Historical Beers Poor Richard's Ale

This is my take on the original recipe that was developed to celebrate Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday. Mine was brewed on 11 November 07. I will update this as the brew comes along. I used Belgian Candi Syrup in place of molasses just for fun. Plus I had some I needed to use up.
You can find the original recipe here:
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pdf/Poor_Richards.pdf

A ProMash Brewing Session - Recipe Details Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 11.92
Anticipated OG: 1.059 Plato: 14.61
Anticipated SRM: 18.7
Anticipated IBU: 28.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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55.3 6.60 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
18.4 2.20 lbs. Flaked Corn (Maize) America 1.040 1
12.6 1.50 lbs. Biscuit Malt Great Britain 1.035 35
4.2 0.50 lbs. Belgian Candi Syrup (dark) Belgium 1.038 80
8.4 1.00 lbs. Special Roast Malt America 1.033 40
1.0 0.13 lbs. Black Patent Malt America 1.028 525

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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0.75 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 5.00 14.6 60 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 5.00 8.7 45 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 5.00 5.0 30 min.

Yeast
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WYeast 1968 London Extra Special Bitter


Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step
Saccharification Rest Temp : 154 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 168 Time: 20
Sparge Temp : 168 Time: 40

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.

so how did this come out, good, bad or ugly?

It was a very nice drinkable beer. If I ever make it again though, I want it to be a touch maltier. I might add a bit of crystal to the grain bill.

the link no longer points to a PDF, how much different is your recipe from the original? only the candy sugar?

A friend here at work wants me to try my hand at Poor Richard...

Where else can I find the recipe?

Thanks

I found a recipe,

http://books.google.com/books?id=Tr...ge&q=Pagosa poor richard's Ale recipe&f=false

then scroll down to page 191... Says courtesy of Tony Simmons Pagosa Brewing Company , is this the original recipe do you think?

Clarke said:

I found a recipe,

http://books.google.com/books?id=Tr...ge&q=Pagosa poor richard's Ale recipe&f=false

then scroll down to page 191... Says courtesy of Tony Simmons Pagosa Brewing Company , is this the original recipe do you think?

Click to expand...

I honestly can't remember where the original recipe came from. I just remember getting it from the Home Brewer's Association.

Just in case someone is looking for this at this late date, I thought I'd give a little info that isn't in the above posts. The link to the PDF is broke, as is the link to beertown.org and google books - so I've given a link for the recipe which is still there at AHA.org. You might better copy this down before these links disappear .

Yes, Tony is supposed to be the one who came up with the recipe from some old writings

Try these:
http://www.benfranklin300.org/etc_article_ale.htm - this is Tony's recipe, the Maris Otter quantity is a little different from the AHA.org one! 6.6% ABV

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/beer-recipe-of-the-week-poor-richards-ale/
This one is supposed to be 6.5% ABV

Either way, for 1% I don't see a problem, someone may have just hit the wrong key on the keyboard!