LICHFIELD BREWERY CO LTD : A SHOPRT HISTORY ; PORTERS & STOUTS 1889 - 1891

 How Do All ,

Today`s post is about the general history of The Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd , 

 Also including information on Porter & Stout brewings at St John`s St 1889 - 91 .

Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd 

Lichfield Brewery

St John St

Lichfield 

Staffordshire 

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From the Brewery History Society Webpage on the company

                                                             A SHORT HISTORY 

The brewery was founded by the merger of two Lichfield companies in 1869 , Griffifths Bros 

  Of St John St and The Lichfield Malting Co Ltd , with brewing being concentrated at St John St .

   After the merger in 1869 , the new concern throve , And by 1888 they had purchased the 

Business interests of Smith & Royds .

 In 1890 , then company re formed into one with the same name, This after voluntary liquidation .

By 1891 the thriving St John`s St concern were to merge with their borough rivals ,

The Trent Valley Brewery Co Ltd ; With brewing again being concentrated at St John St * , 

With the now expanded business going on to purchase James Lloyd`s business in 1892 .

  As with a number of other breweries , the trading conditions imposed by the Great War proved 

Somewhat difficult , but not too much so . 

  By 1930 , the end of an era at the Lichfield Brewery on St John St was approaching ;

As in that year , Samuel Allsopp & Sons of Burton on Trent were to purchase the company ,

With beers supplied from their own brewery at Burton  .

                                                    BEERS BREWED 1889 - 1891  

                                                                      I P A 

                                                                   Pale  Ale 

                                                             Nos 1 - 5 Bitter 

                                                             Nos 1 - 5 Mild 

                                                                     Porter

                                                                      Stout

                                                                      " F " 

                                                                      " B " 

                                                                      " A " 

Also in the 1889 - 1891 Brewing & Attenuation Book are a number of brtewings of ,

 Trent Valley Brewery Co Ltd Beers ( " T V B " , " T V " , " T V No 4 Brand " and ,

What I believe to be a singular brewing of a Trent Valley Stout .

Also in the book are two brewings of " Diamond Ale " , a Pale Ale type .

The F , B & A ales are all Strong / Stock Ales 

The Source of this cerevesian knowledge ? ; 

It`s from an item in the collections of the Nice & Friendly folks in Stafford at Staffordhire Archives,

          Lichfield Brewery Co Ltd : Brewing & Attenuation Book 1889 - 1891 @ LD / 3 / 4 

                                                      PORTERS  &  STOUTS

                                                                1889  - 1891  

                                                An Analysis of Selected Brewings 

Gyle	Quality	DATE	Original	I B U	A B V
87	Porter	14 / 02 / 1889	1.051.75	50	5.8  %
99	Porter	14 / 03 / 1889	1.050	46	5.6  %
115	X Porter	09 / 03 / 1889	1.044.25	38	4.7  %
191	X Porter	04 / 07 / 1889	1.052.75	32	5.6  %
138	X Porter	11 / 06 / 1891	1.050.5	26	5.3  %
106	Stout	25 / 03 / 1889	1.065.5	50	6.7  %
190	Stout	07 / 04 / 1889	1.066.75	46	7.2  %
106	Stout	20 / 04 / 1891	1.071	30	7.4  %
125	Trent Valley Stout	26 / 04 / 1889	1.067.25	56	7.5  %

Gyle No : 86 & 87 : Wednesday 19 Th February 1889 

QUALITY	MALTS	Qrs	USE %	SUGAR	HOPS
STOUT	Amber	2.5	15.5  %	31.99 %	230 Lbs
PORTER	Brown	2.5	15.5  %
	Black	2.5	7.0  %
	Own Local	8	49.5  %
	???	2	12.5  %

Gyle No : 99 : Thursday 14 Th March 1889

QUALITY	MALTS	Qrs	USE %	SUGAR	HOPS
PORTER	Amber	1.5	11.7  %	34.176 %	200 Lbs
	Brown	1.5	11.7  %
	Black	1.5	6.5  %
	London	1	7.8  %
	Own Inferior	8	62.3  %

Gyle No : 115 Friday 9 Th April 1889 

QUALITY	MALTS	Qrs	USE %	SUGAR	HOPS
X PORTER	Own Inferior	15	75.6  %	Nil Sacch	214 Lbs
	Amber	2	10.0  %
	Brown	2	10.0  %
	Black	1.5	4.4  %

Gyle No : 191 Friday 4 Th July 1890 

QUALITY	MALTS	Qrs	USE %	SUGAR	HOPS
X PORTER	OWN No 2	8	59.8  %	16.01 %	142 Lbs
STOUT	Chilean No 2	4	19.9  %
	B P G	2	10  %
	Amber	2.5	12.4  %
	Crystal	2.5	12.4  %
	Black	2	5.5  %

Gyle No : 106 Monday 20 Th April 1891 

QUALITY	MALTS	Qrs	USE  %	SUGAR	HOPS
STOUT	Own Local	5	36.8	26.318 %	84 Lbs
	Smyrna	4	29.5
	Brown	2	14.75
	Crystal	2	14.75
	Black	1	4.2

I hope you`ve all enjoyed today`s Info Post ; As with a number of other Brewery analyses

 I`ve completed , this one was no exeption to the mounds of calculations necessary to interpret the data .

 

Cheers All 🍻

Edd 

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