Homebrewing 12C. English IPA
Britannia Mine Mill #2 - Canadian IPA
Recipe: Canadian IPA. Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Black. Hops: Columbus (1oz), Fuggles (1oz), Goldings (1oz), and Willamette (3oz). Yeast: Imperial House. BJCP Style: 12C. English IPA.
Britannia Mill #1 was built before the Britannia Mining and Smelting Compnay had a thorough understanding of how to efficiently process ore. It was also missing equipment required for efficient copper extraction. Fittingly my first attempt at this beer was brewed with an inappropriate yeast for an english ipa. At the time, Foggy London Ale from Escarpment was the only thing available to me and in a rare state of optimism I carried forth with a false hope that I could re-create Shotover Scholar with a NEIPA yeast strain.
Britannia Mine Mill #1 - Canadian IPA
Recipe: Canadian IPA. Malts: Maris Otter, Carastan, Carapils. Hops: Fuggles (4oz), Goldings (2oz), and Willamette (2oz). Yeast: Foggy London Ale. BJCP Style: 12C. English IPA.
I chaperoned my daughter’s 5th grade field trip to the Britannia Mine museum recently. The entire time I couldn’t help but wonder what all these guys drank after a shift or on weekends. What types of beer did they have access to? What types of beer were even popular at the time? Unfortunately beer drinking didn’t feature prominently in the exhibits, so I’m left to making broad assumptions based on research. According to a Beer Advocate article, at the turn of the 20th century IPA accounted for 74 percent of the beer being produced in Canada. Digging deep into the characteristics of these beers would be fun but time consuming and I’ll save for a later date. For the time being I feel like brewing something relatively to style, that I want to drink, and that captures the feeling of cracking open 3 or 4 much needed IPAs after finishing a long-ass day in a mine.