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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Let's Brew Wednesday - Lees 1952 Stout
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It seems like ages since the last Let's Brew. Probably because it has been ages. I should have published this last week. But somehow managed to forget.
Lees Stout this time. Between 1930 and 1951, Lees didn't brew a Stout at all. When they did start brewing one again, it was a very different beer. The pre-war Stout had an OG of over 1050, you'll see this one is notably weaker. And a good bit more sugary.
English Stouts changed considerably during the 20th century. They became, weaker, less hoppy and sweeter. By the 1950's, Stout was also becoming pretty much exclusively a bottled beer. In 1956, Lees changed their Stout, upping the sugar content to over 40%. About a third of the sugar was in the form of lactose, which boosted the FG to 1024 and reduced the ABV to 2.25%. Many breweries did something similar, though some did still continue to brew drier, more attenuated Stouts. Ironically, around the same time Guinness did the exact opposite, increasing the attenation to make their Stout even drier.
That's me done, so over to Kristen . . . .
General info: Stout! Really? Not really that stouty of a stout? Looks very much to me like a Guinness-y type stout with much less hop. Maybe more like a Murphys. Oats instead of flaked barley. No roasted barley!? Now how can it be a stout? 20% sugar? Ok, now this is looking more and more like a dark mild to me. Seems actually quite close to their mild. Where do we draw the line? More importantly, does it really matter?
Gravity (OG)
52.6% English 2 Row
4.8% Oats
Gravity (FG)
5.7% Crystal 75L
20% Invert No1
ABV
5.5% Chocolate malt
Apparent attenuation
5.7% Brown malt
Real attenuation
5.5% Black malt
IBU
90min@147°F
SRM
90min@63.9°C
EBC
English 2 Row
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Crystal 75L
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Chocolate malt
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Brown malt
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Black malt
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Oats
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Invert No1
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Fuggle 5.5% 90min
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Fuggle 5.5% 30min
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Manchester ale
1318 London Ale Yeast III -
Tasting Notes:
Dark. Check that. Pretty damned dark. Big rich dark malt. Espresso, mocha, hints of cocoa and toasted bread crumbs. Touches of raisins and figs. Not thin but crisp. Quite mouth filling for being such a light beer. Side-by-side, it’s good from a bottle, really great from a cask. Simply, a delicious, elbowy little 'stout'.
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