Thursday 17 June 2010

Barclay Perkins Ale production 1871 -1880

As threatened, part three. When Barclay Perkins Ales started to take on their modern form.


Barclay Perkins Ale output 1871 - 1880
Year malt (qtrs) hops (lbs) X XL XX XXX XXXX KK KKK KKKK Table XLK TT total
1871 30,651 328,243 104,072
4,794 517
2,481 703 62 945

113,530
1872 33,478 342,102 115,564
3,713 456
3,049 1,078
1,039

124,898
1873 39,505 381,944 131,655
3,470 485
3,907 1,239
1,050

141,805
1874 46,205 450,400 150,581
3,660 522
7,449 2,032
1,067

165,361
1875 46,465 453,063 159,168
2,831 289
4,315 1,625
943

169,171
1876 48,760 484,754 168,088
2,429


2,086
996

173,600
1877 52,990 537,222 182,238
2,113


1,879
1,042

187,271
1878 53,140 565,806 184,779
2,091


3,604
1,178

191,652
1879 51,170 658,538 179,208
1,783


2,917
1,397
90 185,395
1880 47,607 596,680 187,570
1,362


2,278

934 4,202 196,346
Source:
Document ACC/2305/1/674 held at the London Metropolitan Archives


And then there were three. The odd splash of XX and KKK and an ocean of X. X Ale would be the biggest seller until the middle of the 20th century.

2 comments:

Graham Wheeler said...

Now does that explain why they didn't bugger off to Burton with the rest of them? They were not selling enough pale to make it worthwhile.

Had they buggered off to Burton with the rest of them, they might have sold an awful lot more pale ale of course.

Ron Pattinson said...

Graham, all Barclay Perkins X and K Ales at this were pale in colour.

The Pale Ale trade in London was small until after WW I.