Let's Brew - 1901 Truman (Burton) LP3 R

With the Burton Ales out of the way, we can move onto the Burton Pale Ales. With P3 being the weakest of the bunch. Weaker than most of Truman’s Mild Ales.

In terms of strength, it falls between a Light Bitter, like AK, and a full-strength Pale Ale. You could call it a sort of Victorian Ordinary Bitter.

The recipe is even simpler than for the Mild Ales. Just pale malt. Though there are the four different types of it you find in all their beers. You know the deal: two from English barley, two from Californian.

At around 13.5 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt, the hopping rate is pretty high. Though lower than that of Truman’s stronger Pale Ales. It still results in a very high degree of bitterness, which comes out to (calculated) 136 IBU. Even today, that would could as pretty damn bitter.

Three types of English hops, as well as a small quantity described as “Pacifics” were employed in the copper. All were from the 1899 harvest.

The “R” suffix tells us that this was a beer sold young. To be consumed no more than a couple of weeks after racking. 

1901 Truman (Burton) LP3 R
pale malt	12.25 lb	100.00%
Fuggles 150 mins	2.50 oz
Cluster 150 mins	0.50 oz
Fuggles 60 mins	3.00 oz
Goldings 30 mins	3.00 oz
Goldings dry hops	0.50 oz
OG	1053
FG	1015
ABV	5.03
Apparent attenuation	71.70%
IBU	136
SRM	5
Mash at	153º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	150 minutes
pitching temp	58.5º F
Yeast	WLP013 London Ale (Worthington White Shield)