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I have wondered for a while when Scottish Pale Ales took on their current malty form. Then I realised that I had the information. I just needed to put it together.
For my new Scottish book I've assembled over 250 recipes so far. Including a load from William Younger. Which means I've calculated IBUs for their Pale Ales covering about a century. Isn't that cool?
I assembled the table for the new book. Which is coming along very nicely, thank you. I aim to have a complete first draft completed in twwo or three weeks. That's if I can keep my current pace. I've managed to bang out 7,000 words so far this week. Another 12,000 or so and I should be done.
Getting back to the topic, the table below makes it very obvious when all the bitterness was sucked out of Scottish beer. And what a surprise - it turns out to be WW I. With a further, smaller drop in the 1930's. Though there was also a considerable reduction between the 1850's and the 1860's.
There's one more question answered. Just another 9,488,277 to go.
William Younger Pale Ale bitterness 1851 - 1949
Year
Beer
OG
IBU
1851
XP
1058
180
1851
XXP
1072
217
1858
Ex Pale Ale
1063
142
1868
XP
1051
73
1868
XXP
1052
73
1879
XP
1052
99
1879
2XP
1046
76
1885
XP
1054
100
1885
XP Scotch
1055
87
1898
XP Scotch
1053
80
1913
LAE
1045
78
1914
SLE
1055
83
1921
XXPS
1046
36
1933
XXP
1043
34
1933
Expt
1054
53
1933
XXPS
1049
33
1039
XXPS
1046
13
1940
XP Btlg
1033
18
1949
XXP Btlg
1031
14
1949
XXPS
1037
21
1949
XXP
1031.5
19
Sources:
William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document numbers WY/6/1/2/3, WY/6/1/2/28, WY/6/1/2/31, WY/6/1/2/45, WY/6/1/2/58, WY/6/1/2/63, WY/6/1/2/70, WY/6/1/2/76 and WY/6/1/2/88.
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I have wondered for a while when Scottish Pale Ales took on their current malty form. Then I realised that I had the information. I just needed to put it together.
For my new Scottish book I've assembled over 250 recipes so far. Including a load from William Younger. Which means I've calculated IBUs for their Pale Ales covering about a century. Isn't that cool?
I assembled the table for the new book. Which is coming along very nicely, thank you. I aim to have a complete first draft completed in twwo or three weeks. That's if I can keep my current pace. I've managed to bang out 7,000 words so far this week. Another 12,000 or so and I should be done.
Getting back to the topic, the table below makes it very obvious when all the bitterness was sucked out of Scottish beer. And what a surprise - it turns out to be WW I. With a further, smaller drop in the 1930's. Though there was also a considerable reduction between the 1850's and the 1860's.
There's one more question answered. Just another 9,488,277 to go.
William Younger Pale Ale bitterness 1851 - 1949
Year
Beer
OG
IBU
1851
XP
1058
180
1851
XXP
1072
217
1858
Ex Pale Ale
1063
142
1868
XP
1051
73
1868
XXP
1052
73
1879
XP
1052
99
1879
2XP
1046
76
1885
XP
1054
100
1885
XP Scotch
1055
87
1898
XP Scotch
1053
80
1913
LAE
1045
78
1914
SLE
1055
83
1921
XXPS
1046
36
1933
XXP
1043
34
1933
Expt
1054
53
1933
XXPS
1049
33
1039
XXPS
1046
13
1940
XP Btlg
1033
18
1949
XXP Btlg
1031
14
1949
XXPS
1037
21
1949
XXP
1031.5
19
Sources:
William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document numbers WY/6/1/2/3, WY/6/1/2/28, WY/6/1/2/31, WY/6/1/2/45, WY/6/1/2/58, WY/6/1/2/63, WY/6/1/2/70, WY/6/1/2/76 and WY/6/1/2/88.
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