NEWPORT BREWERY : BEERS 1858 - 1859

How Do All ,

Following on from yesterday`s analysis post on the beers of Lloyd & Co , 

today`s post is about a brewery only entered and referred to as the  " Newport Brewery "

 in the personal brewing book of H H Brakspear 1858 - 1864 @ B 33 A 5 2 ,

Part of the Brakspear`s collection ; cared for by the helpfull team at ,

The Oxfordshire History Centre in Cowley .

On looking at the notebook in more depth , I bagan to posit the question of which Newport the 

Mysterious heading of the chapter for that concern referred to ; was it Newport , Shropshire or 

in Wales ? , I`ll own to being a bit stumped on this one , So asked fellow brewing historian 

Martyn Cornell if he`d any ideas as to the location of the brewery , His reply was as follows ;

 " I`m strongly inclined to think it would be Newport Pagnell, Solely because it`s nearer to Henley.

Allfrey & Lovell`s premises on The Green are referred to as The Newport Brewery, and I believe

this was the same place a Rogers` brewery, also called

 The Newport Brewery in the 1850`s - 60`s, Sold by Rogers in 1875 " 

The information in the Newport section of the book includes malt varieties used ;

Eg : India Ale : 31 / 12 / 1858 @ 20 Quarters of No 7 Malt At 87.5 Lbs per Qtr Extract ,

Hops Used included North Mid Kent ( NMK ) , Kents ( K ) and presumably Herefordshire ( H ) ;

There are Mashing Perameters and liquor volumes used noted , as are wort volumes and gravities 

During the boil , also present are the boil timings for each individual copper before the worts were blended to the desired gravity Post Boil, prior to pithching the yeast; 

a quantative ammount sadly missing from the records .

  Also absent from the vast majority of brewings at Newport are any sort of attenuation details; 

So where absent I`ve used period and regional practice to formulate an Approximation 

of the possible attenuation profiles of each beer ; 

Though in the case of One brewing of the India Ale ( 31 / 12 / 1858 ) ,

 the attenuation profile is , present up to the point where the beer is finally cleared,

 prior to racking down into casks , so a little less educated guesswork is required to interpret this particular brewing .

 

The Newport Pagnell theory is , I think a more plausible one than any other possible location;

On an allied note , if this record is from Newport Pagnell , it`s the only pre  1950`s record from a 

Buckinghamshire brewery I`ve been able to trace ; so if you`re able to assist with photos of 

Pre 1930 brewing records from the area ; Or can help confirm or otherwise identify the location of the 

Mysterious ` Newport Brewery `, please drop me an e mail or leave a comment below ;

 

Cheers All , Edd                        @ beerhistorybloke@gmail.com

This analysis and commentary C Edd Mather  2023 

The Newport Brewery , Newport Pagnell Ca Building Photo Ca 1980,
From The Brewery History Webpage on the Brewery.

                                "  NEWPORT BREWERY  " 

                                       An Analysis of the different beers brewed 

                                                               1858 - 1859

                                            From the Personal Brewing Book of

                                                  H H Brakspear 1858 - 1864

      BEER          DATE                  Original Grav       Racking Grav  Final Grav     I B U      ABV 

          VAT

     6 d ALE      01 / 03 / 1859            1.083.5                1.020               1.016         38         9.0  %

     6 d ALE      03 / 12 / 1858            1.080.5                1.029               1.025         36         7.4  %

     4 d ALE      29 / 11 / 1858             1.061                  1.013.25          1.010          32        6.7   % 

     4 d ALE      23 / 12 / 1858             1.063.75             1.013.25          1.010          28        7.0   %

     4 d ALE      13 / 01 / 1859             1.066.5               1.013.25          1.010          24        7.5   %

     4 d ALE      05 / 02 / 1859             1.064                  1.013.25          1.010          24        7.0   %

     9 d ALE      06 / 12 / 1858             1.055.5               1.015.25          1.012          26        5.7   %

     9 d ALE      10 / 02 / 1859             1.055.5               1.015.25          1.012          22        5.7   %

  Table Beer     25 / 11 / 1858              1.033.5              1.009                1.006         14         3.5  %

       X   ALE    10 / 12 / 1858             1.055.5                1.014.25         1.011          62        5.8   %

       X   ALE    07 / 02 / 1859             1.055.5                1.014.25         1.011          62        5.8   %

    X X   ALE   07 / 12 / 1858             1.073.5                1.014              1.011          58        8.5    %

    X X   ALE   13 / 01 / 1859             1.071                   1.013              1.009          66        8.25  %

 X X X   ALE  22 / 11 / 1858             1.091.5                1.024.5           1.020           86       9.7    %

 X X X   ALE  21 / 01 / 1859             1.083.5                1.020              1.016           74       9       %

  VATTED

  X X X  ALE  26 / 01 / 1859             1.091.5                1.020.25         1.016           94      10.2   %

  VATTED

   X X X ALE  04 / 02 / 1859             1.085.75              1.020              1.016           88      9        % 

   PORTER      17 / 12 / 1858             1.064                   1.011.5           1.008           38      7.4     %

   PORTER      12 / 01 / 1859             1.061                   1.010.5           1.007           34      7.1     %

INDIA  ALE    31 / 12 / 1858             1.069.5               1.011              1.006            48      8.4     %

INDIA  ALE    31 / 01 / 1859             1.069.5               1.011              1.006            42      8.4     %    

Cheers All ,

Edd