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14-05-2022, 07:13
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Now here’s a confusing beer. I’m assuming SBA stands for “Special Bitter Ale”. So, you would expect it to be stronger than BA. But it isn’t. Instead, it’s exactly the same OG.
What makes it “special”, then? Well, there is one big difference with BA: SBA is all malt. Just like BA, it’s a combination of Chilean and Ouchak. But there’s no No. 1 invert sugar. As the invert sugar only cost 15s a quarter and the malt was 30s and 33s 6d per quarter, SBA was more expensive to brew. BA cost 14s 6d per barrel, while SBA was 15s 9d per barrel.
There was also extra cost in the hops. Both beers used all 1896 East Kents. But BA had two types, one at 56s and the other at 88s. SBA opted for 100% of the latter.
All in all, the difference between SBA and BA is the use of classier ingredients. The same quantities and the same gravity. I dearly wish I’d been able to find a Hancock’s pricelist so I could see how much more was charged for SBA.
1897 Hancock SBA
pale malt
12.26 lb
100.00%
Goldings 120 mins
2.25 oz
Goldings 30 mins
2.25 oz
Goldings dry hops
1.00 oz
OG
1053
FG
1012
ABV
5.42
Apparent attenuation
77.36%
IBU
57
SRM
5
Mash at
154º F
Sparge at
175º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
58º F
Yeast
White Labs WLP099 Super High Gravity
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Now here’s a confusing beer. I’m assuming SBA stands for “Special Bitter Ale”. So, you would expect it to be stronger than BA. But it isn’t. Instead, it’s exactly the same OG.
What makes it “special”, then? Well, there is one big difference with BA: SBA is all malt. Just like BA, it’s a combination of Chilean and Ouchak. But there’s no No. 1 invert sugar. As the invert sugar only cost 15s a quarter and the malt was 30s and 33s 6d per quarter, SBA was more expensive to brew. BA cost 14s 6d per barrel, while SBA was 15s 9d per barrel.
There was also extra cost in the hops. Both beers used all 1896 East Kents. But BA had two types, one at 56s and the other at 88s. SBA opted for 100% of the latter.
All in all, the difference between SBA and BA is the use of classier ingredients. The same quantities and the same gravity. I dearly wish I’d been able to find a Hancock’s pricelist so I could see how much more was charged for SBA.
1897 Hancock SBA
pale malt
12.26 lb
100.00%
Goldings 120 mins
2.25 oz
Goldings 30 mins
2.25 oz
Goldings dry hops
1.00 oz
OG
1053
FG
1012
ABV
5.42
Apparent attenuation
77.36%
IBU
57
SRM
5
Mash at
154º F
Sparge at
175º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
58º F
Yeast
White Labs WLP099 Super High Gravity
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/05/lets-brew-1897-hancock-sba.html)