The fact that it was parti-gyled with AK leads me to believe that this was a Strong Pale Ale. But brewers pulled some weird shit and I could be completely wrong. It does have a typical gravity for Stock Pale Ale (or IPA), being around the same as Bass’s famous version.
Given that the much weaker AK came out at 70-odd (calculated) IBU, it’s no surprise that XXXK is pushing 100 IBU.
Unlike AK, which would have been consumed within a couple of weeks of racking, if this really was a Stock Pale Ale, it would have been aged for up to 12 months. During this time, the action of Brettanomyces would have considerably dropped the FG and dried out the beer considerably.
| 1878 Adnams XXXK | ||
| mild malt | 8.00 lb | 68.09% |
| No. 1 invert sugar | 3.75 lb | 31.91% |
| Goldings 105 mins | 4.25 oz | |
| Goldings 30 mins | 4.25 oz | |
| Goldings dry hops | 1.00 oz | |
| OG | 1064 | |
| FG | 1018 | |
| ABV | 6.09 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 71.88% | |
| IBU | 98 | |
| SRM | 9 | |
| Mash at | 152º F | |
| Sparge at | 172º F | |
| Boil time | 105 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 64º F | |
| Yeast | WLP025 Southwold | |
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