Wednesday 20 December 2023

Let's Brew Wednesday - 1964 Eldridge Pope Dorset Brown Ale

You should let me know if there's any particular period of recipes you'd like. Especially if you want me to stop posting watery post-WW II recipes.

Essentially identical of the Mild was Eldridge pope’s Brown Ale. It was often parti-gyled with it, though this particular example also had XXXX in the mix, too.

This is another beer that was darker than the recipe implies. I’ve added enough caramel to get the colour right.

The hopping is very similar in all Eldridge Pope’s beers. In this case, it’s Kent (1961), Worcester (1962) and Sussex (1962). Some of the others also contain a small amount of Styrian Goldings. 

1964 Eldridge Pope Dorset Brown Ale
pale malt 4.00 lb 66.67%
crystal malt 60 L 0.75 lb 12.50%
wheat flour 0.25 lb 4.17%
malt extract 0.25 lb 4.17%
brown sugar 0.25 lb 4.17%
white sugar 0.25 lb 4.17%
caramel 1000 SRM 0.25 lb 4.17%
Fuggles 90 min 0.50 oz
Goldings 30 min 0.50 oz
OG 1025.5
FG 1006.5
ABV 2.51
Apparent attenuation 74.51%
IBU 14
SRM 20
Mash at 148º F
Sparge at 160º F
Boil time 90 minutes
pitching temp 61.5º F
Yeast WLP099 Super High Gravity Thomas Hardy

The above is an excerpt from my overly detailed look at post-war UK brewing, Austerity!

https://www.lulu.com/shop/ronald-pattinson/austerity/paperback/product-1mkrq4zg.html


There's also a Kindle edition.

7 comments:

Thom Farrell said...

I have a question. Why did Brett influenced stock ales fall out of fashion?

Bobcat said...

Pre WWI are usually fairly decent. However you could just say "Today's recipe is on page 247 of that essential book on the history of brewing Austerity". That would leave you more time to do the important research that you do and the real curious who don't have the book will have to but it.

Anonymous said...

If you have any Christmas/winter special recipes I'd always love to see some of those. Or anything late 19th century.

Ron Pattinson said...

Thom Farrell,

they simply went out of fashion. I guess young people got used to the fancy new running beers and never got a taste for the aged flavour.

Anonymous said...

14 IBU one more IBU sweeter than Dundalk Bay red ale.
Oscar

InSearchOfKnowledge said...

I am interested to know what the differences are between brown ale and mild. I searched on your blog for "eldridge pope mild recipe" and got tables where their brown ale and mild are listed, and I don't see much difference between them, except a tiny bit of difference in attenuation.

Ron Pattinson said...

InSearchOfKnowledge,

at many breweries the only difference was the primings. Which is why quite often Brown Ale doesn't appear at all in a brewery's brewing records.