Wednesday 7 September 2022

W B MEW , LANGTON & Co : X X X s 1884

 Hi All , 
            Here`s the latest in the series of ` Bitter Beer ` recipies ; One from a now favourite brewery !! .
It`s a relative rarity in the  W B Mew , Langton & Co`s Brewing Book 1884 - 1885 , which is deposited with the helpfull team at the The Isle of Wight Records Office : W B Mew , Langton & Co :      Brewing Book 1884 - 1885 @  ML 44 / 4  . Photos of the book were kindly sent by Jeff Sechiari of The Brewery History Society,  cheers Jeff  ,  I really appreciate you sending me the photos .


This recipe C Edd Mather 2022 

W B Mew , Langton & Co 
The Royal Brewery 
Croker St 
Newport 
Isle of Wight 

     Any and all commercial production rights reserved to Whitbread Plc and their successors in title

Cask Label Photo : Courtesy of The Labologist`s Society 

                                                   X X X s
                                                    Wednesday 1 St October 1884  
                                                            Gyle No : 1 
                Original Gravity : 1.052.25 Racking Gravity : 1.010 Final Gravity : 1.007 
                                                         I B U : 48    A B V :  6 % 


                                                              MALTS
Simpsons Malt :                        Best Pale Ale Malt  40 % = 1.930 Kg 
Australian Sub : Barrett - Burston : Border Pale Ale @ 4.5 ebc 

Malting Company Of Ireland : Irish Ale Malt          40 % = 1.925 Kg 
Australian Sub : Joe White Traditional Ale Malt 
                           Barret - Burston : Vic Ale Malt 
   
Crisp Malt :                               Chevalier Pale Ale   20 % = 0.965 Kg 
Australian Sub : Voyager Craft Malt : Veloria Vienna           0.960 Kg 

                  MASHING , SPARGING & WORT COLLECTION    
Use a Pale Ale type brewing liquor / and Thoroughly Pre Warm the Mash Tun to 90 c - 10 Mins 
BEFORE ADDING THE MALT ( Goods In ) , Ensuring the Liquor is 1.5 " Above the Plates / Filter .
                          1   St Mash Heat : 66 c At         0 - + 120 Minutes = 11.810 Litres 
                          2   St Mash Heat : 68 c At  + 120 - + 160 Minutes =   8.075 Litres 
 At 160 Minutes , Slowly open the Mash Tun Valve and RETURN SLOWLY ,
 OVER the top of the Mash UNTIL the runnings are consistently clear and bright ;
   Then Send the now clear wort to the Copper , SLOWLY increase the runnings speed / Run Off rate 
then after 10 minutes , slowly begin to sparge OVER the mash ; Slowy increasing BOTH ,
              Until you are happy with the rate and ( full ) run rate off from the Mash Tun is acchieved .
SPARGE : At Clear Wort to Copper + 10 Minutes 16 . 400 Litres @ 70 - 74 - 79 c UNTIL 1.003.5 - 4 ;
              At 1.004 , STOP RUNNINGS / TAPS and COLLECT WORT in the Copper .
 At Collection , ADD Liquor to DECREASE the Gravity to 1.036.25 THEN BOIL / CONDENSE 
          TO 1.036.5 ON 30.000 Wort Litres in Copper @ Let Off - 105 Minutes .( 1 3/4  Hr Boil )

                                                             SUGAR
                                                      1.011 Cane Sugars @ 21.06 % 
                                             Golden Cane Sugar @ 1.005.5 = 0.415 Kg
                                         Demerara Cane Sugar @ 1.005.5 = 0.415 Kg 
The idea here is , to use the darker sugar contribution to assist in stabilising the colour of the beer @ x level ; Feel free to experiment with other CANE derived sugars , the KEY points being ; 1/2 of the sugars should be relatively dark in nature and the overall Degrees of Sugar @ 1.011 .

                              COPPER & HOP CHARGES
                                              105 Minutes  / 1  3/4  Hour Boil ON HOPS 

 1 St Charge :                            To 30.000 Wort Litres @ 1.036.5 :
                                        Fuggles @ 5.5 % a/a = 26 g  for 14 IBU 
                                      Goldings @   6  % a/a =   3 g  for   2 IBU
2 Nd Charge :         To 28.765 Wort Litres @ 1.038  AT Let Off - 80 Minutes 
                    2 Year Old Goldings @ 5.5 % a/a = 32 g for 20 IBU 
At Let Off - 38 Minutes , AT 1.041.5 ON 26.115 Wort Litres ; ADD 2.800 Litres OF LIQUOR ,
                                                      Then ADD BOTH SUGARS .
 3 Rd Hop Charge: To 28.615 Wort Litres in Copper @ 1.049 , AT Let Off - 30 Minutes  
                            Hallertau Heresbrucker @ 3.5 % a/a  = 11    g for 4 IBU 
                                                   Goldings @  6   % a/a  =   9.5 g for 6 IBU 
At Let Off - 12 Minutes , ADD Copper Finings and then AT Let Off , STAND / REST Copper 1/2 Hr .
After STAND , COOL to Pitching Heat A S A P . 

                                                                     YEAST
                Pitch with 140 g Weight of a LIVE YEAST : Whitbread Type II Strain 
                                                      To 26.715 Wort Litres @ 15 c 

                                       ATTENUATION
DAY    Hour    Heat    Gravity                                    REMARKS 
    1           P          15       1.052.25
    2          M          16       1.050.5             Drop to 2 Nd F V = 26.400 Wort Litres 
                 E          17       1.043 
    3          M          16.5    1.040
                 E          18       1.036
    4          M          18.5    1.031
                 E          20       1.026
   5           M          22       1.022                Drop to the 3 Rd Vessel = 26.000 Wort Litres 
                 E          18       1.017
   6           M          16       1.015           
                E           16       1.014.25
   7           E           13.5    1.014
   8           E           13       1.012.5
   9           M          13       1.011.5
                E           13       1.010
  10          M          13       1.010                Rack AND FINE to Draught Vessel 

STAND        : 1 week at 10 - 13 c 
CELLAR      : 1 Month @ 8 c
STILLAGE  : 1 Week @ 10 c THEN FULLY VENT and allow 24 - 34 Hours before Q . C 


Cheers All and Happy Brewing 

Edd 


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