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Fun, fun, fun. That's what you won't be getting today. Instead, more extracts from that book I might eventually finish. Early next year is the plan. Let's see if that happens. Travelling really disrupts my writing schedule.
Unlike for England, I haven’t got a great deal of choice of brewery when wanting to delve more deeply into specific Scottish Milds. William Younger is the only one whose Milds have left much trace in brewing records.
In the 1930s, Younger, amazingly, brewed multiple Milds. The standard version of XX and XXX are very similar in strength to, respectively, 5d and 6d English Milds. I’m guessing that isn’t a coincidence and that these beers were specifically brewed for the English market.
The oddball beer is XX Sc. I’m assuming that the “Sc” stood for Scotland. That’s the usual meaning of that abbreviation in brewing records. It’s stronger than pretty much any Mild you’d have found in England in the 1930s. Its recipe is also quite different from XX and XXX, implying that it was intended for a different audience.
The grists are much the same as for all William Younger’s other beers, basically just pale malt and an awful lot of grits. The use of grits was quite unusual in the UK. Unlike in the USA, few British brewers bothered with grits, probably because extra equipment in the form of a cereal cooker was required. Most preferred flaked maize, which could just be added to the mash tun.
If you’re wondering why there are two different recipes for XX, it’s all to do with parti-gyling. The first XX in the table was brewed single-gyle, the second was parti-gyled with XX Sc.
While lactose is usually associated with Milk Stout, William Younger sometimes used it in other styles. For example, in Mild Ale, as here. But their strongest Scotch Ale, No. 1, also contained lactose at various times.
Liquorice, on the other hand, is a very odd ingredient to see in a Mild. Its use was usually reserved for Porter and Stout. I don’t recall seeing another brewery use liquorice in any other context.
William Younger Mild Ales before WW II
Year
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
1933
XX
1037
1012
3.31
67.57%
4.71
0.63
1933
XX
1037
1013.5
3.11
63.51%
5.00
0.76
1933
XXX
1042
1014
3.70
66.67%
4.74
0.71
1933
XX Sc
1050
1025
3.31
50.00%
5.00
0.86
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/70.
William Younger Mild Ale grists before WW II
Year
Beer
OG
pale malt
grits
lactose
liquorice
hops
1933
XX
1037
58.82%
41.18%
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931)
1933
XX
1037
58.47%
38.14%
3.39%
7 lbs
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931, 1932)
1933
XXX
1042
57.89%
42.11%
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931)
1933
XX Sc
1050
58.47%
38.14%
3.39%
7 lbs
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931, 1932)
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/70.
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Fun, fun, fun. That's what you won't be getting today. Instead, more extracts from that book I might eventually finish. Early next year is the plan. Let's see if that happens. Travelling really disrupts my writing schedule.
Unlike for England, I haven’t got a great deal of choice of brewery when wanting to delve more deeply into specific Scottish Milds. William Younger is the only one whose Milds have left much trace in brewing records.
In the 1930s, Younger, amazingly, brewed multiple Milds. The standard version of XX and XXX are very similar in strength to, respectively, 5d and 6d English Milds. I’m guessing that isn’t a coincidence and that these beers were specifically brewed for the English market.
The oddball beer is XX Sc. I’m assuming that the “Sc” stood for Scotland. That’s the usual meaning of that abbreviation in brewing records. It’s stronger than pretty much any Mild you’d have found in England in the 1930s. Its recipe is also quite different from XX and XXX, implying that it was intended for a different audience.
The grists are much the same as for all William Younger’s other beers, basically just pale malt and an awful lot of grits. The use of grits was quite unusual in the UK. Unlike in the USA, few British brewers bothered with grits, probably because extra equipment in the form of a cereal cooker was required. Most preferred flaked maize, which could just be added to the mash tun.
If you’re wondering why there are two different recipes for XX, it’s all to do with parti-gyling. The first XX in the table was brewed single-gyle, the second was parti-gyled with XX Sc.
While lactose is usually associated with Milk Stout, William Younger sometimes used it in other styles. For example, in Mild Ale, as here. But their strongest Scotch Ale, No. 1, also contained lactose at various times.
Liquorice, on the other hand, is a very odd ingredient to see in a Mild. Its use was usually reserved for Porter and Stout. I don’t recall seeing another brewery use liquorice in any other context.
William Younger Mild Ales before WW II
Year
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
1933
XX
1037
1012
3.31
67.57%
4.71
0.63
1933
XX
1037
1013.5
3.11
63.51%
5.00
0.76
1933
XXX
1042
1014
3.70
66.67%
4.74
0.71
1933
XX Sc
1050
1025
3.31
50.00%
5.00
0.86
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/70.
William Younger Mild Ale grists before WW II
Year
Beer
OG
pale malt
grits
lactose
liquorice
hops
1933
XX
1037
58.82%
41.18%
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931)
1933
XX
1037
58.47%
38.14%
3.39%
7 lbs
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931, 1932)
1933
XXX
1042
57.89%
42.11%
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931)
1933
XX Sc
1050
58.47%
38.14%
3.39%
7 lbs
Pacific (1930), Kent (1931, 1932)
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/70.
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