Courage Strong Ale 1920 - 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Year | Beer | Style | OG | FG | ABV | App. Attenuation | lbs hops/ qtr | hops lb/brl | boil time (hours) | boil time (hours) | boil time (hours) | Pitch temp | dry hops (oz / barrel) | pale malt | black malt | crystal malt | no. 3 sugar | caramel | flaked maize | primings | total |
15th Jan | 1920 | SA | Strong Ale | 1054.57 | 1016.90 | 4.98 | 69.04% | 6.29 | 1.37 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1 | 60º | 8.55 | 84.56% | 2.21% | 12.75% | 0.49% | 100.00% | |||
5th Feb | 1920 | SA | Strong Ale | 1054.57 | 1015.51 | 5.17 | 71.57% | 6.66 | 1.45 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1 | 61º | 6.76 | 83.59% | 2.34% | 13.54% | 0.52% | 100.00% | |||
20th Jul | 1920 | SA | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1017.73 | 4.73 | 66.84% | 7.96 | 1.87 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 59º | 0.00 | 69.53% | 18.50% | 9.72% | 1.31% | 0.93% | 100.00% | ||
1st Jul | 1920 | SA | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1016.34 | 4.91 | 69.43% | 8.01 | 8.68 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 59º | 0.00 | 66.06% | 17.89% | 9.17% | 6.19% | 0.69% | 100.00% | ||
31st Dec | 1920 | SA | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1013.85 | 5.24 | 74.09% | 6.39 | 1.49 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 63º | 3.33 | 65.30% | 17.68% | 8.84% | 5.89% | 2.29% | 100.00% | ||
14th Oct | 1920 | SA | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1015.79 | 4.98 | 70.47% | 6.63 | 1.38 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 62º | 3.99 | 65.02% | 17.68% | 8.75% | 5.70% | 2.85% | 100.00% | ||
16th Feb | 1921 | SA | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1014.40 | 5.17 | 73.06% | 5.25 | 1.21 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 62º | 5.03 | 64.73% | 17.40% | 8.35% | 6.26% | 3.25% | 100.00% | ||
2nd Mar | 1921 | SA | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1014.68 | 5.13 | 72.54% | 5.77 | 1.33 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 63º | 5.17 | 64.38% | 17.60% | 8.87% | 6.44% | 2.72% | 100.00% | ||
17th Nov | 1922 | KKK | Strong Ale | 1073.41 | 1024.93 | 6.41 | 66.04% | 11.02 | 3.39 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 58º | 7.65 | 84.18% | 1.90% | 13.92% | 100.00% | ||||
24th Jan | 1923 | KKK | Strong Ale | 1073.41 | 1022.71 | 6.71 | 69.06% | 11.00 | 3.35 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 58º | 7.79 | 84.74% | 2.14% | 13.12% | 100.00% | ||||
8th Nov | 1922 | XXX | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1014.68 | 5.13 | 72.54% | 5.42 | 1.25 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 62º | 4.94 | 64.33% | 17.72% | 8.75% | 5.91% | 3.28% | 100.00% | ||
23rd Nov | 1922 | XXX | Strong Ale | 1054.29 | 1014.40 | 5.28 | 73.47% | 5.43 | 1.30 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 62º | 4.87 | 64.45% | 17.65% | 8.18% | 6.14% | 3.58% | 100.00% | ||
15th Nov | 1922 | XXX | Strong Ale | 1053.46 | 1012.19 | 5.46 | 77.20% | 5.42 | 1.26 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 63º | 4.84 | 68.37% | 18.84% | 9.30% | 3.49% | 100.00% | |||
Source: ACC/2305/08/251 and ACC/2305/08/253 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
You'll probably recall that Courage discontinued their KK in 1917. They didn't brew a Strong Ale again until 1920, when they introduced SA. It was parti-gyled with X Ale. KK had been its own specific brew, with a different grist to the X, the pricipal difference being the presence of crystal in the latter.
In 1922, the name of SA was changed to XXX, but the beer itself remained unchanged. At the same time a new beer, KKK, appeared. In terms of grist and gravity, this was essentially the same as the KK of 1917. Fascinating, eh? The recipe was pertty simple: loads of pale malt, quite a lot of No.3 invert sugar and a smidgen of black malt. Another difference was that KKK, unlike X and XXX, wasn't primed.
Seeing the two strands of Strong Ales intertwining at one brewery is compelling stuff. XXX was basically just a souped up Mild, while KKK resembled an Edwardian Burton.