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Another book preview, I'm afraid, as we count down to the publication of Austerity!.

This time it's the fun topic of Scotch Ale.



"Scotch Ale
I’m only going to consider strong Scotch Ales as being in this category. Scottish Shilling Ales – 60/-, 70/- and 80/- are just types of Pale Ale.

Scottish breweries were dead dull for most of the 20th century, William Younger excepted. Most had a single recipe, from which they’d parti-gyle three Pale Ales – 60/-, 70/- and 80/- - plus possibly a Strong Ale. Sometimes they even managed to parti-gyle Stout with Pale Ale.

I’m classing Scotch Ale as two types. Which rather than pissing around with some abstract description, I’ll define in reference to two William Younger beers: No. 1 and No. 3. Though the latter type seems to have been peculiar to them. Strong Ales from other Scottish breweries were mostly along the lines of No. 1.

The No. 1 type of Scotch Ale was around 1070º - 1080º, dark and not particularly well attenuated. At most breweries it was parti-gyled with Pale Ales and so was effectively a double-strength Scottish Pale Ale."
"Austerity!" by Ronald Pattinson, 2235, pages 100 - 101.



Scotch Ale 1947 - 1950


Year
Brewer
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
colour


1950
Aitchison
Scotch Ale
1080
1020.8
7.73
74.00%
55


1948
Aitken
Strong Ale
1067.5
1021
6.04
68.89%



1948
Ballingall
"Angus" Strong Ale
1073.5
1023.5
6.49
68.03%



1948
Calder
Scotch Strong Ale
1065.5
1019
6.04
70.99%



1950
Campbell
Royal Scotch Ale
1080.1
1014.2
8.66
82.27%
77


1948
Dryborough
Strong Ale
1060
1019.5
5.25
67.50%



1947
Fowler
Heavy Ale
1081.4
1025.5
7.27
68.67%



1948
Fowler
Twelve Guinea Ale
1080
1021.5
7.63
73.13%



1949
Fowler
Extra Strong
1078
1012
8.68
84.62%



1949
Fowler
Twelve Guinea Ale
1077.7
1030.3
6.13
61.00%
100


1948
Jeffrey
Strong Ale No. 1
1067
1025
5.43
62.69%



1948
Jeffrey
Strong Ale
1065
1019.5
5.91
70.00%



1948
Maclachlan
Strong Ale
1070.5
1024.5
5.96
65.25%



1948
McEwan
Strong Ale
1078
1022.5
7.23
71.15%



1950
McEwan
Scotch Ale
1088
1022.6
8.56
74.32%
63


1947
Murray
Heavy Ale
1066.3
1017.25
6.38
73.96%



1948
Steel Coulson
Strong Ale
1063
1026
4.77
58.73%



1947
Usher
Old Scotch Ale
1073.5
1020.5
6.90
72.11%



1948
Usher
Strong Ale
1090.5
1024.5
8.63
72.93%



1947
Younger, Wm.
No. 1 Strong Ale
1074
1022
6.76
70.27%



1950
Younger, Wm.
Scotch Ale
1087.6
1017.5
9.21
80.02%
60



Average

1074.6
1021.4
6.94
70.98%
71.0


Sources:


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


Thomas Usher Gravity Book held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document TU/6/11.




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