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Quite brief today. Though this isn't the end of my ridiculously-detailed look at William Younger's Mild Ales. It was unusual that they had three Milds in their range. Most breweries had two at most. Except for weirdoes like Barclay Perkins, who made five or six.
Strongest of Younger’s Milds was XXX. It wasn’t, however, anything like as high in gravity as the top-grade London Milds, which were over 1040º when the war kicked off. Younger’s XXX was the equivalent of a 5d per pint London Mild, which was effectively Ordinary Mild.
Being a bit stronger than their other Milds, there was more scope for reductions in gravity with XXX. Even so, a drop of just 4º between 1939 and 1944 isn’t bad going at all.
As with the weaker Milds, the hopping rate is feeble. Which I guess which is what drinkers must have expected from Younger’s Milds. Dry hopping was also dropped after a couple of years of war. Which, given the lack of copper hops, might have had quite a big impact on the flavour of the beer.
William Younger XXX Ale 1939 - 1944
Date
Year
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
dry hops (oz / barrel)
17th Nov
1939
1037.0
1014.0
3.04
62.16%
2.50
0.36
2.05
19th Sep
1940
1036.0
1014.0
2.91
61.11%
2.78
0.37
1.92
13th Mar
1941
1035.0
1014.0
2.78
60.00%
2.35
0.31
1.86
9th Dec
1941
1036.0
1015.0
2.78
58.33%
2.35
0.31
0.00
26th Dec
1941
1035.0
1013.5
2.84
61.43%
2.22
0.30
0.00
23rd Jan
1942
1034.0
1012.0
2.91
64.71%
2.35
0.29
0.00
24th Apr
1942
1033.0
1011.0
2.91
66.67%
2.19
0.28
0.00
15th Jul
1942
1033.0
1012.0
2.78
63.64%
2.24
0.29
0.00
8th Aug
1942
1033.0
1011.0
2.91
66.67%
2.24
0.29
0.00
11th Dec
1942
1033.0
1012.0
2.78
63.64%
2.94
0.39
0.00
4th Nov
1943
1033.0
1012.5
2.71
62.12%
2.94
0.39
0.00
9th Nov
1943
1033.0
1012.0
2.78
63.64%
2.94
0.38
0.00
12th Jan
1943
1033.0
1014.0
2.51
57.58%
2.78
0.38
0.00
9th Apr
1944
1033.0
1013.0
2.65
60.61%
2.94
0.38
0.00
Sources:
William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document numbers WY/6/1/2/76, WY/6/1/2/77, WY/6/1/2/78 , WY/6/1/2/79 and WY/6/1/2/81.
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Quite brief today. Though this isn't the end of my ridiculously-detailed look at William Younger's Mild Ales. It was unusual that they had three Milds in their range. Most breweries had two at most. Except for weirdoes like Barclay Perkins, who made five or six.
Strongest of Younger’s Milds was XXX. It wasn’t, however, anything like as high in gravity as the top-grade London Milds, which were over 1040º when the war kicked off. Younger’s XXX was the equivalent of a 5d per pint London Mild, which was effectively Ordinary Mild.
Being a bit stronger than their other Milds, there was more scope for reductions in gravity with XXX. Even so, a drop of just 4º between 1939 and 1944 isn’t bad going at all.
As with the weaker Milds, the hopping rate is feeble. Which I guess which is what drinkers must have expected from Younger’s Milds. Dry hopping was also dropped after a couple of years of war. Which, given the lack of copper hops, might have had quite a big impact on the flavour of the beer.
William Younger XXX Ale 1939 - 1944
Date
Year
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
dry hops (oz / barrel)
17th Nov
1939
1037.0
1014.0
3.04
62.16%
2.50
0.36
2.05
19th Sep
1940
1036.0
1014.0
2.91
61.11%
2.78
0.37
1.92
13th Mar
1941
1035.0
1014.0
2.78
60.00%
2.35
0.31
1.86
9th Dec
1941
1036.0
1015.0
2.78
58.33%
2.35
0.31
0.00
26th Dec
1941
1035.0
1013.5
2.84
61.43%
2.22
0.30
0.00
23rd Jan
1942
1034.0
1012.0
2.91
64.71%
2.35
0.29
0.00
24th Apr
1942
1033.0
1011.0
2.91
66.67%
2.19
0.28
0.00
15th Jul
1942
1033.0
1012.0
2.78
63.64%
2.24
0.29
0.00
8th Aug
1942
1033.0
1011.0
2.91
66.67%
2.24
0.29
0.00
11th Dec
1942
1033.0
1012.0
2.78
63.64%
2.94
0.39
0.00
4th Nov
1943
1033.0
1012.5
2.71
62.12%
2.94
0.39
0.00
9th Nov
1943
1033.0
1012.0
2.78
63.64%
2.94
0.38
0.00
12th Jan
1943
1033.0
1014.0
2.51
57.58%
2.78
0.38
0.00
9th Apr
1944
1033.0
1013.0
2.65
60.61%
2.94
0.38
0.00
Sources:
William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document numbers WY/6/1/2/76, WY/6/1/2/77, WY/6/1/2/78 , WY/6/1/2/79 and WY/6/1/2/81.
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