W B MEW , LANGTON & Co : FOURPENNY ALE " 4 d " 1884 - 1887

  How Do All , 

Some time ago , I began to re examine the W B Mew, Langton & Co brewing records  ;

Photos of which were kindly sent by Jeff Secchiari of The Brewery History Society ,

 Cheers Jeff 🍻.

To excise a drawn out fable , I began to be unhappy with my analysis .

  In particular the gross disparity in I B U bandwith in the Osbourne Pale Ales and , 

The Grist Proportions of the Porters and Stouts *  .

 In consequence of this rather irritating conclusion , I started my analysis afresh ; 

Reasoning that a successfull commercial brewery capable of producing up to 200 Barrels  

Of a beer such as Osbourne Pale Ale would , In the interest of product consistency and , 

 Repeat sales have ensured a reasonable degree of homogenisation in re `Perceived Bitterness `,

 And , Hop Charge Points ( Relative to Gravity @ Charge and , Wort Length IN COPPER )

  across All ( sic ) brewings of O P A as recorded in the surviving brewing books from Mew`s 

 Newport brewery **.  

  The table below shows the reformed analysis of the O P A brews selected for investigation ;

 With the * in table referring to the  AVERAGE  Original Gravity ;

 As a number of the brewings contain eg 138.5 Barrels in FV  1 @ 23.6 Lbs / Brl and 

up to 3 - 4 Other Wort Lengths IN F V 1 ; Eg : FV 2 : 48.5 Wort Barrels @ 20.8 Lbs ,

  FV 3 : 42 Wort Barrels @ 23.6 Lbs , + X Barrels of other Worts = Average Original Gravity / * .

Today`s outpouring of beery knowledge continues my analysis of the beers of 

W B Mew, Langton & Co ; In the shape of their Fourpenny Ale " 4 d " ;

I hope you all enjoy the information . 

 The 3 Surviving Brewing Books from the Newport Brewery of W B Mew , Langton & Co 

Are cared for by the team at The Isle of Wight Records Office , Cat Ref : ML 44 

*  This relates to the Extract Poundage of 1 Quarter of Black Malt @ an Av of 50 Lbs / Qtr 

** I believe the Mew family operated another brewery on the Isle of Wight , 

      Any technical details or , even brewing records would be welcomed ,

Please get in touch or comment below if you`re able to assist .

This Table , Analysis Etc C Edd Mather 2026 

W B Mew , Langton & Co`s Maltings ;
Photo from the Brewery History Society Webpage on the Company

                                      1884  -  1885 Brewing Book 

Gyle	Date	Original	I B U	A B V
3	10 / 10 / 1884	1.055.75  *	26	6.1    %
		1.056.25	26	6.7    %
		1.055.25	26	6.0    %
9	13 / 10 / 1884	1.055.75  *	28	6.3    %
		1.056	28	6.4    %
		1.054.75	28	6.25  %
28	10 / 11 / 1884	1.055.5  *	28	6.3    %
		1.056.75	28	6.9    %
		1.055.5	28	6.7    %
		1.054	28	6.5    %
		1.051.75	28	6.2    %
		1.050.5	28	6.0    %
54	19 / 12 / 1884	1.055.75	20	6.6    %
		1.057.25	20	6.8    %
		1.050.5	20	6.4    %
58	29 / 12 / 1884	1.055.25  *	30	6.5    %
		1.056	30	6.6    %
		1.054.25	30	6.4    %
64	5 /   1 / 1885	1.056.75	30	6.9    %
		1.057.5	30	7.0    %
		1.056.5	30	6.8    %
71	7 /   1 / 1885	1.054  *	30	6.1    %
		1.053	30	6.0    %
		1.052.25	30	5.9    %
		1.051.25	30	5.7    %
77	22 /   1 / 1885	1.055.75  *	32	6.5    %
		1.056.25	32	6.6    %
		1.055	32	6.4    %
114	17 /   3 / 1885	1.055.75  *	24	6.3    %
		1.056.25	24	6.5    %
		1.055	24	6.2    %
134	17 /   4 / 1885	1.052.75  *	28	5.9    %
		1.053.5	28	6.0    %
		1.052.25	28	5.9    %
135	20 /   4 / 1885	1.054.5	28	6.2    %
169	8 /   6 / 1885	1.053.5	28	5.9    %
208	29 /   7 / 1885	1.052.75	30	6.5    %
253	28 /   9 / 1885	1.053.75  *	26	6.1    %
		1.054.5	26	6.2    %
		1.052.25	26	5.9    %
24	2 / 11 / 1885	1.054  *	30	6.1    %
		1.054.25	30	6.0    %
		1.053.5	30	6.1    %

                                                1886  - 1887  Brewing Book 

Gyle	Date	Original	I B U	A B V
71	7 /   1 / 1886	1.053.75  *	30	6.1    %
		1.053	30	6.0    %
		1.052.25	30	5.9    %
		1.051	30	5.7    %
84	25 /   1 / 1886	1.055  *	30	6.2    %
		1.056.5	30	6.4    %
		1.053	30	6.1    %
121	19 /   3 / 1886	1.054.5  *	30	6.0    %
		1.056.25	30	6.3    %
		1.054.25	30	6.0    %
		1.052.75	30	5.8    %
131	5 /    4 / 1886	1.053.25  *	30	6.0    %
		1.054	30	6.3    %
		1.052.75	30	5.8    %
160	28 /    5 / 1886	1.055.5  *	30	6.3    %
		1.061.25	30	7.1    %
		1.057.25	30	6.6    %
		1.047.25	30	5.2    %
198	12 /   7 / 1886	1.053.75	30	6.3    %
17	25 / 10 / 1886	1.053.5	32	6.3    %
22	1 / 11 / 1886	1.051.75  *	32	6.2    %
		1.052.25	32	6.3    %
		1.050	32	6.0    %
32	15 / 11 / 1886	1.051.25	30	6.3    %
74	13 /   1 / 1887	1.052.75	30	5.9    %
		1.053.5	30	6.0    %
		1.052.75	30	5.9    %
		1.052	30	5.8    %
96	15 /   2 / 1887	1.052.75	30	6.1    %
116	17 /   3 / 1887	1.052.75	24	6.1    %
126	31 /   3 / 1887	1.053  *	22	6.0    %
		1.053.5	22	6.1    %
		1.052.75	22	5.9    %
135	15 /   4 / 1887	1.053.75	22	6.1    %
154	16 /   5 / 1887	1.052.75	26	5.9    %
161	25 /   5 / 1887	1.052.75	22	5.9    %

Cheers All 🍻 ,

Edd 

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