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This time it's the fun topic of Scotch Ale.
"Scotch Ale
I’m only going to consider strong Scotch Ales as being in this category. Scottish Shilling Ales – 60/-, 70/- and 80/- are just types of Pale Ale.
Scottish breweries were dead dull for most of the 20th century, William Younger excepted. Most had a single recipe, from which they’d parti-gyle three Pale Ales – 60/-, 70/- and 80/- - plus possibly a Strong Ale. Sometimes they even managed to parti-gyle Stout with Pale Ale.
I’m classing Scotch Ale as two types. Which rather than pissing around with some abstract description, I’ll define in reference to two William Younger beers: No. 1 and No. 3. Though the latter type seems to have been peculiar to them. Strong Ales from other Scottish breweries were mostly along the lines of No. 1.
The No. 1 type of Scotch Ale was around 1070º - 1080º, dark and not particularly well attenuated. At most breweries it was parti-gyled with Pale Ales and so was effectively a double-strength Scottish Pale Ale."
"Austerity!" by Ronald Pattinson, 2235, pages 100 - 101.
Scotch Ale 1947 - 1950 |
Year |
Brewer |
Beer |
OG |
FG |
ABV |
App. Atten-uation |
colour |
1950 |
Aitchison |
Scotch Ale |
1080 |
1020.8 |
7.73 |
74.00% |
55 |
1948 |
Aitken |
Strong Ale |
1067.5 |
1021 |
6.04 |
68.89% |
|
1948 |
Ballingall |
"Angus" Strong Ale |
1073.5 |
1023.5 |
6.49 |
68.03% |
|
1948 |
Calder |
Scotch Strong Ale |
1065.5 |
1019 |
6.04 |
70.99% |
|
1950 |
Campbell |
Royal Scotch Ale |
1080.1 |
1014.2 |
8.66 |
82.27% |
77 |
1948 |
Dryborough |
Strong Ale |
1060 |
1019.5 |
5.25 |
67.50% |
|
1947 |
Fowler |
Heavy Ale |
1081.4 |
1025.5 |
7.27 |
68.67% |
|
1948 |
Fowler |
Twelve Guinea Ale |
1080 |
1021.5 |
7.63 |
73.13% |
|
1949 |
Fowler |
Extra Strong |
1078 |
1012 |
8.68 |
84.62% |
|
1949 |
Fowler |
Twelve Guinea Ale |
1077.7 |
1030.3 |
6.13 |
61.00% |
100 |
1948 |
Jeffrey |
Strong Ale No. 1 |
1067 |
1025 |
5.43 |
62.69% |
|
1948 |
Jeffrey |
Strong Ale |
1065 |
1019.5 |
5.91 |
70.00% |
|
1948 |
Maclachlan |
Strong Ale |
1070.5 |
1024.5 |
5.96 |
65.25% |
|
1948 |
McEwan |
Strong Ale |
1078 |
1022.5 |
7.23 |
71.15% |
|
1950 |
McEwan |
Scotch Ale |
1088 |
1022.6 |
8.56 |
74.32% |
63 |
1947 |
Murray |
Heavy Ale |
1066.3 |
1017.25 |
6.38 |
73.96% |
|
1948 |
Steel Coulson |
Strong Ale |
1063 |
1026 |
4.77 |
58.73% |
|
1947 |
Usher |
Old Scotch Ale |
1073.5 |
1020.5 |
6.90 |
72.11% |
|
1948 |
Usher |
Strong Ale |
1090.5 |
1024.5 |
8.63 |
72.93% |
|
1947 |
Younger, Wm. |
No. 1 Strong Ale |
1074 |
1022 |
6.76 |
70.27% |
|
1950 |
Younger, Wm. |
Scotch Ale |
1087.6 |
1017.5 |
9.21 |
80.02% |
60 |
|
Average |
|
1074.6 |
1021.4 |
6.94 |
70.98% |
71.0 |
Sources: |
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002. |
Thomas Usher Gravity Book held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document TU/6/11. |
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