To complement their stronger XX Mild, Fullers also brewed the weaker X. The war hadn’t been kind to X, dropping it to minimum OG, down from a more respectable 1033º in 1939. At least it wasn’t going to get any weaker. Though, at just 2.5% ABV, it wasn’t really an intoxicating beverage.
You won’t be surprised that it was parti-gyled with XX, hence the grists are identical. As are the hops, which were all English from the 1943 harvest. So reasonably fresh.
Though X was Fullers biggest seller, they dis brew considerable quantities of XX. In this particular parti-gyle there were 225 barrels of X and 155 barrels of XX.
| 1944 Fullers X | ||
| pale malt | 5.00 lb | 83.33% |
| flaked barley | 0.75 lb | 12.50% |
| glucose | 0.125 lb | 2.08% |
| caramel 1000 SRM | 0.125 lb | 2.08% |
| Fuggles 90 min | 0.50 oz | |
| Fuggles 30 min | 0.50 oz | |
| OG | 1026 | |
| FG | 1007 | |
| ABV | 2.51 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 73.08% | |
| IBU | 15 | |
| SRM | 12 | |
| Mash at | 147º F | |
| After underlet | 150º F | |
| Sparge at | 168º F | |
| Boil time | 90 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 62º F | |
| Yeast | WLP002 English Ale | |


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