Let's Brew Wednesday - 1960 Robert Younger Strong Ale

Robert Younger was one of many breweries which fell to Scottish Brewers around 1960. In this case, in 1961. Followed by immediate closure.

This batch of Strong Ale was brewed 7 months before the brewery stopped for good. They brewed a typical range for a Scottish brewer. Mostly Pale Ales:

Beer	Style	OG
54/-	Pale Ale	1028
60/-	Pale Ale	1030
70/-	Pale Ale	1035
80/-	Pale Ale	1043
SS BA	Stout	1030

Most of the recipe us as you’d expect: base malt, maize and sugar. There’s a weird one thrown in, though: liquorice. I’ve seen it in Stout recipes before, but never a Scotch Ale.

The colour, as usual in Scotland, mostly came from caramel. There’s no coloured malt of any description. The pale malt seems to have all been English. The hops were also all English, from the 1958 and 1959 seasons.

1960 Robert Younger Strong Ale
pale malt	11.00 lb	72.13%
flaked maize	2.75 lb	18.03%
No. 2 invert sugar	1.25 lb	8.20%
malt extract	0.125 lb	0.82%
caramel 2000 SRM	0.125 lb	0.82%
liquorice	0.07 oz
Fuggles 120 min	1.25 oz
Goldings 30 min	1.25 oz
Goldings dry hops	0.50 oz
OG	1070
FG	1018
ABV	6.88
Apparent attenuation	74.29%
IBU	26
SRM	21
Mash at	150º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	120 minutes
pitching temp	61º F
Yeast	WLP028 Edinburgh Ale

 

This recipe features in my two new books, Strong! vols. 1 & 2 and Strong! vol.2.