Let's Brew Wednesday - 1916 Adnams Tally Ho

Continuing the theme of Adnams recipes from across the years, here's one from WW I.

I’m really intrigued as to what Adnams were doing with Tally Ho. I have a feeling that they were vatting it. Or at least some of it.

Why do I think that? Because sometimes they brewed it twice in a row. With a strong beer such behaviour flags up the possibility that they needed multiple brews to fill a vat. Also the fact that they would blend a quarter or a half barrel of Tally Ho with XX Ale to produce XXXX Ale. It wouldn’t be a problem drawing a half barrel off from a vat. Otherwise, where would you be storing such a small quantity of beer?

The recipe hasn’t changed much since 1914. The grist is still a combination of pale, mils and crystal malt, plus flaked maize. There has been a change in the sugars, with No. 3 invert being dropped.

Another change is in the hops. They’re still a combination of American and Kent hops, but they’re older. While in 1914 all the hops were from the previous year, most of those in this brew were two years old. Oregon hops from 1914 and Kent ones from 1914 and 1915. The dry hops are listed as 1916 Kent, which must be a mistake, as this beer was brewed in March 1916.

There’s also been a reduction in the gravity, down from 1081º to 1074º. 

1916 Adnams Tally Ho
pale malt	7.75 lb	48.14%
mild malt	4.75 lb	29.50%
crystal malt	0.75 lb	4.66%
flaked maize	0.75 lb	4.66%
No. 2 invert sugar	2.00 lb	12.42%
caramel 5000 SRM	0.10 lb	0.62%
Cluster 120 mins	1.75 oz
Fuggles 90 mins	1.75 oz
Fuggles 30 mins	1.75 oz
Fuggles dry hops	2.00 oz
OG	1074
FG	1023
ABV	6.75
Apparent attenuation	68.92%
IBU	70
SRM	18
Mash at	153º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	120 minutes
pitching temp	60º F
Yeast	WLP025 Southwold

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