W B MEW , LANGTON & Co : PORTERS 1884 - 1891

  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 PORTER 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 @ 20.6 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 Family Ales ;

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

 
                                                                 PORTERS 

                                                             1884    -    1891 

Gyle	Date	Original	I B U	A B V
14	14 / 10 / 1884	1.053.5	48	6.0  %
32	14 / 11 / 1884	1.056  *	36	6.4  %
		1.056.25	36	6.4  %
		1.055.5	36	6.3  %
49	12 / 12 / 1884	1.054	38	6.1  %
55	22 / 12 / 1884	1.055	36	6.2  %
60	31 / 12 / 1884	1.056  *	12	6.4  %
		1.057	12	6.5  %
		1.056.25	12	6.2  %
		1.055	12	6.2  %
91	12 /    2 / 1885	1.056.75  *	12	6.5  %
		1.061.25	12	7.1  %
		1.057.25	12	6.6  %
		1.056.5	12	6.4  %
		1.050.5	12	5.6  %
123	31 /    3 / 1885	1.054.5  *	24	6.2  %
		1.055	24	6.2  %
		1.054.25	24	6.1  %
141	29 /   4 / 1885	1.054.25	26	6.4  %
151	13 /   5 / 1885	1.055	34	6.2  %
192	10 /   7 / 1885	1.048	28	5.3  %
28	6 / 11 / 1885	1.059	36	6.8  *
33	13 / 11 / 1885	1.054.25  *	34	6.1  %
		1.054.5	34	6.2  %
		1.054	34	6.1  %
70	2 /   1 / 1886	1.052.75  *	42	5.9  %
		1.054.25	42	6.1  %
		1.051.75	42	5.8  %
127	27 /   3 / 1886	1.053.5	34	6.0  %
230	3 /   9 / 1886	1.052.5  *	34	5.9  %
		1.053.5	34	6.0  %
		1.052.75	34	5.9  %
35	11 / 11 / 1886	1.054.25	38	6.1  %
95	17 /   2 / 1887	1.053.5  *	14	6.0  %
		1.061.75	14	7.2  %
		1.052.75	14	5.9  %
107	3 /   3 / 1887	1.052.75	X	5.9  %
136	16 /   4 / 1887	1.053.5  *	26	6.0  %
		1.053.75	26	5.9  %
		1.052.75	26	6.1  %
177	27 /   6 / 1887	1.054.25	34	6.5  %
235	18 /   9 / 1889	1.052.25	30	6.5  %
166	4 /   7 / 1890	1.047.25	20	5.2  %
170	9 /   7 / 1890	1.047.25	20	5.2  %
196	22 /   8 / 1890	1.055	38	6.2  %
44	11 / 12 / 1890	1.050	24	5.6  %
49	19 / 12 / 1890	1.052.75	34	5.8  %
65	16 /   1 / 1891	1.054	38	6.1  %
80	10 /   2 / 1891	1.052.75	36	5.9  %

STOCK    PORTER
Gyle	Date	Original	I B U	A B V
65	31 / 12 / 1884	1.052.75	50	5.9  %
109	9 /   3 / 1885	1.056.5  *	58	6.4  %
		1.057.25	58	6.6  %
		1.056.25	58	6.4  %
2	2 / 12 / 1885	1.055  *	36	6.2  %
		1.057.25	36	6.6  %
		1.056.75	36	6.1  %
259	9 /   9 / 1885	1.053.25  *	48	6.0  %
		1.053.75	48	6.1  %
		1.052.75	48	5.9  %
EXPORT    PORTER
59	30 / 12 / 1884	1.054.25	48	6.1  %
BOTTLING    PORTER
91	4 /   3 / 1890	1.057	82	6.4  %
70	23 /   1 / 1891	1.052.75	72	6.1  %
RUNNING    PORTER
66	31 / 12 / 1884	1.052.5  *	32	5.9  %
		1.053	32	6.0  %
		1.051.75	32	5.8  %
GIBRALTAR    PORTER
205	25 /   7 / 1885	1.054  *	52	6.1  %
		1.056.5	52	6.4  %
		1.051.75	52	5.8  %
220	13 /   8 / 1885	1.054.5	48	6.2  %

Cheers All 🍻 ,

Edd 

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