The other half of the Goldie parti-gyle was Crystal. Which was their Light Ale when bottled, but was also available as a keg Bitter. The brew house name was BAK (Bottling AK).
The brewery described it thus:
"Crystal Bitter - A direct descendent of Dorchester’s Original Ale - the bitter with the body and the good value pint."
For that, I read: cheap and watery. Which is a fair enough description of a beer that’s barely 3% ABV. It looks very much like a Boy’s Bitter – a low-gravity Pale Ale which in the Southwest took the place of Mild Ale.
Speaking of which, the Eldridge Pope promotional brochure also lists a keg Dark Mild with about the same OG. I’d put money on it being Crystal with added caramel.
There’s some crystal here, which was only present in the second mash tun’ Leaving the colour almost as dark as Goldie, despite its much lower strength. Its OG not much lower than the FG of Goldie.
The usual hops of three English and one Styrian.
| 1982 Eldridge Pope Crystal | ||
| pale malt | 6.00 lb | 85.71% |
| crystal malt 60 L | 0.50 lb | 7.14% |
| wheat flour | 0.50 lb | 7.14% |
| Styrian Goldings 75 min | 0.50 oz | |
| Fuggles 60 min | 0.75 oz | |
| Goldings 30 min | 0.50 oz | |
| OG | 1030 | |
| FG | 1006 | |
| ABV | 3.18 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 80.00% | |
| IBU | 25 | |
| SRM | 6 | |
| Mash at | 153º F | |
| Sparge at | 165º F | |
| Boil time | 75 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 62.5º F | |
| Yeast | WLP099 Super High Gravity Thomas Hardy | |
"Crystal Bitter - A direct descendent of Dorchester’s Original Ale - the bitter with the body and the good value pint."
ReplyDeleteThat almost sounds like a confusing BJCP definition circa 1999.