Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Let's Brew Wednesday - 1897 Fremlin BA L

A Fremlins "Gold Top" English Stock Bitter Ale labelwith a drawing of an elephant and a coat of arms.
The London variant was the strongest of the various BAs. Exactly what you would expect. The most heavily hopped, too. Also, predictable.

Only three elements to the grist: pale malt, No. 2 invert and dextro-maltose. The base malt being half from Californian and half from English barley. Bit boring, aren’t they, these Fremlin recipes?

Just two types of copper hops, both English from the 1897 harvest. With half added in the middle of the boil.

This looks like a semi-Stock Pale Ale to me with a couple of months of secondary conditioning. 

1897 Fremlin BA L
pale malt 8.00 lb 74.42%
No. 2 invert sugar 2.75 lb 25.58%
Fuggles 120 mins 1.33 oz
Goldings 90 mins 2.67 oz
Goldings 60 mins 1.33 oz
Goldings dry hops 1.00 oz
OG 1055
FG 1015.5
ABV 5.23
Apparent attenuation 71.82%
IBU 67
SRM 10.5
Mash at 149º F
Sparge at 170º F
Boil time 120 minutes
pitching temp 58º F
Yeast Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale

 

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