Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Let's Brew Wednesday - 1880 Chapman XX

There was sill a range of Mild at Chapman. With XX the middle one of three.    

At 7% ABV, it’s a pretty powerful beer. Though it wouldn’t have been considered as being super-strong at the time. Still, around double the strength of a modern Mild.

Though all were brewed single-gyle, XX has exactly the same grist as X: two-thirds pale malt one-third sugar. The only difference is that this time all the malt is Saale. That is, made from German barley.

It is rather sugar-heavy. Though it’s strong enough that I couldn’t imagine that it would taste thin.

Three types of hops: Sussex from the 1881 harvest, along with two types of Mid-Kent, both from 1878.

1880 Chapman XX
pale malt 6.50 lb 68.42%
No. 1 invert sugar 3.00 lb 31.58%
Fuggles 90 mins 2.00 oz
Fuggles 30 mins 2.00 oz
OG 1068
FG 1015
ABV 7.01
Apparent attenuation 77.94%
IBU 40
SRM 9
Mash at 147.5º F
Sparge at 170º F
Boil time 90 minutes
pitching temp 57º F
Yeast WLP023 Burton Ale

 

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