Let's Brew - 1885 Thomas Usher IPA

A late 19th-century Scottish IPA here, which shows the traditional Scottish aversion to using evil English hops. But, rather than having just a sweet malty gloop, they've thumbed their noses at the English and used American and German hops. The splitter bastards.

 Unusually, the malt was all Scottish. Which was pretty untypical for this period. 

Weak, but rigorously hopped, it could be a modern session IPA. For people who don't understand what the word session means. Or IPA.

1885 Thomas Usher IPA
pale malt	10.75 lb	100.00%
Cluster 90 min	1.75 oz
Spalt 30 min	1.75 oz
Goldings dry hops	0.25 oz
OG	1047
FG	1013
ABV	4.50
Apparent attenuation	72.34%
IBU	64
SRM	2
Mash at	156º F
Sparge at	175º F
Boil time	90 minutes
pitching temp	58º F
Yeast	WLP028 Edinburgh Ale

The above recipe appears in my excellent book on Scottish brewing: