Saturday, 16 August 2025

Let's Brew - 1901 Truman (Burton) No. 6 R

A Truman's No. 6 Burton Mild Ale label featuring a drawing of an eagle and the words "Brewed & bottled by Truman, Hanbury, Buxton& Co. Ltd. London & Burton".
You may be wondering why Truman brewed quite so many Mild Ales in Burton. As they are very similar beers and aren’t all that different in strength. Maybe they were just mirroring what Bass did.

The recipe is the same as all the other Mild Ales so far. A mix of pale malt from English and Californian barley. Along with a sugar of unspecified type. It is, in fact, identical to the Ale recipe as the two were parti-gyled together.

Er, um, what more can I say?  The hops. Two English types from 1899 and one from 1900. Just like in most of the other Mild Ales.

As a Mild, this was definitely not aged. And drunk within a week or two. 

1901 Truman (Burton) No. 6 R
pale malt 14.75 lb 96.72%
No. 2 sugar 0.50 lb 3.28%
Fuggles 150 mins 1.75 oz
Fuggles 60 mins 1.75 oz
Fuggles 30 mins 1.75 oz
OG 1067
FG 1021
ABV 6.09
Apparent attenuation 68.66%
IBU 57
SRM 6.5
Mash at 150º F
Sparge at 170º F
Boil time 150 minutes
pitching temp 58.5º F
Yeast WLP013 London Ale (Worthington White Shield)

 

 

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