 1 St Hop Charge at Let Off - 120 Minutes @1.049 , then at Let Off - 63 Mins
At a Gravity of 1.056 ON 26.140 Wort Litres in Copper ADD 3.285 Litres of Liquor , 
THEN add the Invert Glucose and at Let Off - 60 Minutes ADD the 2 Nd Hop Charge @ 1.056 .
At Let Off - 12 Minutes ; ADD the Copper Finings then at Let Off , STAND 1/2 Hour then COOL 
A S A P to Pitching Heat and sending to the F V . 

                                                                         HOPS
                                      1  St Hop Charge : 30.500 Wort Litres @ 1.049  
                                                    Goldings @ 6 % = 50.5 g 30 IBU 

                                     2 Nd Hop Charge : 29.425 Wort Litres @ 1.056 
                                                       Goldings @ 6 %   = 28 g 16 IBU
                                             Brewer`s Gold @ 6.5 % = 25 g 16 IBU 

                                                                        YEAST
                                              Pitch 170 g Weight LIVE BARM @ 15 c 

                                                        ATTENUATION
  DAY   Hour   Heat   Gravity                                                REMARKS 
       1         P        15.5     1.062.25 
       2        M        17        1.059           Drop to 2 Nd F V 
                  E        19        1.040    
       3         M       21.5     1.028
                  E        22        1.023
       4        M        21        1.019
                  E        18        1.016
       5        M        18        1.014
                  E        18        1.014
       6         M       15        1.013
                  E        15        1.013        Rack and FINE .
STAND : 2 Days at 15 - 18 c 
CELLAR : 8 Weeks at 10 c 
STILLAGE : 1 Week at 10 c then FULLY VENT and after 24 - 36 Hours , Q . C 


I`ve got a favour to ask ,If you`re enjoy my work and are  able to assist with my research by sending photos of Old Brewing Records ; Please get in touch , I`d love to hear from you .

Cheers All ,

Edd 
Lancashire 
August 2022 


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