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Just as down south in Sassenachland, Brown Ale was extremely popular in Scotland after WW I. Though the beers sold under that name don’t appear to have been exactly the same.

With a couple of exceptions, mostly in the Northeast, English Brown Ales were watery after WW II. While before the war they’d been about average gravity (low 1040’s), they were at the bottom end after it. Which meant an OG 0f 1027-1032º and ABV as low as 2.5%.

Some of the examples in the table clearly fall into that category. Though there are also ones in the mid-1040’s or even 1050’s. Much stronger than most English Brown Ales of the period.

The weaker versions I’m sure are the brewery’s lowest-strength Pale Ale caramelled up. The ones in the 1040’s, same thing, just with Export. Not sure about those over 1050º.

Down in London, Brown Ales were far weaker on average. In the late 1940’s, most hovered either side of 1030º.




Scottish Brown Ales 1947 - 1958


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


1947
Steel Coulson
Brown Ale
1028.5
1005
3.05
82.46%



1949
McEwan
Nut Brown Ale
1029.5
1006
3.05
79.66%



1949
Murray
Brown Ale
1037.8
1010
3.60
73.54%
115


1949
Wm. Younger
Brown Ale
1033.6
1011.2
2.90
66.67%
115


1949
Wm. Younger
Brown Ale
1033
1014
2.45
57.58%



1950
Calder
Nut Brown Ale
1034.3
1011.4
2.96
66.76%
70


1950
Murray
Brown Ale
1057.1
1013.4
5.69
76.53%
83


1950
Wm. Younger
Brown Ale
1032.6
1011.4
2.74
65.03%
180


1953
Steel Coulson
Brown Ale B. 60/-
1030






1954
Wm. Younger
Double Century Ale
1056.6
1023.3
4.29
58.83%
80


1956
Aitchison
Gold Seal Brown Ale
1041.6
1013.9
3.58
66.59%
50


1956
Wm. Younger
"Wee Willie" Brown Ale
1033.5
1009.6
3.10
71.34%
70


1956
Wm. Younger
Edinburgh Brown Ale
1046.8
1013.2
4.36
71.79%
75


1957
Ushers
Brown Export Ale
1044.4
1017.3
3.50
61.04%
130


1957
Wm. Younger
Edinburgh Brown Ale
1046.6
1013.1
4.34
71.89%
55


1958
Bernard
Double Brown Ale (D.B. Ale)
1043
1013
3.89
69.77%



1958
Blair
Brown Ale
1034.1
1011.7
2.80
65.69%
125


Sources:


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


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


T & J Bernard's brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive


document from the Steel Coulson archive held at the Scottish Brewing Archives





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