So, we're having a discussion in Beer Talk about Historical Ales and their brewing came up. Unfortunately, I no longer homebrew, so I was wondering if anyone here would be interested in brewing the following beer and then doing a beer trade for the result? Maybe a six pack for a six pack kind of thing? Hopefully we could discuss the brewing process here and then everyone involved could post reviews. Barclay Perkins 1855 East India Porter 4 lbs Pearl Pale Ale Malt; Thomas Fawcet 5 lbs Ashburne® Mild Malt; Briess 2.75 lbs Brown Malt; Thomas Fawcett .5 lbs Amber Malt; Thomas Fawcett .125 lbs Roast Barley; Crisp Single infusion mash at 153F for 2 hours 2.5 hour boil with: 3 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 90 min 2 oz Spalt Spalter - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min 1 oz Spalt Spalter - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min Wyeast 1098 British Ale™ Barclay Perkins 1855 East India Porter | BeerTools Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Let's Brew Wednesday - 1840 Truman Export Stout
I brewed the recipe that was originally on the Pretty Things website. As @patto1ro stated in comments on this recipe, it's a bit different. Anyhow, it turned out well, but wasn't the same as the Pretty Things version. I found that adding a very small amount of peated barley and going 50/50 Goldings/Fuggle got me a little bit closer.
I'm interested. It won't happen overnight, maybe can brew this by like January or thereabouts as I already have other brews lined up. But the recipe looks tasty indeed. I've made a note of it and will get back to you later. And will be sure to sub black malt for the roasted barley.
