Let's Brew Wednesday - 1845 Reid Keeping Double Stout

OK, you went for 1830 to 1860. So here you go. A beer from smack in the middle of that period.

This and the previous beer are a great example of the difference between Running and Stock versions.

In most respects, the beers are identical. The grists are identical: 112 quarters of pale malt, 18.375 quarters of brown malt and 5.625 quarters of black malt. The only tiny difference is that the pale malt quarters were 340 lbs rather than 344 lbs.

This similarity extended even to the mashing scheme. The quantities of water and strike heats for the two mashed were identical. The only differences are the tap temperatures, which are lower in this case. That could be because the ambient temperature was 7º F cooler when the Keeper was brewed.

Mash number	barrels	strike heat	tap heat
1	296	165º F	144º F
2	282	178º F	158º F

The one area where there were significant differences between the two Double Stouts was in the hopping. As you’d expect, the Keeper received more copper hops. 28% more to be precise. Exactly the same types of hops as in the Runner: English from the 1843 and 1844 harvests. 

1845 Reid Keeping Double Stout
pale malt	17.75 lb	85.87%
brown malt	2.25 lb	10.89%
black malt	0.670 lb	3.24%
Goldings 180 min	3.75 oz
Goldings 60 min	3.75 oz
Goldings 30 min	3.75 oz
Goldings dry hops	1.00 oz
OG	1087
FG	1024
ABV	8.33
Apparent attenuation	72.41%
IBU	124
SRM	29
Mash at	151º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	180 minutes
pitching temp	58º F
Yeast	Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale