It remains a very reasonable strength, just about hitting 4% ABV. Compared to the Bitters of many other breweries – Fullers, for example, which was down to 1034.5º – this is doing pretty well. Though Whitbread PA remained an impressive 1039.5º
Nothing has happened to the grist in the last year. It remains, not essentially, but exactly, the same.
The hops were English from the 1943 and 1944 harvests. Reductions in the hopping rate since the start of the war have had an effect. 24 (calculated) IBU isn’t much higher than the level their Mild had back in 1939.
| 1945 Lees Bitter | ||
| pale malt | 6.75 lb | 78.90% |
| black malt | 0.01 lb | 0.12% |
| flaked barley | 1.00 lb | 11.69% |
| glucose | 0.125 lb | 1.46% |
| No. 2 invert sugar | 0.67 lb | 7.83% |
| Fuggles 105 mins | 0.75 oz | |
| Fuggles 60 mins | 0.50 oz | |
| Fuggles 30 mins | 0.50 oz | |
| Goldings dry hops | 0.25 oz | |
| OG | 1038 | |
| FG | 1008 | |
| ABV | 3.97 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 78.95% | |
| IBU | 24 | |
| SRM | 6 | |
| Mash at | 150º F | |
| After underlet | 153º F | |
| Sparge at | 170º F | |
| Boil time | 105 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 60º F | |
| Yeast | Wyeast 1318 London ale III (Boddingtons) | |
Hi Ron ,
ReplyDeleteNice recipie ; Magee Marshall` IPA =BitterBeer was at 1.043 = / - 0.5 from Brew No 301
24/06/1942 until September 1946 @ 1.040.5 , Dropping to 1.038.5 by Brew No 33 04/11/1947,
And a rise in OG to 1.039.75 by Brew No 359 11/04/1950 ( Last data )
Cheers
Edd
Edd,
ReplyDeletethat's still not a bad strength for late WW II.
This one was spot on, the best bitter I have brewed in a long time. The invert really makes a difference in these session beers. I skipped the glucose and just added more Pale malt. Hit an OG of 1.040 and it finished out at 1.010 for a thirst quenching 3.9% ABV. Used CARAFA-1 instead of black malt, as it is all I had available. Let it sit in the keg 3 weeks before tapping....absolutely fantastic!
ReplyDeleteDaryle