Sunday, 3 September 2023

H BENTLEY & Co YORKSHIRE BREWERIES Ltd : X X X X ALES 1892 - 1894

 How Do All , 

Today`s outpouring of cerevesian lore relates to the X X X X ales brewed at Eshaldwell ,                     As entered in the Henry Bentley & Co Yorkshire Breweries Ltd Brewing Book 1892 - 1894 ;  Catalogue No : WYL 2045 / 288 / 106 this volume forms Part of the larger Bentley`s Yorkshire Breweries Collection , Cared for by the ever friendly and helpfull team over in Morley at West Yorkshire Archives.

The X X X X Ales brewed at Eshaldwell fall into One main sub type and a couple of ` Odd ` brewings as Described below , The most prevalent type being the one with Sugars , Caramel and Black Malt Broth or,An addition of Black Malt . The other two types were only brewed twice and once respectively ; Yet are different enough in terms of ingredients to warrant taxonomy .

Analysis & Tables  C Edd Mather 2023 

Henry Bentley & Co Yorkshire Breweries Ltd 
Eshaldwell Brewery
Woodlesford 
Nr Leeds 
West Riding
Yorkshire 
Brewery Photo from the Brewery History SocietyWebsite

                                                       X X X X   ALES  1892  -  1894 

Type 1 : A Dark , strong ale in a similar vein to the Old Timothy brewed in Woodlesford ; 
yet featuring an admixture of Black Malt Broth at an average Volume of 16 Gallons per brew 
in the majority of the entries prior to 1894, when it was replaced by the addition of Black Malt @ 2 Bushels ( Av ) ; All this was carried out at  X Point in the brewing process / day . 
Brewed 16 Times between December 1892 and January 1894 .
Sample Type 1 Grists :   Brew No 57 : Monday 19 Th December 1892 
                                                   Yorkshire   @  79.5  %
                                                   Smyrna       @ 20.5  %
SUGARS :                           Invert ( Garton`s ) @   1.019.5 
                                        Brew No 74 : Wednesday 3 Rd January 1893 
                                            Yorkshire Amber     @   82   %
                                            Smyrna                    @   18   %
SUGARS :                          Invert Cane ( Garton`s ) @   1.019.5 
                                        Brew No 12 : Tuesday 12 Th October 1893 
                                            Yorkshire ( Musgrave )    @  78.75  %
                                            Smyrna                             @ 21.25   %
SUGARS :                           Invert Cane  ( Garton`s ) @   1.020
                                             Glucose                           @  1.001.5

                                                       X X X X Type 1 Analyses Table 

BREW No          DATE         Original Gravity       Racking Gravity   Final Gravity     I B U     A B V  
      57           19/12/1892           1.078.5                    1.022.25                1.018             52      8.0  %
      74           03/01/1893           1.077.75                  1.027.75                1.022             42      7.4  %
    139           04/05/1893           1.078.5                    1.021                     1.015             50      8.4  %
      12           17/10/1893           1.077.75                  1.022.25                1.017             50      8.0  %        89           25/01/1894           1.076.75                  1.025                     1.020             54      7.6   %

                                                   Type 1 / DARK X X X X  Racking Hops 
Brew No    57 : 19/12/1892 @ 7      Oz Bavarians Kleiber 1892 
Brew No    74 : 03/01/1893 @ 7.75 Oz Sussex Lord          1892 
Brew No    12 : 17/10/1893 @ 8      Oz Worcester Cook    1893 
Brew No    89 : 25/01/1894 @ 8      Oz Austrian Kleiber   1893   


Type 2 ( PALE X X X X ) 
As the appelation suggests , this is a paler version of the more frequently brewed version of X X X X ;
One with just Malt, Hops and Sugars in it`s brewing; the grists for the 2 brewings are given below,

Brew No : 71              Thursday 18 Th January 1893 
Original Gravity : 1.079.5  Racking Gravity :  1.022.75  Final Gravity : 1.014 
I B U  :  54      A B V :  8.8  %
Grist :  Yorkshire @  84.5  % , Smyrna @ 15.5  % 
SUGARS : Invert Cane ( Garton`s ) @ 1.020.25 

Brew No 57               Thursday 17 Th December 1893 
Original Gravity : 1.073.5  Racking Gravity : 1.022.5  Final Gravity : 1.012 
I B U  :  50     A B V  :  8.2  %

                                                       PALE X X X X Racking Hops 
No 74 @ 7 Oz Bavarians  Kleiber  1892  
No 57 @ 8 Oz Worcester Cook      1893 

                                                                 X X X X Type 3 
The singular brewing of this sub type used ingredients in common with the other X X X X ales ,
Merely the Black Malt ( Broth / Malt ) Addition is absent in this brew , though with  the addition of Caramel as per it`s more frequently brewed stablemate , X X X X Type 1 .
Brew No : 167        Tuesday  13 Th June 1893    X X X X  
Original Gravity : 1.079.5  Racking Gravity : 1.016.5  Final Gravity : 1.012 
I B U  : 42    A B V  :  9.0  %
Grist : Yorkshire   @  79  %
            Smyrna     @  21  %                                            

Type 3 ( Brew No 167 )  : 8 Ounces Bavarians Kleiber 1892 

I`ll be posting the last in the current series of posts on the products ,
as brewed at the Eshaldwell Brewery 1892 - 1894 in the next week .
It`s the brewery`s famous "Old Timothy" strong ale , possibly named for the founder`s father ,
Timothy Bentley , the inventor of the Yorkshire Square system in Ca 1795 .

Cheers All ,

Edd 

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