Scotch Ale

Another book preview, I'm afraid, as we count down to the publication of Austerity!.

This time it's the fun topic of Scotch Ale.

"Scotch Ale
I’m only going to consider strong Scotch Ales as being in this category. Scottish Shilling Ales – 60/-, 70/- and 80/- are just types of Pale Ale.

Scottish breweries were dead dull for most of the 20th century, William Younger excepted. Most had a single recipe, from which they’d parti-gyle three Pale Ales – 60/-, 70/- and 80/- - plus possibly a Strong Ale. Sometimes they even managed to parti-gyle Stout with Pale Ale.

I’m classing Scotch Ale as two types. Which rather than pissing around with some abstract description, I’ll define in reference to two William Younger beers: No. 1 and No. 3. Though the latter type seems to have been peculiar to them. Strong Ales from other Scottish breweries were mostly along the lines of No. 1.

The No. 1 type of Scotch Ale was around 1070º - 1080º, dark and not particularly well attenuated. At most breweries it was parti-gyled with Pale Ales and so was effectively a double-strength Scottish Pale Ale."
"Austerity!" by Ronald Pattinson, 2235, pages 100 - 101.

Scotch Ale 1947 - 1950
Year	Brewer	Beer	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	colour
1950	Aitchison	Scotch Ale	1080	1020.8	7.73	74.00%	55
1948	Aitken	Strong Ale	1067.5	1021	6.04	68.89%
1948	Ballingall	"Angus" Strong Ale	1073.5	1023.5	6.49	68.03%
1948	Calder	Scotch Strong Ale	1065.5	1019	6.04	70.99%
1950	Campbell	Royal Scotch Ale	1080.1	1014.2	8.66	82.27%	77
1948	Dryborough	Strong Ale	1060	1019.5	5.25	67.50%
1947	Fowler	Heavy Ale	1081.4	1025.5	7.27	68.67%
1948	Fowler	Twelve Guinea Ale	1080	1021.5	7.63	73.13%
1949	Fowler	Extra Strong	1078	1012	8.68	84.62%
1949	Fowler	Twelve Guinea Ale	1077.7	1030.3	6.13	61.00%	100
1948	Jeffrey	Strong Ale No. 1	1067	1025	5.43	62.69%
1948	Jeffrey	Strong Ale	1065	1019.5	5.91	70.00%
1948	Maclachlan	Strong Ale	1070.5	1024.5	5.96	65.25%
1948	McEwan	Strong Ale	1078	1022.5	7.23	71.15%
1950	McEwan	Scotch Ale	1088	1022.6	8.56	74.32%	63
1947	Murray	Heavy Ale	1066.3	1017.25	6.38	73.96%
1948	Steel Coulson	Strong Ale	1063	1026	4.77	58.73%
1947	Usher	Old Scotch Ale	1073.5	1020.5	6.90	72.11%
1948	Usher	Strong Ale	1090.5	1024.5	8.63	72.93%
1947	Younger, Wm.	No. 1 Strong Ale	1074	1022	6.76	70.27%
1950	Younger, Wm.	Scotch Ale	1087.6	1017.5	9.21	80.02%	60
	Average		1074.6	1021.4	6.94	70.98%	71.0
Sources:
Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002.
Thomas Usher Gravity Book held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document TU/6/11.