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There seems to have been quite a tradition of Strong Ales in the Manchester area. And ones that were properly strong, not just 5% ABV.

This beer from Lees is a good example. At over 7% ABV, it’s strong by pretty much anyone’s standards. So strong, that it almost certainly was exclusively a bottled. Though they did later produce Moonraker, a beer of a similar strength, on draught. So perhaps they did the same with this.

There’s nothing too exciting or odd in the grist, which is all pale malt except for a tiny dash of crystal and enzymic malt. Plus flaked maize, of course. And a whole host of different types of sugar: 1 cwt Invert, 3 cwt Nut Brown, 1 cwt HX, 1 cwt Solprima and 20 lbs C.D.M. I’ve interpreted that as a mix of No. 2 and No. 3 invert.

The hops were mostly English from the 1961 crop, though there was also a small amount of 1961 Styrians. If you want to go for full accuracy, you could drop the 90-minute Fuggles addition to 0.75 oz and add 0.25 oz of Styrian Goldings.




1963 Lees Strong Ale


pale malt
10.75 lb
71.29%


crystal malt 80 L
0.33 lb
2.19%


enzymic malt
0.25 lb
1.66%


flaked maize
1.00 lb
6.63%


No. 2 invert sugar
1.00 lb
6.63%


No. 3 invert sugar
1.75 lb
11.60%


Fuggles 90 mins
1.00 oz



Fuggles 60 mins
1.00 oz



Goldings 30 mins
1.00 oz



OG
1076



FG
1021



ABV
7.28



Apparent attenuation
72.37%



IBU
31



SRM
16



Mash at
147º F



Sparge at
170º F



Boil time
90 minutes



pitching temp
58º F



Yeast
Wyeast 1318 London ale III (Boddingtons)





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