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These beers formed the bulk of production in Scotland until the growth of Pale Ale in the second half of the century. The name derived from the wholesale price per 54-gallon hogshead. They have no connection with the 60/-, 70/- and 80/- of post-WW II.
Though not everything with a shilling designation was what I’m calling a Shilling Ale. You also had things like 54/- Stout or 60/- Pale Ale. Shilling Ales were essentially the Scottish version of Mild Ale. Unlike English Mild Ales, however, they were mostly sold in bottled form. After racking, hogsheads or half hogsheads were sent to bottlers, who repackaged the beer and sold it.
At William Younger in the late 1840’s, there were seven Shilling ales, ranging in gravity from 1043º to 1134º. That’s a considerable spread, but they did have several features in common, such as a poor degree of attenuation and relatively modest hopping, though this wasn’t always the case at the top end of the strength range.
To put the hopping into context, English Mild Ales at this time had 8-9 lbs of hops per quarter. Looking at the hopping per quarter of malt allows the comparison of beers of different gravities. You can see in the table below that the rate was rather lower, around 4lbs per quarter, for most of William Younger’s Shilling Ales.
Scotch Ales in the 1840's
Price
OG
FG
ABV
£3
1080-86
1032-35
6.625
£4
1090-95
1036-39
7
£5
1100-1108
1040-44
7.75
£6
1110-1116
1045-47
8.375
£7
1120-1125
1048-50
9.25
Source:
Scottish Ale Brewer, WH Roberts, Edinburgh, 1847, page 117
William Younger Shilling Ales 1848 - 1849
Date
Year
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
19th Apr
1848
42/-
1043
1012
4.10
72.09%
15.00
2.65
19th Feb
1848
60/-
1074
1037
4.89
50.00%
3.33
1.18
13th Mar
1848
80/-
1088
1038
6.61
56.82%
4.00
1.69
5th Oct
1848
100/-
1101
1039
8.20
61.39%
4.52
2.16
18th Feb
1848
120/-
1112
1045
8.86
59.82%
4.17
2.70
11th Mar
1848
140/-
1130
1059
9.39
54.62%
7.61
4.71
4th Apr
1849
160/-
1134
1063
9.39
52.99%
12.96
7.94
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/3.
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These beers formed the bulk of production in Scotland until the growth of Pale Ale in the second half of the century. The name derived from the wholesale price per 54-gallon hogshead. They have no connection with the 60/-, 70/- and 80/- of post-WW II.
Though not everything with a shilling designation was what I’m calling a Shilling Ale. You also had things like 54/- Stout or 60/- Pale Ale. Shilling Ales were essentially the Scottish version of Mild Ale. Unlike English Mild Ales, however, they were mostly sold in bottled form. After racking, hogsheads or half hogsheads were sent to bottlers, who repackaged the beer and sold it.
At William Younger in the late 1840’s, there were seven Shilling ales, ranging in gravity from 1043º to 1134º. That’s a considerable spread, but they did have several features in common, such as a poor degree of attenuation and relatively modest hopping, though this wasn’t always the case at the top end of the strength range.
To put the hopping into context, English Mild Ales at this time had 8-9 lbs of hops per quarter. Looking at the hopping per quarter of malt allows the comparison of beers of different gravities. You can see in the table below that the rate was rather lower, around 4lbs per quarter, for most of William Younger’s Shilling Ales.
Scotch Ales in the 1840's
Price
OG
FG
ABV
£3
1080-86
1032-35
6.625
£4
1090-95
1036-39
7
£5
1100-1108
1040-44
7.75
£6
1110-1116
1045-47
8.375
£7
1120-1125
1048-50
9.25
Source:
Scottish Ale Brewer, WH Roberts, Edinburgh, 1847, page 117
William Younger Shilling Ales 1848 - 1849
Date
Year
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
19th Apr
1848
42/-
1043
1012
4.10
72.09%
15.00
2.65
19th Feb
1848
60/-
1074
1037
4.89
50.00%
3.33
1.18
13th Mar
1848
80/-
1088
1038
6.61
56.82%
4.00
1.69
5th Oct
1848
100/-
1101
1039
8.20
61.39%
4.52
2.16
18th Feb
1848
120/-
1112
1045
8.86
59.82%
4.17
2.70
11th Mar
1848
140/-
1130
1059
9.39
54.62%
7.61
4.71
4th Apr
1849
160/-
1134
1063
9.39
52.99%
12.96
7.94
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/3.
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