Which explains why I keep bothering you with recipes for it. I’m hoping eventually I’ll get some in my glass. Though this is quite a tame looking version, what with its low level of hopping and modest OG.
As I’ve been explaining, foreign hops disappeared for the most part from British beer after WW II. For the simple reason that they weren’t required any more. The UK was capable of growing all the hops it needed. Which certainly hadn’t been true for the second half of the 19th century and some of the early 20th. You occasionally see classy continental hops like Saaz or Hallertau, but US hops had disappeared entirely from British beer.
It’s strange that Younger’s grists actually appear to have improved in quality due to government restrictions. The 1933 version of No. 3 contained 41% grits. I wonder if drinkers noticed? If they did, they’d probably have complained that the beer didn’t taste like it used to. During the whole interwar period Younger’s beers had crazy levels of grits in them. People must have got used to it.
I wouldn’t pay too much attention to the colour listed. Third-party analyses I have of the beer put the colour somewhere in the 20’s on the SRM scale.
| 1949 William Younger No. 3 Btlg | ||
| pale malt | 9.75 lb | 88.64% |
| flaked barley | 1.25 lb | 11.36% |
| Fuggles 90 min | 0.75 oz | |
| Fuggles 60 min | 0.50 oz | |
| Fuggles 30 min | 0.50 oz | |
| Goldings dry hops | 0.25 oz | |
| OG | 1047 | |
| FG | 1012 | |
| ABV | 4.63 | |
| Apparent attenuation | 74.47% | |
| IBU | 22 | |
| SRM | 4 | |
| Mash at | 153º F | |
| Sparge at | 160º F | |
| Boil time | 75 minutes | |
| pitching temp | 61º F | |
| Yeast | WLP028 Edinburgh Ale | |
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3 comments:
One question, the recipe calls for Fuggles added at 90 min, however the boil time is 75 minutes. Is the boil time 90 minutes? Thanks. I'm thinking about brewing this one.
That looks like a fun recipe, I will brew it after my next bitter and do a write up for Fuggled.
Terrell K. Williams,
that should be a 75 minute addition.
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