Fullers vs Youngs Strong Ale grists

Now, it's the turn of Strong Ales.

It’s a similar story to the Mild Ales. With no overlap of the ingredients in the grist.

Once again, Fullers go for just pale malt and flaked maize. While at Youngs, the choice was mild and crystal malt. And their overall malt percentage was higher.

Unsurprisingly, as they were parti-gyled with them, the grists look very like those of the Mild Ales.

When we come to the sugars, there is a difference. Youngs Strong Ales don’t include any malt extract, as their Milds did.

Fullers went with glucose and intense, while Youngs opted for No. 3 invert and caramel. Just like in the Mild Ales.

The hops are exactly the same as those in the Milds. That is, all English and from the last two seasons.

Fullers vs Youngs Strong Ale grists
Brewer	Beer	pale malt	mild malt	crystal malt	total malt	flaked maize
Fullers	BO	81.08%			81.08%	14.10%
Fullers	OBE	81.08%			81.08%	14.10%
Youngs	XXX		78.80%	7.39%	86.19%
Youngs	XXXX		78.80%	7.39%	86.19%
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.

Fullers vs Youngs Strong Ale sugar
Brewer	Beer	no. 3 sugar	glucose	intense	caramel	total sugar
Fullers	BO		3.13%	1.69%		4.82%
Fullers	OBE		3.13%	1.69%		4.82%
Youngs	XXX	13.13%			0.67%	13.81%
Youngs	XXXX	13.13%			0.67%	13.81%
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.

Fullers vs Youngs Strong Ale hops
Brewer	Beer	hop 1	hop 2
Fullers	BO	English 1929	English 1930
Fullers	OBE	English 1929	English 1930
Youngs	XXX	Kent 1930 CS	Kent 1930
Youngs	XXXX	Kent 1930 CS	Sussex 1931
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.