Visit the Shut up about Barclay Perkins site

This is a rather strange one. A version of Courage Best Bitter brewed at Youngs. And, even weirder, it’s way stronger than Courage Best usually was. The standard OG being 1039º. I’ve no idea why this version is so much stronger.

The recipe looks remarkably like those of Youngs own Pale Ales. With a grist mostly of pale malt along with a little crystal malt. With the addition of a very proprietary ingredient: Youngs Special Mix. A blend of sugars put together especially for Youngs. It was a mix of glucose, molasses and caramel with a colour of 220 EBC. I’ve added the individual elements to the recipe.

There was just a single type of hops described as Donnington Court. Which doesn’t tell me a great deal. Given the small quantity, I decided to go with something higher alpha than Goldings or Fuggles. But that is purely a guess. They could have been pretty much any English variety.
2006 Courage Best Bitter
pale malt 9.50 lb 79.50%
crystal malt 20 L 1.33 lb 11.13%
glucose 0.85 lb 7.11%
molasses 0.25 lb 2.09%
caramel 2000 SRM 0.02 lb 0.17%
Brewer’s Gold 60 min 0.50 oz
Brewer’s Gold 15 min 0.50 oz
OG 1055
FG 1013
ABV 5.56
Apparent attenuation 76.36%
IBU 15
SRM 10
Mash at 152º F
Sparge at 165º F
Boil time 60 minutes
pitching temp 63º F
Yeast Wyeast 1028 London Ale




More...