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