How Do All ,
As some readers will know , I`ve just completed my analysis of the beers of Henry Bentley & Co Yorkshire Breweries Ltd 1892 - 1894 from the sole surviving brewing book in a public archive
NB : There is an 1896-7 Cost Price Brewing Book in the same collection that`s more of a Gross Wt used and cumulative costs book than it`s earlier dated cousin,
The Brewing Book 1892 - 1894 @ Cat No WYL 2045/288/106 is part of the Bentley`s Yorkshire Breweries collection ; Cared for by the ever friendly & helpfull team at West Yorkshire Archives at Morley Nr Leeds .
This post features my commentary and analysis on the running mild ales of the Eshaldwell Brewery during the period covered by the 1892 - 1894 book , with the other beers following in later posts .
My interpretation and analysis of these records took me a few months and hundreds of individual calculations to balance both the stated Wort volume & Gravity to Copper @ Let Off - X Minutes at the Start of the boil and the Gravity and Wort Barrels @ Cast to Square / F V ;
The project also called for a reasonable ` Guestimate ` of the alpha acids of the hops used , And more importantly their position in the boil / Charge Point & Time @ X Gravity and Wort Volume .
Sdaly the ammount of Liquor used in the Mashing process isn`t recorded in the 1892-4 book , so these are my own interpretation of area & period best practice .
This analysis & commentary C Edd Mather 2023
Henry Bentley & Co Yorkshire Breweries Ltd
Eshaldwell Brewery
Woodlesford
Nr Leeds
West Riding
Yorkshire
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| Photo of the Brewery from the Brewery History Society Webpage on B Y B |
RUNNING MILD ALES 1892 - 1894
x Ales
Brew No DATE Original Gravity Racking Gravity Final Gravity IBU A B V
56 16/12/1892 1.048.5 1.012.75 1.009 24 5.1 %
79 31/01/1893 1.047.25 1.018.75 1.015 28 4.25 %
81 06/02/1893 1.046.5 1.014 1.010 24 4.75 %
99 06/03/1893 1.047.25 1.017.75 1.013 24 4.5 %
117 09/04/1893 1.047.25 1.014.25 1.010 22 4.8 %
146 12/05/1893 1.047.75 1.013.5 1.008 24 5.5 %
159 02/06/1893 1.046.5 1.015 1.011.5 20 4.5 %
200 21/07/1893 1.047.25 1.014.25 1.010 22 4.9 %
250 18/08/1893 1.046.5 1.013.5 1.009.5 26 4.8 %
267 21/09/1893 1.046.5 1.011 1.007.5 22 5.1 %
9 12/10/1893 1.047.25 1.014.25 1.010 26 4.75 %
24 02/11/1893 1.045.5 1.016.5 1.012.5 28 4.3 %
72 24/12/1893 1.046.25 1.017.25 1.013 26 4.4 %
76 05/01/1894 1.046.75 1.018.25 1.014 24 4.3 %
93 01/02/1894 1.047.25 1.015.5 1.011 23 4.75 %
99 12/03/1894 1.046.25 1.017.25 1.013 22 4.4 %
This Beer , merely written in the book as a ` Cursive ` x is the weakest of the HB & Co beers ; Also the most frequently brewed between December 1892 and March 1894 @ 106 brewings ! .
This would have been a running Mild Ale designed to be drunk within a few weeks of it`s production .
A typical Tun grist of 80 - 85 % Yorkshire or another English malt , with the remaining portion taken up by the use of " Smyrna " , another feature of this brew is the use in common with other products Ex Eshaldwell of a cooled and clear Black / Patent malt broth at X Point in the brew for colour and taste profile correction ; Also present in most x Ale brews was a small admixture of Caramel .
SAMPLE GRIST : Thursday 1 St February 1894 x Ale Brew No 93
1.047.25 - 1.015.5 - 1.011 23 IBU , 4.75 % ABV
Yorkshire " Amber " 80.75 %
Smyrna 19.25 %
SUGARS PORTION @ 1.011 Invert
X ALES
Brew No DATE Original Gravity Racking Gravity Final Gravity IBU A B V
55 14/12/1892 1.052.75 1.013.25 1.010 30 5.75 %
68 03/01/1893 1.052.75 1.017.75 1.014 27 5.0 %
87 15/02/1893 1.054.5 1.022.25 1.018 26 4.8 %
105 14/03/1893 1.052.75 1.017.25 1.014 22 4.8 %
132 26/04/1893 1.052.75 1.017.25 1.014 22 5.1 %
150 19/05/1893 1.053.75 1.013.25 1.010 24 5.7 %
166 12/06/1893 1.051.75 1.018.25 1.014 24 4.9 %
199 25/07/1893 1.053.75 1.015 1.011 25 5.6 %
244 29/08/1893 1.051.5 1.018.25 1.014 23 4.9 %
254 08/09/1893 1.052.75 1.020 1.016 23 4.8 %
8 14/10/1893 1.052.75 1.018.25 1.014 28 4.7 %
18 25/10/1893 1.053.5 1.015 1.011 28 5.6 %
30 08/11/1893 1.051.5 1.020.5 1.016 28 4.7 %
60 12/12/1893 1.053.5 1.019.5 1.015 30 4.8 %
92 30/01/1894 1.052.5 1.017.75 1.013 26 5.0 %
106 21/02/1894 1.052.75 1.017.25 1.013 28 5.3 %
116 08/03/1894 1.052.25 1.019.25 1.015 24 4.9 %
The X Ale of Eshaldwell as opposed to it`s more frequently brewed cousin employed Racking Hops, And as per the x Ale was designed to be brewed and consumed within a short period of time , anything up to 3 Weeks from it`s brew date .
The Malts employed were, as with other H B & Co beers employed Yorkshire , Yorkshire Amber and Suffolk malts @ 80 - 85 % with the remaining % taken up by the now ubiquitous " Smyrna " malt .
SAMPLE GRIST : Thursday 25 Th July 1893 Brew No 199 X Ale
1.053.75 - 1.015 - 1.011 25 IBU , 5.6 % A B V
Ipswich @ 78.25 %
Smyrna @ 13 %
do " Hirst " @ 8.75 %
SUGARS PORTION : 1.011.25 Invert Sugar
I hope you`ve all found the tables of interest ; The next beer analysis from this brewery will be their
X X Ales ( 3 Types !! ) posted later this week .
A small favour to ask , If you know of any Yorkshire or other brewing records in private collections and archives , and are able to allow access / send photos , I`d love to hear from you .
Cheers All ,
Edd
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