J T JENKINS & CO : BITTER BEERS & PALE ALES 1898 - 1899

 How Do All , 

In a break from the current series of 1880`s T & J Usher beer recipe posts ,here`s a handy table showing the results of my latest ` mini project `,  An analysis of the bitter beers of the Imperial Brewery , Hereford whilst under the ownership of J & T Jenkins & Co of Tredegar .

The source for these records is The Brewing Notebook of Wm Binnie BH 6 / 1 / 2 from the Mark Binnie & Co collection , part of the Internationally important Scottish Brewing Archive ; cared for by the helpfull and friendly folks at The University of Glasgow , Special Collections & Archives Department on Thurso St in Glasgow .

The first entered up page of the notebook also contains a handy list of the Imperial beers and their selling prices ; here`s the Bitter Beer & Pale Ales,

                                             X . B ( Export Pale Ale )  @ 1.060 Sold @ 48 /- Per Brl 

                                             G . B ( Golden Sunlight ) @ 1.052 Sold @ 42 /- Per Brl

                                           1 / - ( One Shilling Bitter ) @ 1.046 Sold @ 36 /- Per Brl 

The beers themselves are a pretty standard range from a provincial brewery , using only Malts in the Mash Tun and Glucose in Copper ; IE No Adjuncts such as Flaked Maize / Rice, as present in many other brewer`s grists of the period Eg :  Peter Walker & Sons of Warrington . The Hops used at the breweryy, as may be expected given the brewery`s location were a mixture of local growers produce and , " Sussex 1898 , Cali 1898 " .

I hope you all find the table of interest . I`ve a Small favour to ask, as I`m not currently able to visit as many archives centres as I`d like to; If any readers would be interested in a collaborative research project from records at Eg : Hampshire , Kent or other archives centres with brewing records in their collections; Please get in touch , I`d love to hear from you .

This table C Edd Mather 2023 

J T Jenkins & Co Ltd 

The Imperial Brewery

Bewell St 

Hereford 

Herefordshire

Photo of the brewery Ca 1890 from the B H S Webpage
on Hereford & Tredegar Breweries Ltd 

                                            PALE ALE & BITTER BEERS 1898 - 1899 

QUALITY         DATE           No   Original Gravity Racking Gravity Final Gravity         I B U   A B V 

      X . B        11 / 11 / 1898     3             1.062                 1.016.25            1.013            52     6.5     

      X . B        02 / 12 / 1898    12            1.059                 1.012.25            1.009            60     6.6   

      X . B        30 / 12 / 1898    22            1.058                 1.012                 1.008            62     6.6   

      G . B        25 / 11 / 1898      9            1.056                 1.011.25             1.008            50     6.3   

      G . B        29 / 12 / 1898    21            1.049                 1.012                  1.008            44     5.4   

      G . B        26 / 01 / 1899    31            1.052                 1.012.25             1.009            48     5.6   

     1 / - B       30 / 11 / 1898     11           1.046                  1.009.75             1.006.5         40     5.1    

     1 / - B       06 / 01 / 1899     24           1.044                  1.009.25             1.006            38     4.9    

Cheers All ,

Edd