Let's Brew Wednesday - 1884 Mew Langton Guinea Pale Ale

Not sure why this was called Guinea Pale Ale. That’s 21 shillings. But I know from price lists that this cost 42 shillings for a barrel.  Unless that’s the price of a half barrel. Other breweries used the name, too. I guess customers understood what it meant. Or didn’t care.

There’s even less to report about this grist. One malt one sugar. Quite a lot of the latter, Over 25% of the total.

A bit more complexity to the mash. Which went mash, underlet, sparge, sparge, sparge. Sounds like the name of a really bad late 1960s pop band.

Nothing too exciting with the hops. Half Kent and half Mid-Kent. Both from the 1883 season. 

1884 Mew Langton Guinea Pale Ale
pale malt	8.00 lb	72.73%
No. 2 invert sugar	3.00 lb	27.27%
Fuggles 90 mins	1.75 oz
Fuggles 60 mins	1.75 oz
Fuggles 30 mins	1.75 oz
Goldings dry hops	0.50 oz
OG	1057
FG	1014
ABV	5.69
Apparent attenuation	75.44%
IBU	58
SRM	11
Mash at	150º F
Sparge at	175º F
Boil time	90 minutes
pitching temp	62º F
Yeast	Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley ale