Scottish Mild in WW II (part two)

Quite brief today. Though this isn't the end of my ridiculously-detailed look at William Younger's Mild Ales. It was unusual that they had three Milds in their range. Most breweries had two at most. Except for weirdoes like Barclay Perkins, who made five or six.

Strongest of Younger’s Milds was XXX. It wasn’t, however, anything like as high in gravity as the top-grade London Milds, which were over 1040º when the war kicked off.  Younger’s XXX was the equivalent of a 5d per pint London Mild, which was effectively Ordinary Mild.

Being a bit stronger than their other Milds, there was more scope for reductions in gravity with XXX. Even so, a drop of just 4º between 1939 and 1944 isn’t bad going at all.

As with the weaker Milds, the hopping rate is feeble. Which I guess which is what drinkers must have expected from Younger’s Milds. Dry hopping was also dropped after a couple of years of war. Which, given the lack of copper hops, might have had quite a big impact on the flavour of the beer.

William Younger XXX Ale 1939 - 1944
Date	Year	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	lbs hops/ qtr	hops lb/brl	dry hops (oz / barrel)
17th Nov	1939	1037.0	1014.0	3.04	62.16%	2.50	0.36	2.05
19th Sep	1940	1036.0	1014.0	2.91	61.11%	2.78	0.37	1.92
13th Mar	1941	1035.0	1014.0	2.78	60.00%	2.35	0.31	1.86
9th Dec	1941	1036.0	1015.0	2.78	58.33%	2.35	0.31	0.00
26th Dec	1941	1035.0	1013.5	2.84	61.43%	2.22	0.30	0.00
23rd Jan	1942	1034.0	1012.0	2.91	64.71%	2.35	0.29	0.00
24th Apr	1942	1033.0	1011.0	2.91	66.67%	2.19	0.28	0.00
15th Jul	1942	1033.0	1012.0	2.78	63.64%	2.24	0.29	0.00
8th Aug	1942	1033.0	1011.0	2.91	66.67%	2.24	0.29	0.00
11th Dec	1942	1033.0	1012.0	2.78	63.64%	2.94	0.39	0.00
4th Nov	1943	1033.0	1012.5	2.71	62.12%	2.94	0.39	0.00
9th Nov	1943	1033.0	1012.0	2.78	63.64%	2.94	0.38	0.00
12th Jan	1943	1033.0	1014.0	2.51	57.58%	2.78	0.38	0.00
9th Apr	1944	1033.0	1013.0	2.65	60.61%	2.94	0.38	0.00
Sources:
William Younger brewing records held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document numbers WY/6/1/2/76, WY/6/1/2/77, WY/6/1/2/78 , WY/6/1/2/79 and WY/6/1/2/81.