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02-12-2017, 09:49
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As was so often the case, this LDA was parti-gyled with the BB we’ve just seen.

I’m certain about what this beer was sold as – Light Dinner Ale – but that doesn’t remove all the question marks about it. True, the name implies that it was a Light Ale, that is a light, bottled Pale Ale. But it’s unwise to make too many assumptions.

Between the wars Whitbread brewed a beer called LA – Light Ale. But light wasn’t being used to refer to the colour, but to the strength. In reality, it was a low-gravity Dark Mild. It’s just as well to be aware that light was used with different meanings in beer descriptions.

Shepherd Neame brewed several beers at 1027º - effectively the minimum gravity a beer could be brewed at – during the war years. The high degree of attenuation makes this almost intoxicating. Though with the minimal level of hopping it must have been a pretty watery and insipid drink.




1942 Shepherd Neame LDA


pale malt
5.25 lb
85.37%


No. 3 invert sugar
0.50 lb
8.13%


malt extract
0.40 lb
6.50%


Fuggles 85 mins
0.25 oz



Goldings 60 mins
0.25 oz



Goldings 30 mins
0.25 oz



OG
1027



FG
1005



ABV
2.91



Apparent attenuation
81.48%



IBU
11



SRM
6



Mash at
152º F



Sparge at
170º F



Boil time
85 minutes



pitching temp
64º F



Yeast
a Southern English Ale yeast






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