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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