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I’ve only just twigged what this beer is. I can be so dumb sometimes. The big clue is that Drybrough was taken over by Watney Mann in 1965. MBA obviously stands for Mann’s Brown Ale.
Which explains why the recipe is so radically different from all their others. I say all their others. They only had the one recipe, from which they brewed Pale Ales of varying degrees of wateriness.
It must have been weird for Drybrough’s brewers to suddenly have all these exotic ingredients: crystal malt, No. 3 invert and torrefied barley. The ingredients are so different from the ones they normally used that I can only assume that it’s very similar to the London-brewed version.
With Brown Ale hugely popular at the time, Drybrough must have already had one in their portfolio. Which they doubtless constructed from 60/- plus priming sugars. With Mann’s being a renowned national brand, I’m sure Drybrough’s own Brown Ale was quickly dropped after the takeover.
1966 Drybrough MBA Brown Ale
pale malt
4.25 lb
57.90%
black malt
0.09 lb
1.23%
crystal malt 60 L
1.75 lb
23.84%
torrefied barley
0.50 lb
6.81%
No. 3 invert sugar
0.50 lb
6.81%
caramel 500 SRM
0.25 lb
3.41%
Fuggles 90 min
0.50 oz
Goldings 30 min
0.50 oz
OG
1034
FG
1012
ABV
2.91
Apparent attenuation
64.71%
IBU
13
SRM
21
Mash at
145 / 158º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
90 minutes
pitching temp
62º F
Yeast
WLP028 Edinburgh Ale
The recipe is from from my overly detailed look at post-war UK brewing, Austerity (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)!
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I’ve only just twigged what this beer is. I can be so dumb sometimes. The big clue is that Drybrough was taken over by Watney Mann in 1965. MBA obviously stands for Mann’s Brown Ale.
Which explains why the recipe is so radically different from all their others. I say all their others. They only had the one recipe, from which they brewed Pale Ales of varying degrees of wateriness.
It must have been weird for Drybrough’s brewers to suddenly have all these exotic ingredients: crystal malt, No. 3 invert and torrefied barley. The ingredients are so different from the ones they normally used that I can only assume that it’s very similar to the London-brewed version.
With Brown Ale hugely popular at the time, Drybrough must have already had one in their portfolio. Which they doubtless constructed from 60/- plus priming sugars. With Mann’s being a renowned national brand, I’m sure Drybrough’s own Brown Ale was quickly dropped after the takeover.
1966 Drybrough MBA Brown Ale
pale malt
4.25 lb
57.90%
black malt
0.09 lb
1.23%
crystal malt 60 L
1.75 lb
23.84%
torrefied barley
0.50 lb
6.81%
No. 3 invert sugar
0.50 lb
6.81%
caramel 500 SRM
0.25 lb
3.41%
Fuggles 90 min
0.50 oz
Goldings 30 min
0.50 oz
OG
1034
FG
1012
ABV
2.91
Apparent attenuation
64.71%
IBU
13
SRM
21
Mash at
145 / 158º F
Sparge at
165º F
Boil time
90 minutes
pitching temp
62º F
Yeast
WLP028 Edinburgh Ale
The recipe is from from my overly detailed look at post-war UK brewing, Austerity (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)!
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344 (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/austerity/23181344)
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Which is now also available in Kindle format (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08359HJXZ).
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