Monday 21 December 2020

William Younger DBS Btlg malts 1939 - 1944

Let’s take a look at the ingredients, beginning with the malts.

Most iterations contained just three malts: pale, crystal and something described simply as “M”. I’m pretty sure it’s not mild malt, as the quantities are too small. My best guess would be melanoidin malt, or something similar.

The first beer in the table contains both black malt and roast barley. While later versions used exclusively the latter. It’s one of the few times I’ve come across roast barley in Scottish brewing record. Despite it supposedly being the main source of colour in Scottish beers. It wasn’t. That honour went to caramel.

Adjuncts next time. There are rather more of those.


William Younger DBS Btlg malts 1939 - 1944
Date Year OG pale malt black malt crystal malt M malt
14th Nov 1939 1066 43.30% 3.09% 3.09%  
11th Oct 1940 1061 46.88%   3.13% 3.13%
27th Aug 1941 1060 46.39%   6.19% 3.09%
4th Mar 1942 1056 49.45%   6.59% 3.30%
31st Mar 1942 1053 61.36%   6.82% 3.41%
5th May 1942 1051 50.00%   7.14% 3.57%
27th Jan 1943 1053 64.04%   6.74% 3.37%
2nd Nov 1943 1053 57.30%   6.74% 3.37%
9th Nov 1943 1053 57.30%   6.74% 3.37%
18th May 1944 1051 57.30%     10.11%
Source:
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/6/1/2/7 and WY/6/1/2/81.

 




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