How Do All ,
Today`s post is a ` Potted ` history of the Brook St brewery of Hodgson`s , coupled with a general list
of the beers brewed 1894 - 1897 as drawn from the Brewing Books of Arthur J Baily , Part of the
Brakspear`s Archive ; Cared for by the helpful and friendly team at the Oxfordshire History Centre
On Temple Rd in Cowley , Catalogue Nos : B 33 / A 13 / 1 - 3 ( January 1894 - March 1897 ) .
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| Photo of the Brewery Yard from the Brewry History Society Webpage on Hodgson`s |
I hope that you alll enjioy the post ;
Due to the complexity of balancing the Worts to Copper and the Yield to Fermenting Squares ;
The analysis and conversion will , take a bit of time , however later this week ,
I`ll be posting a recipe from the earliest book ( Jan - Oct 1894 ) for the company`s
Dark X X Ale ( See list below ) .
As these records are`nt from a ` Statutory / Company ` record ;
The set of beers can safely be regarded as virtually complete .
Though as the books contain date period gaps with ` Gyle Nos ` appended to an
otherwise empty page , I assume that there are gaps in the range which would be obviated by the discovery of the company`s own brewing records from the period .
The Brook Street brewery that was to become Hodgson`s was founded Ca 1610 ; and by the time of it`s sale to Willkiam Hodgson in 1854 was owned by Charles Rowlls , with the purchase of the brewery including 90 Tied & Freehold properties . William Hodgson died in 1875 ;
Being succeded by his sons William Sandford and Charles Durant Hodgson .
The company was registered in October 1886 as ,
Hodgson`s Kingston Brewery Co Ltd to condense the brewing interests of the Hodgson brothers
into a limited company for the ` bargain ` price of ,£ 300 , 563 !!! .
In 1903 , the brewery took over their local rivals ; Fricker`s Eagle Brewery of the
High St in Kingston , established in the early 19 Th century by Thos Fricker .
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| Photo from the Brewry History Society Webpage on Fricker`s Eagle Brewery |
The Brook St brewery and it`s pubs were purchased by Courage & Co in 1943 , with brewing in
Kingston continuing until 1965 , bringing to an end 355 years of brewing at Brook St .
Hodgson`s brewery was to survive as a building until being demolished in October 1971 .
Hodgson`s Kingston Brewery
Brook Street
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
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Photo of the Fermenting Room at Brook St
From the B H S Webpage on Hodgson`s |
A SELECTION OF BEERS BREWED
1894 - 1897
X X Ale ( Dark )
X X Ale ( Pale )
X X X ALE
X X X X ALE
FAMILY PALE ALE
BITTER ALE
PORTER
D . STOUT
An Analysis of Dark X X Ales brewed January - August 1894
Gyle No DATE O / Gravity R / Gravity Final Gravity I B U A B V
* 55 Wed 03/01/1894 1.055.5 1.013.25 1.010 24 6.0 %
** 73 Tue 06/02/1894 1.055.5 1.013.25 1.010 30 6.0 %
***101 Tue 29/03/1894 1.055.5 1.013.25 1.010 30 6.0 %
***113 Thu 19/04/1894 1.054.5 1.012.25 1.009 30 6.0 %
* 121 Thu 03/05/1894 1.054.5 1.012.25 1.009 30 6.0 %
***139 Tue 05/06/1894 1.052.75 1.011.25 1.008 32 5.9 %
***157 Thu 05/07/1894 1.052.75 1.011.25 1.008 28 5.9 %
***186 Fri 24/08/1894 1.052.75 1.011.25 1.008 30 5.9 %
Grist Key
* = Sugars and Extract Malts
** = Sugars , Crystal & Malts
*** = Sugars , Malts ( Inc Crystal ) & Flaked Maize
I hope you`ve enjoyed today`s post ; If any readers know of other Hodgson`s
Brewing records in Private Collections , or other Surrey breweries , I`d love to see them / photos ,
Please leave a comment below or get in touch with me through the ` Contact ` function on the
Main blog page .
Cheers All ,
Edd
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