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Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Scottish Brown Ales 1947 - 1958
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Just as down south in Sassenachland, Brown Ale was extremely popular in Scotland after WW I. Though the beers sold under that name don’t appear to have been exactly the same.
With a couple of exceptions, mostly in the Northeast, English Brown Ales were watery after WW II. While before the war they’d been about average gravity (low 1040’s), they were at the bottom end after it. Which meant an OG 0f 1027-1032º and ABV as low as 2.5%.
Some of the examples in the table clearly fall into that category. Though there are also ones in the mid-1040’s or even 1050’s. Much stronger than most English Brown Ales of the period.
The weaker versions I’m sure are the brewery’s lowest-strength Pale Ale caramelled up. The ones in the 1040’s, same thing, just with Export. Not sure about those over 1050º.
Down in London, Brown Ales were far weaker on average. In the late 1940’s, most hovered either side of 1030º.
Scottish Brown Ales 1947 - 1958 |
Year |
Brewer |
Beer |
OG |
FG |
ABV |
App. Atten-uation |
colour |
1947 |
Steel Coulson |
Brown Ale |
1028.5 |
1005 |
3.05 |
82.46% |
|
1949 |
McEwan |
Nut Brown Ale |
1029.5 |
1006 |
3.05 |
79.66% |
|
1949 |
Murray |
Brown Ale |
1037.8 |
1010 |
3.60 |
73.54% |
115 |
1949 |
Wm. Younger |
Brown Ale |
1033.6 |
1011.2 |
2.90 |
66.67% |
115 |
1949 |
Wm. Younger |
Brown Ale |
1033 |
1014 |
2.45 |
57.58% |
|
1950 |
Calder |
Nut Brown Ale |
1034.3 |
1011.4 |
2.96 |
66.76% |
70 |
1950 |
Murray |
Brown Ale |
1057.1 |
1013.4 |
5.69 |
76.53% |
83 |
1950 |
Wm. Younger |
Brown Ale |
1032.6 |
1011.4 |
2.74 |
65.03% |
180 |
1953 |
Steel Coulson |
Brown Ale B. 60/- |
1030 |
|
|
|
|
1954 |
Wm. Younger |
Double Century Ale |
1056.6 |
1023.3 |
4.29 |
58.83% |
80 |
1956 |
Aitchison |
Gold Seal Brown Ale |
1041.6 |
1013.9 |
3.58 |
66.59% |
50 |
1956 |
Wm. Younger |
"Wee Willie" Brown Ale |
1033.5 |
1009.6 |
3.10 |
71.34% |
70 |
1956 |
Wm. Younger |
Edinburgh Brown Ale |
1046.8 |
1013.2 |
4.36 |
71.79% |
75 |
1957 |
Ushers |
Brown Export Ale |
1044.4 |
1017.3 |
3.50 |
61.04% |
130 |
1957 |
Wm. Younger |
Edinburgh Brown Ale |
1046.6 |
1013.1 |
4.34 |
71.89% |
55 |
1958 |
Bernard |
Double Brown Ale (D.B. Ale) |
1043 |
1013 |
3.89 |
69.77% |
|
1958 |
Blair |
Brown Ale |
1034.1 |
1011.7 |
2.80 |
65.69% |
125 |
Sources: |
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002. |
Thomas Usher Gravity Book document TU/6/11 held at the Scottish Brewing Archive. |
T & J Bernard's brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive |
document from the Steel Coulson archive held at the Scottish Brewing Archives |
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