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01-05-2019, 07:21
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I have the luxury of having every single page of the Lovibond brewing book for 1864-65 photographed. Mostly because it’s one of the three brewing books I personally own.
That’s how I know that, contrary to expectations and usual practice, XX was Lovibond’s most popular beer. At every other brewery I’ve looked at, X Ale was the most popular. And while X was usually parti-gyled with XXX or XXXX, XX was always brewed single-gyle.
The gravity of XX Ale varied a bit, the weaker examples being around 1063º and the stronger ones 1069º. Which places it in much the same class as the X Ale from the larger London breweries. Whitbread X, for example, was around 1066º at this time and Barclay Perkins X 1062º
The malt bill is incredibly simple – just one type of base malt and that’s it. The hops are identical to those used in X Ale, that is Kent and American yearlings, plus new Kent.
1864 Lovibond XX
mild malt
15.75 lb
100.00%
Cluster 120 mins
0.75 oz
Goldings 90 mins
0.75 oz
Goldings 30 mins
0.75 oz
OG
1069.5
FG
1015
ABV
7.21
Apparent attenuation
78.42%
IBU
31
SRM
7
Mash at
148º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
60 minutes
pitching temp
55º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale
This is one of the dozens of recipes in my book Mild! plus. Which is avaiable in both paperback: (http://www.lulu.com/shop/ronald-pattinson/mild-plus-random/paperback/product-18852158.html)
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I have the luxury of having every single page of the Lovibond brewing book for 1864-65 photographed. Mostly because it’s one of the three brewing books I personally own.
That’s how I know that, contrary to expectations and usual practice, XX was Lovibond’s most popular beer. At every other brewery I’ve looked at, X Ale was the most popular. And while X was usually parti-gyled with XXX or XXXX, XX was always brewed single-gyle.
The gravity of XX Ale varied a bit, the weaker examples being around 1063º and the stronger ones 1069º. Which places it in much the same class as the X Ale from the larger London breweries. Whitbread X, for example, was around 1066º at this time and Barclay Perkins X 1062º
The malt bill is incredibly simple – just one type of base malt and that’s it. The hops are identical to those used in X Ale, that is Kent and American yearlings, plus new Kent.
1864 Lovibond XX
mild malt
15.75 lb
100.00%
Cluster 120 mins
0.75 oz
Goldings 90 mins
0.75 oz
Goldings 30 mins
0.75 oz
OG
1069.5
FG
1015
ABV
7.21
Apparent attenuation
78.42%
IBU
31
SRM
7
Mash at
148º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
60 minutes
pitching temp
55º F
Yeast
Wyeast 1099 Whitbread Ale
This is one of the dozens of recipes in my book Mild! plus. Which is avaiable in both paperback: (http://www.lulu.com/shop/ronald-pattinson/mild-plus-random/paperback/product-18852158.html)
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sFTpH_zW5IQ/TyL2PK8-VkI/AAAAAAAAIpA/U0b9Ey-kq7o/s400/Mild_plus_lexie_cover_words_thumb.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sFTpH_zW5IQ/TyL2PK8-VkI/AAAAAAAAIpA/U0b9Ey-kq7o/s1600/Mild_plus_lexie_cover_words_thumb.jpg)
and hardback formats (http://www.lulu.com/shop/ronald-pattinson/mild-plus/hardcover/product-21198241.html):
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