What is it then? It looks to me like a Stock Pale Ale. The hopping rate certainly bears that out. At 12 lbs per quarter (336 lbs), it was significantly more than the 8 or 9 lbs that usually went into Usher’s Pale Ales.
An all-malt grist consists of two types of pale malt, a quarter made from Smyrna barley, the remainder from Scottish.
The hops were an even split between Alsace and Hallertau, both from the 1884 harvest.
Obviously, this beer was aged. My guess would be for between six and nine months. Which would have lowered the FG a fair bit.
| 1885 Thomas Usher X Stock | ||
| pale malt | 11.50 lb | 100.00% |
| Strisselspalt 90 min | 3.00 oz | |
| Hallertau 30 min | 3.00 oz | |
| Goldings dry hops | 1.00 oz | |
| OG | 1050 | |
| FG | 1015 | |
| ABV | 4.63 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 70.00% | |
| IBU | 65 | |
| SRM | 4.5 | |
| Mash at | 151º F | |
| Sparge at | 175º F | |
| Boil time | 90 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 58º F | |
| Yeast | WLP028 Edinburgh Ale | |
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