A descendant of Samuel Allsopp, the brewer credited with creating the first commercially successful India Pale Ale (IPA), has revived his seven-times-great-grandfather's recipe. Samuel Allsopp developed the beer in a teapot in 1822 after being tasked by the East India Company to brew a beer that could withstand a six-month sea journey to India.
The original recipe was discovered in a leather-bound brewery ledger found in an attic in Leeds by Steve Holt, owner of Kirkstall Brewery. Holt collaborated with Jamie Allsopp, a ninth-generation family member, to recreate the historic ale.
The revived Allsopp's India Pale Ale was released on Friday in 70 pubs nationwide, including the Burton Bridge Inn and The Roebuck Inn in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, where the original brewery helped establish the town as a brewing capital.