Courage Strong Ale 1920 - 1923

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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.