Saturday 2 November 2024

Let's Brew - 1880 Chapman PA

Similar to AK, but a good bit stronger, was Pale Ale. Basically, it’s a full-strength Pale Ale. Pretty much the same strength as an equivalent beer brewed in London.

The grist is very simple, consisting of just base malt and a single type of sugar. The latter being listed as laevulose, an older word for fructose. The percentage is even higher than in AK, coming to about a third of the total.

There were equal quantities of two types of hops: Kent from the 1879 harvest and Hampshire from 1880. Kent hops from the 1880 season were used as dry hops.

The big question is: was this a Stock Pale Ale? I’m not sure, to be honest. It’s pretty heavily hopped, at 12 lbs per quarter of malt. But not too crazily hopped. And I know that it was racked into barrels, kilderkins and firkins. I wouldn’t expect a Stock Pale Ale to be put into a cask as small as a firkin. My guess id that it wasn’t a Stock beer. Perhaps it was semi-Stock and aged three months or so. 

1880 Chapman PA
pale malt 7.50 lb 68.18%
fructose 3.50 lb 31.82%
Fuggles 90 mins 3.50 oz
Goldings 30 mins 3.50 oz
Goldings dry hops 1.00 oz
OG 1059
FG 1009
ABV 6.61
Apparent attenuation 84.75%
IBU 77
SRM 8
Mash at 148º F
Sparge at 168º F
Boil time 90 minutes
pitching temp 57º F
Yeast WLP023 Burton Ale


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