Friday 21 October 2022

CANNON BREWERY , CLERKENWELL : PORTERS & STOUTS IN 1871 & 1872

 Hi All , 

Here`s a small table of some brewings of Porter & Stout , as brewed at the Cannon Brewery .
This post is possible thanks to the efforts of the ever helpfull team at Sheffield City Archives ,
Located on Shoreham Street . A short walk from the Train Station ;
The first doccument examined was a tattered looking narrow notebook with no front cover 
Catalogue No : SHW 6 / 1 / 2 / 3 .
 Hardly an auspicious start , but as I leafed through the pages reading about a Victorian Brewer`s observations of brewing , I found brewing records , Merely recorded as ; 
" From Captain Latham`s Book , Cannon Brewery , St John`s St , Clerkenwell  London " .
These brewings cover selected brewings of SOME beers produced by The Cannon Brewery in 1871 - 1872   I hope that you all enjoy the table; 
Look out for the recipe post tomorrow,  It`ll be a Porter  🍻

This Table & Analysis C Edd Mather 2022 

The Cannon Brewery
St John St 
Clerkenwell
London
Drawing of the Cannon Brewery from the Brewery History Society website 


                                An Analysis of Selected Brewings of Porter & Stout 1871 - 1872 

Gyle No      QUALITY       DATE        O / Gravity  Rack Gravity   Final Gravity   I B U   A B V 
    245    *        Porter       06/04/1871         1.047            1.009               1.006           34        5.5    %
    248          Porter       10/10/1871         1.049.75       1.010               1.007           38        5.75  %
    251    *        Porter       27/09/1871         1.053.5         1.009               1.006           36        6.25  % 
                                      
    114     Bottling Porter  20/11/1871         1.060.5         1.009.75          1.007           70         6.25  %

    247     STOCK Porter  09/04/1871         1.052.5         1.011               1.007           54         5.75  %  

    251        Single Stout    13/09/1871         1.069            1.013              1.010           48         7       %

    260        Double Stout   24/04/1871         1.078            1.018              1.014           50        7.5    %

    156 Country Dbl Stout  10/01/1872         1.080.25       1.020              1.009           72        8.25  %
                                                                                           1.012   

    290  IMPERIAL Stout   01/06/1871        1.087.5          1.028              1.016          142       10     %
                                                                                           1.019 

Where a red asterisk ( * ) appears next to a brewing that indicates the use of Sugars in that brew  .


Cheers All ,

Edd 


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