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Something light for the spring. That's what Kristen asked. So why not go with a light little Scottish number? XXPS.


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One of the things I love about William Younger is that they brewed some of their beers forever. Or close enough. 150 years plus. Which means some hung around long enough for me to try them. This is one of them. It was usually called Scotch Bitter in the pub. It was OK in the late 1970's early 1980's. A run of the mill Ordinary Bitter.

Now here's the odd thing. There was a stronger Younger's Bitter called IPA (you can see it in the table below). But, back in the 19th century, Younger had two Pale Ales: XP and XXP. According to a price list, the weaker XP was marketed as IPA, XXP as Export Pale Ale. So which should be stronger - Pale Ale or IPA? Answers should be sent directly to the BJCP.

You're probably wondering about the "S", aren't you? I believe that stands for "Scots". Or the domestic version of the beer. In some of the older logs they just draw a little Scottish flag in the left margin. Very sweet.

Getting back to the beer in question, you'll note the exremely simple grist. Wondering where the crystal malt is? Crystal malt in British Pale Ales is a fairly recent phenomenon. Virtually unknown before WW I, not that common until after WW II.

The colour of the finish beer would have been higher than indicated below. That's because they would have adjusted the colour with some sort of caramel at the end of the process. You'll see below that the analyses from the 1960's have EBC vlaues between 24 and 31. Though, if they were anything like other Scottish brewers, they would have made several different coloured versions for different markets. Same beer, just different amounts of colouring material added.

Just a table, then I'm done:




William Younger XXPS 1906 - 1989


Year
Beer
Style
Price
size
package
Acidity
FG
OG
colour
ABV
App. Atten-uation


1868
XP
IPA




1013
1051

5.03
74.51%


1868
XXP
Pale Ale




1014
1055

5.42
74.55%


1906
XXP Sc
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1056.7
12.5




1964
XXPS
Pale Ale
17d
pint
draught
0.04
1009.2
1038.8
24
3.70
76.29%


1965
XXPS
Pale Ale
18d
pint
draught
0.05
1007.9
1037.4
30
3.83
78.88%


1967
Best Scotch
Pale Ale
21d
pint
draught
0.11
1007.6
1036.7
31
3.78
79.29%


1972
IPA
IPA
13.5p
pint
draught

1008.2
1043.5

4.59
81.15%


1977
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1043.2





1977
XXPS or Scotch Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036.2





1979
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1043.2





1979
XXPS or Scotch Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036.2





1981
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1043.2





1981
XXPS or Scotch Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036.2





1982
XXPS (Scotch Bitter)
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036.2





1982
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1042.2





1983
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1043





1983
XXPS or Scotch Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036.5





1986
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1042





1986
Scotch Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1036.5





1989
IPA
IPA

pint
draught


1042





1989
Scotch Bitter
Pale Ale

pint
draught


1037





Sources:


Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002


Documents WY/6/1/2/21 and WY/6/1/1/14 of the William Younger archive held at the Scottish Brewing Archive.


Daily Mirror July 10th 1972, page 15


Good Beer Guides: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990










Time to pass you over to Kristen . . . .







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Kristen’s Version:

There is really nothing to say about this beer. It’s so very simple choose what you really like for the malt and hops. Be sure to use the Flaked Barley as it adds a lot to the mouthfeel. I used Willamette and they worked wonderfully. If I made this again I’d definitely up the hops but this is what it is…still pretty damn drinkable.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-5924705967381816363?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com


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