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A style that mostly occurred in the South, AK had come under pressure in WW I. As a relatively low-ABV Pale Ale, it was particularly vulnerable to a general drop in gravities.
This is the last hurray of Fullers version. Literally stricken form history. A slightly later brewing record has AK crossed out, as Fullers drastically overhauled their range of Pale Ales. It started the war with such a low gravity and brewed in such small quantities that it was never going to last the duration.
AK as a type was driven to near extermination by two world wars. Its mistake being to start off pretty weak. In the late 19th century, dozens of breweries produced a beer called AK. After WW II, there were no more than a handful left.
This example was parti-gyled, as usual, with PA and XK.
Turning to the recipe, the flaked maize has been dropped in favour of flaked rice. As you would expect. Otherwise, there’s not a lot of change.
There were four types of English hops, one from the 1939 harvest, the rest from 1938.
1940 Fullers AK
pale malt
5.75 lb
87.44%
flaked rice
0.75 lb
11.41%
No. 2 invert sugar
0.033 lb
0.50%
glucose
0.033 lb
0.50%
caramel 1000 SRM
0.01 lb
0.15%
Fuggles 90 min
1.00 oz
Goldings 30 min
1.00 oz
Goldings dry hops
0.25 oz
OG
1029
FG
1008.5
ABV
2.71
Apparent attenuation
70.69%
IBU
29
SRM
4
Mash at
151º F
After underlet
153º F
Sparge at
168º F
Boil time
90 minutes
pitching temp
62º F
Yeast
WLP002 English Ale
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A style that mostly occurred in the South, AK had come under pressure in WW I. As a relatively low-ABV Pale Ale, it was particularly vulnerable to a general drop in gravities.
This is the last hurray of Fullers version. Literally stricken form history. A slightly later brewing record has AK crossed out, as Fullers drastically overhauled their range of Pale Ales. It started the war with such a low gravity and brewed in such small quantities that it was never going to last the duration.
AK as a type was driven to near extermination by two world wars. Its mistake being to start off pretty weak. In the late 19th century, dozens of breweries produced a beer called AK. After WW II, there were no more than a handful left.
This example was parti-gyled, as usual, with PA and XK.
Turning to the recipe, the flaked maize has been dropped in favour of flaked rice. As you would expect. Otherwise, there’s not a lot of change.
There were four types of English hops, one from the 1939 harvest, the rest from 1938.
1940 Fullers AK
pale malt
5.75 lb
87.44%
flaked rice
0.75 lb
11.41%
No. 2 invert sugar
0.033 lb
0.50%
glucose
0.033 lb
0.50%
caramel 1000 SRM
0.01 lb
0.15%
Fuggles 90 min
1.00 oz
Goldings 30 min
1.00 oz
Goldings dry hops
0.25 oz
OG
1029
FG
1008.5
ABV
2.71
Apparent attenuation
70.69%
IBU
29
SRM
4
Mash at
151º F
After underlet
153º F
Sparge at
168º F
Boil time
90 minutes
pitching temp
62º F
Yeast
WLP002 English Ale
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