Saturday, 8 November 2025

Let's Brew - 1903 Binnie 54/- Bitter

A Binnie India Pale Ale label with a drawing of a horse shagging a small tre and the text "Nungate Brewery Haddington".
Binnie weren’t the most consistent when it came to naming their beers in the brewhouse. This was also called 54/- IPA, IPA and plain old 54/-. How confusing is that?

The recipe is pretty similar to that of Best Bitter. Except that there’s flaked maize instead of flaked rice. Not sure why. It does seem to be fairly random, with some brews using flaked rice. Maybe it was just whatever they had to hand.

The hops are, again, equal quantities of Kent, Bavarian and Californian. And no spent hops. At the same rate – 6 lbs per quarter (336 lbs) of malt – as Bitter Beer.

No ageing for this beer, either. 

1903 Binnie 54/- Bitter
pale malt 9.75 lb 88.64%
flaked maize 1.25 lb 11.36%
Cluster 90 min 0.75 oz
Hallertau 60 min 0.75 oz
Fuggles 30 min 0.75 oz
Goldings dry hops 0.25 oz
OG 1046
FG 1019
ABV 3.57
Apparent attenuation 58.70%
IBU 33
SRM 4
Mash at 152º F
Sparge at 175º F
Boil time 90 minutes
pitching temp 62º F
Yeast WLP028 Edinburgh Ale

 

 

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