Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Let's Brew Wednesday - 1944 Fullers X
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I'm still not done with 1944. This time we have a lovely watery Mild.
To complement their stronger XX Mild, Fullers also brewed the weaker X. The war hadn’t been kind to X, dropping it to minimum OG, down from a more respectable 1033º in 1939. At least it wasn’t going to get any weaker. Though, at just 2.5% ABV, it wasn’t really an intoxicating beverage.
You won’t be surprised that it was parti-gyled with XX, hence the grists are identical. As are the hops, which were all English from the 1943 harvest. So reasonably fresh.
Though X was Fullers biggest seller, they dis brew considerable quantities of XX. In this particular parti-gyle there were 225 barrels of X and 155 barrels of XX.
| 1944 Fullers X |
| pale malt |
5.00 lb |
83.33% |
| flaked barley |
0.75 lb |
12.50% |
| glucose |
0.125 lb |
2.08% |
| caramel 1000 SRM |
0.125 lb |
2.08% |
| Fuggles 90 min |
0.50 oz |
|
| Fuggles 30 min |
0.50 oz |
|
| OG |
1026 |
|
| FG |
1007 |
|
| ABV |
2.51 |
|
| Apparent attenuation |
73.08% |
|
| IBU |
15 |
|
| SRM |
12 |
|
| Mash at |
147º F |
|
| After underlet |
150º F |
|
| Sparge at |
168º F |
|
| Boil time |
90 minutes |
|
| pitching temp |
62º F |
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| Yeast |
WLP002 English Ale |
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