That’s all very well, but what was this beer sold as? It looks like a strong Burton Ale. Especially as it was parti-gyled with th3eir Mild Ale. Just like their standard Burton Ale, XXX. Given the strength, I’m guessing that this was a bottled beer. Was this later renamed Old Nick? Or was it already being sold as that?
Not a huge amount to discuss about the recipe. As it’s essentially the same all the other X Ales. This particular example being parti-gyled with X Ale.
The colour comes from a combination of sugar and quite a dark crystal malt. There are no roasted malts of any kind.
Guess what the hops were? One English type from the 1958 harvest and another from 1959. Exactly the same as in all the other beers.
| 1960 Youngs XXXX Ale | ||
| mild malt | 11.50 lb | 67.65% |
| crystal malt 150 L | 1.50 lb | 8.82% |
| flaked maize | 2.50 lb | 14.71% |
| pale malt extract | 0.50 lb | 2.94% |
| No. 3 invert | 0.75 lb | 4.41% |
| caramel 500 SRM | 0.25 lb | 1.47% |
| Fuggles 120 min | 1.75 oz | |
| Goldings 30 min | 1.75 oz | |
| OG | 1078 | |
| FG | 1022 | |
| ABV | 7.41 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 71.79% | |
| IBU | 35 | |
| SRM | 21 | |
| Mash at | 152º F | |
| Sparge at | 170º F | |
| Boil time | 120 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 58º F | |
| Yeast | WLP002 English Ale | |
Listen to brewer John Hatch explain how they brewed at Youngs in the 1990s.
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