Let's Brew - 1897 Eldridge Pope XXXX

An 1890 price list describes XXXX as a Strong Old Ale. No equivocation, as with the different flavours of XXX.

Still the same three elements in the grist: pale malt, flaked maize and sugar. But with a much lower proportion of the last two. Leaving it almost 95% pale malt. What else am I going to talk about here? Let’s have a think.

I know. There are no fewer than six types of pale malt. Some made from English barley and some from foreign barley. Which seems slightly excessive. Two or three is more usual.

Four types of hops on this spin. Three English, one Californian. One lot of English hops from the 1895 harvest and another from 1896. There’s no indication of the age of the other two types of hops.

Given that this was advertised as an Old Ale, I’m fairly certain that this would have been aged. Probably for at least a year. And maybe more. 

1897 Eldridge Pope XXXX
pale malt	16.25 lb	94.20%
flaked maize	0.50 lb	2.90%
No. 2 invert sugar	0.50 lb	2.90%
Fuggles 150 mins	3.00 oz
Fuggles 30 mins	3.00 oz
OG	1075
FG	1024
ABV	6.75
Apparent attenuation	68.00%
IBU	61
SRM	7
Mash at	151º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	150 minutes
pitching temp	60º F
Yeast	White Labs WLP099 Super High Gravity