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Serendipity. Sounds like the chorus of a Disney song. It came to my aid again this week.

Wandering in an idle daze through the web, I stubbed my toe on this pavement: Historical Extreme Beers (http://www.ahaconference.org/wp-content/uploads/HISTORICAL-EXTREME-BEERS1.pptx). It's a powerpoint of presentation given by Mitch Steele of Stone to an American homebrewers' conference. "What's so interesting about that, Ron?" One of the images. An image that's cracked some of William Younger's beer codes.

Let's take a peek.


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XP is India Pale Ale. Brilliant! It pops up in Younger's brewing records all over the place. I knew it was some sort of Pale Ale, but hadn't realised it was marketed as India Pale Ale. Dead handy to know.

The other descriptions are just as useful. X, XX and XXX were Mild Ales as I'd suspected. Hadn't known XXXX was Stock Ale, though. Then there are the beers called Edinburgh Ale. The numbered Ales. Combined with the Edinburgh Mild Ales they form a range of beers very similar to the Burton Ales of Bass.

Let's compare the two:




Bass beers in 1879


Beer
style
price/barrel
OG


India Pale Ale
IPA
60
1060


No. 1
Burton Ale
84
1110


No. 2
Burton Ale
72
1090


No. 3
Burton Ale
60
1085


No. 3a
Burton Ale (Old Ale)
66
1085


No. 3b
Burton Ale (Bottling)
66
1075


No. 4
Burton Mild Ale
54
1070


No. 5
Burton Mild Ale
48
1065


No. 6
Burton Mild Ale
42
1060


Source:


Bass price list







William Younger beers in 1883


Beer
style
price/barrel
OG


XP
IPA
54
1054


XXP
Export IPA
60
1060


No. 1
Edinburgh Ale
84
1101


No. 2
Edinburgh Ale
72
1086


No. 3
Edinburgh Ale
60
1074


XXXX
Edinburgh Stock Ale
60
1079


XXX
Edinburgh Mild Ale
54
1066


XX
Edinburgh Mild Ale
50
1057


X
Edinburgh Mild Ale
42
1047


Source:


William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive


William Younger price list




You have to admit that they're very similar. The numbered Ales have exactly the same price and the gravities aren't much different either. I know I keep banging on about this, but the evidence continues to pile up that Burton Ale and Edinburgh Ale were pretty much the same thing.

The similarities don't stop with the Ales. Younger's Export IPA also bears an uncanny resemblance to Bass's IPA.

I've rambled off my path again. Before I step off a cliff let's get back on track. Scottish IPA. That's what I'm meant to be talking about.

Now I've looked at the price list again, I'm uncertain as to the description of XXP. I first assumed it was Export India PAle Ale. But the way that "do." is places, it could also be Export Pale Ale. Ignoring that doubt, here's a table of Younger's IPAs:




William Younger IPAs


Date
Year
Beer
Style
OG
FG
ABV
App. Attenuation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
boil time (hours)
boil time (hours)
Pitch temp
dry hops (oz / barrel)


6th Oct
1851
XP
IPA
1058
1020
5.03
65.52%
15.00
6.67
1.25





9th Oct
1851
XXP
IPA
1072
1018
7.14
75.00%
24.00
8.18
1.25






1858
XP
IPA
1054
1014
5.29
74.07%
14.80
4.40
1.66
2.5





1858
XXP
IPA
1059
1016
5.69
72.88%
21.05
5.00
1.75
2





1868
XP
IPA
1051
1013
5.03
74.51%
12.22
3.40
2
2.25





1868
XXP
IPA
1055
1014
5.42
74.55%
11.67
3.29
2
2.25




2nd June
1879
XP
IPA
1052
1016
4.76
69.23%
11.74
2.73
1.75
2.25
59.5º
10.67


29th May
1885
XP
IPA
1054
1013
5.42
75.93%
11.50
2.84
2
2.5
59º
9.28


22nd Oct
1879
XXP
IPA
1058
1014
5.82
75.86%
9.19
2.41
2.5
2.5
58º
7.49


24th Oct
1879
XP
IPA
1051
1014
4.89
72.55%
7.94
1.86
2.5
2.5
60º
6.62


30th Oct
1879
XXP
IPA
1058
1016
5.56
72.41%
8.65
2.56
2.5
2.5
60º
6.78


10th Nov
1879
XP
IPA
1051
1012
5.16
76.47%
8.00
1.90
2.5
2.5
60º
13.46


11th Nov
1879
XXP
IPA
1058
1015
5.69
74.14%
9.44
2.62
2.5
2.5
60º
7.02


16th Sept
1880
XP
IPA
1052
1013
5.16
75.00%
9.68
2.13
2.5
2.5
59º
9.42


20th Sept
1880
XXP
IPA
1060
1019
5.42
68.33%
10.56
2.81
2.25
2.25
59º
5.45


7th Dec
1880
XXP
IPA
1059.5
1018
5.49
69.75%
12.90
2.99
2.25
2.25
59º
11.70


9th Dec
1880
XP
IPA
1052
1012
5.29
76.92%
11.11
2.34
2.25
2.25
60º
11.13


11th Apr
1881
XP
IPA
1053
1015
5.03
71.70%
10.00
3.04
2.25
2.5
59º
11.14


15th Apr
1881
XXP
IPA
1060
1012
6.35
80.00%
17.14
3.89
2.33
2.67
58.5º
16.06


3rd May
1881
XP
IPA
1054
1014
5.29
74.07%
9.23
3.06
2.25
2.75
59º
0.00


29th Aug
1881
XP
IPA
1053
1018
4.63
66.04%
7.69
2.30
2.33
2.67
59º
11.40


Source:


William Younger Brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive



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I can't discuss Scottish beer without mentioning hopping. The IPA's of the 1850's above, with 4 to 8 pounds of hops per barrel could not be described as lightly hopped. The hopping rate falls in the later examples, but the half pound to a pound of dry hops per barrel would have made them pretty hoppy nonetheless.

I've included the boil times and pitching temperature so you can see that neither were they fermented cold nor boiled for ages. Because these things can never be said too often. I realise it's like the old lady piddling in the sea. But I have to do something.

It seems to be turning into IPA week. Purely accidental, I assure you. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-2985214850389139918?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com


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