Sunday 12 February 2023

FREDERICK BAILEY & CO : PALE X X 1881

 How Do All ,

Here`s a X X Ale from Frederick Bailey & Co`s Star Brewery in Cambridge for you all to try out ;
 The malt number or type is , regrettably just given as a Quarters used weight ulike those brings of other beers in the latter pages of this book which are given by the variety of malts and , Quarters used ;
EG : X X X 25 Th October 1886 :  Gyle No 36 1.067.25 - 1.012 Final Gravity : 7 % ABV , 36 IBU 
        11 Qrs No 6   @ 50     %       6 Qtrs Sugar @ 1.012.5 = 18.59 % 
          8 Qrs No 3   @ 36.5  %
          3 Qrs No 4   @ 13.5  %  

I hope that you all enjoy the recipe , It`s also one with only 3 specific mentions of it being produced throughout the 1881 - 1889 period covered by the source, The Private Brewing Book of H H Tebbutt 1881 - 1889 , deposited with the helpfull team at Cambridgeshire Archives along with other records  
( Financial & General Ledgers ) from the 1870`s as an Un Catalogued Accession .

I`m also greatly obliged to the team at Greene King Ltd for sponsoring the reprographics costs ;
Cheers guys 🍻 I really appreciate your assistance with my research .

The Malts used in the recipe are ones I`ve chosen to replicate the flavours and colours used by malts used in the period covered by the book .

This recipe C Edd Mather 2023 

                     ANY AND ALL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION RIGHTS RESERVED TO 
                                      Frederick Bailey & Co and their successors in title .

                  This recipe for 24.250 Wort Litres to Copper @ 1.048.5 ; 75 % Mash Efficiency 

Frederick Bailey & Co 
The Star Brewery
Newmarket Road 
Cambridge

                                           PALE  X X 
                                          Gyle No : 19
                                  Monday 17 Th October 1881 
           Original Gravity : 1.052.75 Racking Gravity : 1.011.25 Final Gravity : 1.008 
                                                 I B U : 36          A B V : 6  %

                                                              MALTS 
Crisp Malt : 
                    Chevalier                                  50   %  = 2.600 Kg
                    Hana                                         15   %  = 0.775 Kg 
Simpson`s Malt :
                    Best Pale Ale                            35    % = 1.810 Kg 

                                                                    MASHING 
      Use a Pale Ale liquor , and Thoroughly pre warm the mash tun @ 90 c - 10 Minutes BEFORE 
                          Mashing In ; ENSURING that the Liquor is 1.5 " ABOVE the Plates .
                          1 St   Mash Heat : 65 c @ 0 - + 135 Mins                       = 11.150 Litres 
                          2 Nd Mash Heat : 67 c  @      + 135 Mins - +  165 Mins =  8.140 Litres
                          3 Rd Mash Heat : 70 c   @      + 165 Mins - + 195 Mins =  5.060 Litres 
At + 195 Minutes , slowly open the Mash Tun valve and return any Turbid / Cloudy 1 St Runnings ;
                    UNTIL CONSISTENTLY CLEAR & BRIGHT , Only then Cast to Copper . 

                                                           SPARGING
Sparge at Clear Wort to Copper + 10 Minutes @ 77 c = 20.050 Litres , then at a gravity of 1.005 ;
STOP TAPS and Collect Wort in the Copper .
                                                              COLLECTION 
                  At Collection , ADD Liquor to the Copper , REDUCING the gravity to 1.048.25 , 
                       THEN CONDENSE TO 1.048.5 ON 24.250 Wort Litres in the Copper .
 
                                                            SUGARS
                                   1.012.5  No 1 Invert Sugar @ 13.28 % = 0.655 Kg 

                                                                    COPPER
                                   A 2 Hour boil ON HOPS : 1 St Hop Charge @ Let Off - 120  .
At Let Off - 65 Minutes @ 1.054.5 on 21.425 Wort Litres ADD 8.325 Litres of Liquor ;
Reducing the Gravity to 1.039.25 ON 29.590 Wort Litres , THEN ADD the No 1 Invert Sugar .
At Let Off - 60 Minutes , ADD the 3 Rd Hop Charge and at Let Off - 12 Minutes , ADD the 
Copper Finings and at Let Off ; STAND 30 Minutes before COOLING A S A P to Pitching Heat .

                                                              HOPS 
                         1 St Hop Charge : To 24.250 Wort Litres @ 1.048.5
                                     15 IBU Fuggles or Sussex @ 5.5 % a/a  = 22 g 

                        2 Nd Hop Charge : To 29.590 Wort Litres @ 1.046.5 
                                                    13 IBU Goldings @ 6 % a/a = 21 g  


                                                                   YEAST
                                     Pitch with 120 g Weight LIVE YEAST @ 18 c 
                                            To : 25.610 Wort Litres @ 18 c  

                                                           ATTENUATION
DAY   Hour  Heat    Gravity                         REMARKS 
    1           P       18       1.052.75
    2          M    22.25     1.050
                E        24       1.034
    3          M       25       1.026.5
                E        20       1.022
    4          M       18       1.018
                E        16       1.015
    5          M       16       1.013
                E        15.5    1.012
    7          M       15       1.011.5
                E        14.5    1.011.25
    8       NOON  13.5    1.011.25      RACK AND FINE to DRAUGHT VESSEL 

STAND : 1 Week @ 13 c 

CELLAR : 1.5 Months @ 8 - 10 c 

STILLAGE : 1 Week @ 10 - 12 c then FULLY VENT and allow + 12 Hours before Q . C 


Cheers All and Happy Brewing 

Edd 

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