Let's Brew Wednesday - 1885 William Younger B 50/-

Just a couple of degrees stronger is another subtype of 50/-. Often “B” stands for “bottling” in brewhouse names. Not sure that’s the case here, given that it was mostly racked into barrels and half barrels. Which suggests a draught beer.

Unlike most Scottish breweries, Younger wasn’t that into parti-gyling. And when they did opt for it, sometimes it was in a non-standard way. Such as here. This shared a mash with the S 50/- above, but the two beers were hopped and boiled separately.

Which explains how this beer is both much more heavily hopped and contains an extra ingredient: sugar. Not sure exactly which type of sugar, but let’s go with old lovely No. 1 invert. It could be something darker. Especially as there’s a note in the log saying “colour too high”.

A more usual three types of hops here: Kent, Spalt and American, all from the 1884 season.

1885 William Younger B 50/-
pale malt	9.25 lb	94.87%
No. 1 invert sugar	0.50 lb	5.13%
Cluster 90 min	0.50 oz
Spalt 60 min	0.50 oz
Fuggles 30 min	0.50 oz
Goldings dry hops	0.50 oz
OG	1044
FG	1016
ABV	3.70
Apparent attenuation	63.64%
IBU	29
SRM	4.5
Mash at	156º F
Sparge at	163º F
Boil time	150 minutes
pitching temp	61º F
Yeast	WLP028 Edinburgh Ale