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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - William Younger’s Pale Ales 1946 – 1959
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Time to put some of William Younger’s beers under the microscope. Starting with their Pale Ales. Of which there were quite a few.
William Younger made their name in the middle of the 19th century for two types of beer: Scotch Ales and Pale Ales. Both being very popular in export markets and south of the border in England. The large quantity of IPA exported hasn’t stopped people spouting the normal bollocks about Scottish brewers using virtually no hops. How on earth could they have exported a lightly-hopped beer to India and Australia? It makes absolutely no sense.
At first glance, it looks like they brewed as many as eight brands of bottled Pale Ale. But on closer inspection it looks like there were probably only three, with gravities of 1030º, 1036º and 1044º. Which are pretty much the classic post-war 60/-, 70/- and 80/- gravities. In 1951, Maclays three Pale Ales looked very similar, with OGs of 1030º, 1037º and 1042º.*
You can see how inconsistently the shilling designations were used, with 80/- stronger than 105/- and 60/- and 90/- the same strength.
I’m a bit surprised at the high degree of attenuation. Scottish beers mostly have crap attenuation, while here everything is above 70%. Despite that, due to the pretty low gravity, there are still a fair few examples below 3% ABV.
One word about colour. I’d expect a Pale Ale to be between 20 and 30 on this scale. The 55 of the 1959 Keg Bitter isn’t far away from Dark Mild territory.
William Younger's Pale Ales 1946 - 1959 |
Date |
Beer |
Price |
size |
package |
OG |
FG |
ABV |
App. Atten-uation |
colour |
1946 |
60/- Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
1029 |
1008 |
2.72 |
72.41% |
|
1947 |
60/- Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
1028.5 |
1007.5 |
2.72 |
73.68% |
|
1947 |
60/- Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
1031 |
1007.5 |
3.05 |
75.81% |
|
1947 |
60/- Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
1029.5 |
1002.5 |
3.52 |
91.53% |
|
1949 |
PA 60/- |
|
pint |
bottled |
1030 |
1004 |
3.38 |
86.67% |
|
1959 |
Pale Ale |
12d |
half |
bottled |
1029.9 |
1008 |
2.74 |
73.24% |
24 |
1947 |
90/- Sparkling Ale |
|
pint |
bottled |
1032 |
1009 |
2.98 |
71.88% |
|
1949 |
Sparkling Ale |
1/8d |
pint |
bottled |
1030.9 |
1004.8 |
3.39 |
84.47% |
25.5 B |
1955 |
90/- Sparkling Ale |
1/- |
half |
bottled |
1032 |
1006.8 |
3.27 |
78.75% |
32 |
1955 |
90/- Holyrood Ale |
1/- |
half |
bottled |
1031.6 |
1006.7 |
3.23 |
78.80% |
35 |
1947 |
80/- Ale |
16d |
pint |
bottled |
1042 |
1012 |
3.89 |
71.43% |
|
1947 |
105/- Ale |
15d |
pint |
bottled |
1036.5 |
1005.5 |
4.04 |
84.93% |
|
1949 |
Holyrood Ale |
|
half |
bottled |
1028 |
1008 |
2.59 |
71.43% |
|
1959 |
Holyrood Ale |
10d |
half |
bottled |
1028.7 |
1006.5 |
2.78 |
77.35% |
30 |
1949 |
Monk Pale Ale Export |
|
pint |
bottled |
1046 |
1011 |
4.55 |
76.09% |
|
1952 |
Monk Export |
1/1d |
half |
bottled |
1046.9 |
1011.6 |
4.59 |
75.27% |
24 |
1953 |
Monk Export |
1/3d |
half |
bottled |
1044.9 |
1009 |
4.67 |
79.96% |
29 B |
1954 |
Monk Export Ale |
|
|
bottled |
1046.7 |
1008.9 |
4.92 |
80.94% |
26 |
1955 |
Monk Export Ale |
15d |
half |
bottled |
1044.8 |
1010.6 |
4.44 |
76.34% |
21 |
1957 |
Monk Export Ale |
2/2d |
16 oz |
bottled |
1045.6 |
1010.3 |
4.59 |
77.41% |
20 |
1956 |
Wee Willie PA |
11d |
half |
bottled |
1031.1 |
1006.4 |
3.21 |
79.42% |
25 |
1955 |
India Pale Ale |
9.5d |
half |
bottled |
1030.2 |
1006.9 |
3.02 |
77.15% |
22 |
1959 |
Keg Bitter |
19d |
pint |
draught |
1043.7 |
1007.8 |
4.68 |
82.15% |
55 |
1959 |
XXP Bitter |
22d |
pint |
draught |
1030.4 |
1005.7 |
3.21 |
81.25% |
21 |
Sources: |
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11. |
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002. |
Mild and Brown Ale next.
* Maclay’s brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number M/6/1/1/28.
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