Sunday 9 July 2023

MALLEN & Co : PALE ALE 1885

  How Do All , 

Thanks to a request for more historic Australian content , Here`s a recipe from the sole  (Known) surviving brewing brewing record from the Waverley Brewery of Mallen & Co  in Mitcham,  South Australia ; The second that Charles Mallen established to bear the name ` Waverley `in the town.

The record from which this recipe is drawn is cared for as part of their collections by the good folks at The State Brewery of South Australia in Adelaide , as part of the Chales Mallen & Co collection, Charles Mallen & Co , Brewing Control Register 1885 - 1917 BRG 186 / 1 ; The photos I have were kindly taken and sent by a friend of the blog , Piers Watson ; Cheers Mate , Appreciated .

Charles Mallen had established the 1 St Waverley Brewery in Mitcham in 1875 which was bought by William Simms , though within a brief time ; the original brewery had become a Vinegar Brewery .   The second Waverley Brewery was established in 1878 on the corner of Princes Rd and Victoria Terrace by Charles Mallen in partnership with his daughter Marie , John Haimes and Arthur Bean , being styled Haimes, Mallen & Co and after Arthur Bean retired in 1879 and John Haimes died , the business was known as Mallen & Co .

The brewing of Mallen & Co beers in Mitcham stopped in 1933 , when the brewery made arrangements with The South Australian Brewing Co to supply the hotels of Mallen & Co ; the brewery itself was sold to the newly formed Castlereagh Brewing Co Ltd in the same year which ran in to difficulties , as by 1934 another company ; The Adelaide Brewery Co Ltd was in occupation , and by 1938 The Springfield Brewery had purchased the site and continued brewing there until Ca 1948 .

If any readers are able to send photos of other historic Australian , New Zealand or even South African historic brewing records ; Please get in touch , I`d love to hear from you .

This recipe C Edd Mather 2023 

                      ANY AND ALL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION RIGHTS RESERVED TO
                                                     Mallen & Co and their successors in title  

Charles Mallen & Co 
Waverley Brewery
Princes Rd & Victoria Terrace 
Mitcham 
Adelaide
South Australia 

                                                                       PALE ALE 
                                                         Thursday 15 Th January 1885 
                                                                      Brew No : 1 
                                          Original Gravity : 1.058.5   Final Gravity : 1.010
                                                          I B U : 66        A B V : 6.4  % 

                                                                          MALTS 
U K  &  Ireland 
Crisp Malt :                                      80    %  Chevalier        = 3.210 Kg
Malting Company of Ireland :         20    %  Irish Ale Malt = 0.800 Kg 

Australia 
Voyager Craft Malt :                        80    %   Veloria Schooner = 3.205 Kg
Barrett - Burston :                            20    %   Vic Ale Malt        = 0.800 Kg

New Zealand 
Crisp Malt :                                      80    %   Chevalier             = 3.210 Kg
Malt Europ New Zealand                20     %   Ale Mal;t             = 0.800 Kg 


                                                                       MASHING 
                                                              Use a Pale Ale Liquor
  Thoroughly pre warm the Mash Tun to 95 - 90 c ; ENSURE the Liquor is 1.5 " ABOVE the Plates 
                                               MASH : 2 Hours @ 67 c = 11.500 Litres 
At Taps ( 120 Mins ) Slowly open the mash tun valve and return any turbid / cloudy Wort Runnings OVER the Mash until Consistently BRIGHT & CLEAR ; ONLY THEN allow the Wort to the Copper .

                                                        SPARGING   &   COLLECTION 
Sparge at Clear Wort to Copper + 10 Minutes at 76 - 71 c = 20.850 Litres then at a Gravity of 1.004 - 1.003.5 STOP TAPS and Collect the Wort in the Copper ; ADD LIQUOR to the Copper , REDUCING the Gravity to 1.033.5 on 29.000 Wort Litres in Copper and ADD the 1 St Sugar Charge .
After adding the 1 St Sugar Charge ; Condense to 1.050.25 . Take care to remove any scum or other detritus floating on the Wort surface BEFORE adding the 1 St Hop Charge @ Let Off - 90 Mins.

                                                                         SUGARS 
                                     1   St Sugar Charge : To 29.000 Wort Litres @ 1.033.5 
                                           1.016.5 Invert Glucose @ 28.21 %  = 1.555 Kg 

                                     2  Nd  Sugar Charge : To 27.275 Wort Litres @ 1.053
                                        1.002.75 White Cane Sugar @  4.71 % = 0.195 Kg 

                                                                         COPPER
                                                        An 80 Minute boil ON HOPS 
1 St Hop Charge @ Let Off - 80 Minutes @ 1.050.25 then at Let Off - 60 Minutes @ 1.053 ON 27.275 Wort Litres in Copper ; ADD the 2 Nd Sugar Charge .At Let Off - 55 Minutes , ADD the 2 Nd Hops.
At  Let Off - 15 Minutes , ON 25.210 Wort Litres @ 1.060 , ADD 1.800 Litres of LIQUOR and at Let Off - 12 Minutes , ADD the Copper Finings and at Let Off , STAND 10 Minutes before Recirculating for 10 Minutes , THEN STAND 1/2 Hour before COOLING A S A P to Pitching Heat .

                                                                          HOPS
                                     1   St  Hop Charge : To 28.855 Wort Litres @ 1.050.25
                                               23  IBU OLD Goldings @ 3 % a/a = 74 g 

                                        2  Nd Hop Charge : To 27.150 Wort Litres @ 1.056 
                                              45  IBU East Kent Goldings @ 6.5 % a/a = 66 g 

                                                                         YEAST 
                                        Pitch with 100 g Weight of a LIVE YEAST @ 18 c 
Reccomended Strain Type :      White Labs Australian Ale Yeast WLP 009 

                                                               ATTENUATION
DAY     Hour    Heat    Gravity                          REMARKS 
    1            P          18        1.058.5
    2            M        20        1.055.5
                  E         20        1.050
    3            M        20        1.044
                  E         20        1.038
    4            M        20        1.031
                  E         20        1.025    CLEAR TO 2 Nd F V  / Bottling Settler 
    5            M        17.5     1.018
                  E         16.5     1.016.5
    6            M        16        1.014.5
                  E         15.5     1.013.5
    7            M        14.5     1.013.25
    8            M        14        1.013         RACK & FINE to Draught container .

                                             DRAUGHT  
STAND : 1 Week at 13 - 14 c the CELLAR @ 10 c for 2 Months 

STILLAGE : 1 Week at 10 c then FULLY VENT and allow 12 Hours before Q C 

BOTTLING : Send to a Bottling Conditioning Tank / Vessel from the SETTLER @ 13 c ;
                       AT 1.020.5 ; MATURE @ 10 - 12 c UNTIL at 1.014.5 .
                      At 1.014.25 , STILLAGE Bottling Vessel and allow 1 week then FULLY VENT .
BOTTLE : Clear & Bright at 1.012.75 at 14 - 15 c then STAND 1 Week .

CELLAR : 2 Months at 10 c then One Week at 12 c before Q . C .

Cheers All and Haappy Brewing , 

Edd 



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