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Big brother to Ordinary Bitter, and parti-gyled with it, was Special Bitter.
Special was introduced in 1949, when the restrictions on brewing in WW II were starting to be relaxed. It was at around the same gravity as PA had been before WW II. Other London brewers – for example, Watney and Fullers (SPA was the original name of London Pride) – also introduced Special Bitters at around the same time.
For such a strong Bitter, Youngs were brewing considerable quantities of it. With Special often being the senior partner in parti-gyles with Ordinary. This particular brew, for example, consisted of 201 barrels of Special and 145 barrels of Ordinary.
Obviously, the ingredients were identical to those in the Ordinary Bitter recipe above.
1970 Youngs Special Bitter (SPA)
pale malt
7.50 lb
76.84%
flaked maize
1.25 lb
12.81%
malt extract
0.50 lb
5.12%
No. 1 invert sugar
0.50 lb
5.12%
caramel 1000 SRM
0.01 lb
0.10%
Fuggles 120 min
1.50 oz
Goldings 0 min
0.50 oz
OG
1045
FG
1009
ABV
4.76
Apparent attenuation
80.00%
IBU
23
SRM
5.5
Mash at
148º F
Sparge at
170º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
62º F
Yeast
WLP002 English Ale
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Big brother to Ordinary Bitter, and parti-gyled with it, was Special Bitter.
Special was introduced in 1949, when the restrictions on brewing in WW II were starting to be relaxed. It was at around the same gravity as PA had been before WW II. Other London brewers – for example, Watney and Fullers (SPA was the original name of London Pride) – also introduced Special Bitters at around the same time.
For such a strong Bitter, Youngs were brewing considerable quantities of it. With Special often being the senior partner in parti-gyles with Ordinary. This particular brew, for example, consisted of 201 barrels of Special and 145 barrels of Ordinary.
Obviously, the ingredients were identical to those in the Ordinary Bitter recipe above.
1970 Youngs Special Bitter (SPA)
pale malt
7.50 lb
76.84%
flaked maize
1.25 lb
12.81%
malt extract
0.50 lb
5.12%
No. 1 invert sugar
0.50 lb
5.12%
caramel 1000 SRM
0.01 lb
0.10%
Fuggles 120 min
1.50 oz
Goldings 0 min
0.50 oz
OG
1045
FG
1009
ABV
4.76
Apparent attenuation
80.00%
IBU
23
SRM
5.5
Mash at
148º F
Sparge at
170º F
Boil time
120 minutes
pitching temp
62º F
Yeast
WLP002 English Ale
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