Thursday 23 September 2010

Whitbread K Ales 1837 - 1901

That was so much fun with the Whitbread Porter and Stout grists. So much fun, that do you know what I'm going to do? Exactly the same thing, an overly wide table full of numbers. But this time for K Ales.

Here you go:


Whitbread K Ales 1837 - 1901
Year
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Attenuation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
Pitch temp
dry hops (oz / barrel)
pale malt
brown malt
SA malt
PA malt
sugar
1836
KXX
1089.7
1032.7
7.55
63.58%
6.55
2.72
2
2
3
63º

100.00%




1837
KXX
1090.0
1032.7
7.59
63.69%
7.60
2.95
2
2
3
59º

100.00%




1841
KXX
1087.0
1026.6
7.99
69.43%
9.07
3.51
2
2

60º

100.00%




1841
KXX
1091.1
1038.8
6.93
57.45%
9.85
3.60
2
2
3
60º

100.00%




1850
KXX
1081.4
1030.5
6.74
62.59%
13.85
5.18
1.17
2
2
60º

100.00%




1851
KXX
1082.3
1030.5
6.85
62.96%
12.52
4.55
1.5
1.5
2
60º

100.00%




1861
KXX
1081.7
1033.2
6.41
59.32%
17.25
7.19
1.5
2

60º

100.00%




1861
KXX
1075.9
1028.8
6.23
62.04%
16.96
6.75
1.5
2

60º

100.00%




1837
KXXX
1098.9
1034.9
8.46
64.71%
7.64
3.24
2
2
3
59º

100.00%




1837
KXXX
1100.3
1033.2
8.87
66.85%
7.65
3.26
2
2
3
59º

100.00%




1837
KXXX
1098.6
1032.7
8.72
66.85%
7.49
3.29
2
2
3
64º

100.00%




1841
KXXX
1102.5
1029.9
9.60
70.81%
5.96
2.55
2
2
3
60º

100.00%




1841
KXXX
1100.8
1029.9
9.38
70.33%
9.42
4.13
2
2
3
60º

100.00%




1841
KXXX
1100.6
1029.9
9.34
70.25%
9.36
4.06
2
2
3
60º

100.00%




1841
KXXX
1101.9
1028.5
9.71
72.01%
9.09
3.78
2
2
3
60º

100.00%




1850
KXXX
1083.9
1026.3
7.62
68.65%
13.36
6.02
1.17
2
2
60º

100.00%




1851
KXXX
1090.9
1028.8
8.21
68.29%
12.50
5.25
1.5
2
2
60º

100.00%




1861
KXXX
1085.9
1031.6
7.18
63.23%
16.38
7.44
1.5
2

60º

100.00%




1837
KXXXX
1112.7
1036.6
10.08
67.57%
8.07
3.95
2
2
3
59º

100.00%




1876
KK
1072.0
1020.2
6.85
71.92%
13.13
4.46
1.75
2

58º
22.96
86.68%



13.32%
1877
KK
1072.9



16.02
5.23
1.5
2.5

57º

86.35%



13.65%
1877
KK
1073.4
1021.6
6.85
70.57%
15.87
5.44
1.75
2.58

58º

87.02%



12.98%
1880
KK
1076.2
1025.5
6.71
66.55%
12.44
4.36
2
2.33

56.5º

85.37%



14.63%
1890
KK
1075.3
1026.0
6.53
65.49%
14.27
4.88
2
2

57º


1.85%
84.57%
0.00%
13.58%
1901
KK
1073.0
1030.0
5.69
58.91%
12.00
4.03
1.75
2

57º

20.66%
1.65%
53.72%
10.74%
13.22%
1901
KK
1075.8
1028.0
6.33
63.08%
11.98
4.16
1.75
1.75

57º

21.01%
0.00%
44.54%
21.01%
13.45%
1901
KK
1073.8
1026.0
6.32
64.75%
11.98
4.05
1.75
1.75

57º

20.66%
1.65%
43.80%
20.66%
13.22%
1871
KKK
1082.0
1028.3
7.11
65.54%
14.23
6.05
1.5
2

58º

87.21%



12.79%
1871
KKK
1085.0
1035.5
6.56
58.31%
13.50
5.97
2.5


58º

84.45%



15.55%
1871
KKK
1080.3
1033.8
6.16
57.93%
14.16
6.14
1.5
2

58º

84.31%



15.69%
1877
KKK
1086.4
1034.1
6.93
60.58%
14.99
5.94
2
2.75

57º

88.02%



11.98%
1877
KKK
1083.9



14.89
5.94
1.5
2.83

57º

86.73%



13.27%
1880
KKK
1084.2
1028.0
7.44
66.78%
13.13
4.97
2.75
2

57º

85.42%



14.58%
1890
KKK
1085.6
1030.0
7.35
64.95%
14.16
5.76
2
2

57º
24

1.66%
83.98%

14.36%
1901
KKK
1082.8
1036.0
6.19
56.53%
12.00
4.58
1.75
2

57º

20.66%
1.65%
53.72%
10.74%
13.22%
1901
KKK
1085.3
1033.0
6.91
61.30%
11.98
4.68
1.75
1.75

57º

20.66%
1.65%
43.80%
20.66%
13.22%
1891
2KKK
1078.9
1026.0
7.00
67.07%
14.07
4.92
2
2

57º



86.21%

13.79%
1901
2KKK
1078.7
1033.0
6.05
58.07%
12.00
4.35
1.75
2

57º

20.66%
1.65%
53.72%
10.74%
13.22%
1901
2KKK
1082.8
1032.0
6.72
61.36%
11.98
4.54
1.75
1.75

57º

20.66%
1.65%
43.80%
20.66%
13.22%
Source:
Whitbread brewing records



You know how I feel about analysis at the moment. I can't really be arsed with it. Except that you can see that the colour started to darken after 1890 with the introduction of dark malt to the grist. And how, after its introduction in the 1870's, how constant the percentage of sugar was at around 13%.

I case you'd forgotten what I've been banging on about recently, KK was in Edwardian times one of the standard draught beers in a London pub, sold under the name of Burton. KKK was a stronger version. Probably sold as Old Burton or Burton Extra.

6 comments:

Martyn Cornell said...

… and, of course, by the 1970s, KK in London (at Ind Coope) had become a "light mild".

StuartP said...

Great table.
Really, one of my favorites.

Ron Pattinson said...

Martyn, I believe Greene King brewed a KK Light Mild, too. And Lees Mild was called K internally.

Ron Pattinson said...

Martyn, I believe Greene King brewed a KK Light Mild, too. And Lees Mild was called K internally.

Ironman said...

Hmm... So Barclay Perkins K ales got dark about 1891 and Whitbread got dark about 1890. Why? Did Truman go dark about the same time?

Ron Pattinson said...

Ironman, I haven't looked and the Truman records for that period.

Yes, why indeed did K Ales suddenly darken? I wish I knew the answer.