Wednesday 1 June 2022

Let's Brew Wednesday - 1914 Hancock XXX

Mild month is over, so back to Hancock recipes. Though maybe this was a Mild. Or maybe not. 

I’m becoming more convinced that XXX was marketed as a Strong Ale. Mostly because of its gravity compared to X.

Though, ironically, this version was parti-gyled with X. In the earlier years, everything was brewed single-gyle. Which remained the case with their other beers. Though there had been a reduction in the number of different beers brewed.

The gravity is 10º lower than in 1897. Which isn’t a huge surprise. A tax increase to help pay for the Boer had seen many brewers reduce the strength of their beers.

There have also been changes to the recipe, which was all malt in 1897. For more details about the recipe, see the X I posted earlier.

1914 Hancock XXX
pale malt 10.50 lb 83.67%
glucose 1.75 lb 13.94%
malt extract 0.25 lb 1.99%
caramel 1000 SRM 0.05 lb 0.40%
Cluster 90 mins 1.00 oz
Strisselspalt 60 mins 0.75 oz
Fuggles 30 mins 0.75 oz
OG 1061
FG 1015
ABV 6.09
Apparent attenuation 75.41%
IBU 33
SRM 8.5
Mash at 152º F
Sparge at 170º F
Boil time 90 minutes
pitching temp 60º F
Yeast White Labs WLP099 Super High Gravity

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