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Following on with my Light Bitter theme, I thought I'd take a closer look at Fullers AK.

Or, to be more accurate, its decline and fall.

Fullers AK started off with a classic gravity for the type or 1050º. Well, at the top end of a typical gravity. This was chipped away a little in the years 1887 to 1914, but it was still a respecatable 1045º when WW I kicked off. What would count as a respectable Best Bitter nowadays. But at the time, the weakest of Fuller's Pale Ales.

The first couple of years of the war didn't have a huge amount of impact. The OG dropped less than one point bewteen 1914 and 1916. The years after that were far more cruel. By 1918, AK's gravity wasn't much more than half of what it had been at the start of hostilities.

Things pickled up again in 1919, but still left AK only a few decimal points above 1030º. Just two-thirds of its pre-war gravity. However, the hopping rate did increase during the war. Presumably to try and compensate for the fall in gravity.

Next we'll see what happened to AK between the wars.



Fullers AK 1887 - 1920


Date
Year
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl


21st Apr
1887
1049.6
1014.1
4.69
71.51%
7.61
1.66


3rd Aug
1897
1049.9
1012.5
4.95
75.00%
9.47
2.85


20th Oct
1902
1046.3
1010.5
4.73
77.25%
8.43
1.68


14th Mar
1910
1045.0
1008.9
4.78
80.31%
6.90
1.43


18th Mar
1910
1044.9
1008.3
4.84
81.48%
7.29
1.43


20th Nov
1914
1044.3
1009.1
4.65
79.38%
7.33
1.34


2nd Jul
1915
1044.5
1009.7
4.61
78.22%
7.84
1.42


1st Jun
1916
1043.9
1009.7
4.53
77.93%
8.20
1.54


12th Jan
1917
1041.8
1007.8
4.50
81.44%
8.17
1.40


1st Nov
1917
1035.9
1007.8
3.73
78.41%
9.64
1.47


11th Apr
1918
1026.1
1005.5
2.73
78.81%
9.99
1.10


15th Apr
1919
1026.0
1004.4
2.86
82.98%
9.04
1.08


19th Jun
1919
1028.2
1004.7
3.10
83.28%
9.72
1.14


27th Aug
1919
1030.5
1006.9
3.12
77.31%
9.96
1.28


11th Feb
1920
1030.6
1007.5
3.06
75.59%
9.80
1.21


Source:


Fullers brewing records held at the brewery











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