Let's Brew - 1885 William Younger 80/-

A reminder that this has no connection with post-WW II 80/- or Export. Also, note that there was no 70/- brewed in the 19th century. After 60/-, beers incremented by 20/- at a time.

I won’t discuss the recipe, as it was identical to the 60/- above, with which it was parti-gyled. Not that there’s much to discuss, grist-wise. There’s just base malt and nowt else.

While most of Younger’s beers were dry-hopped, neither 60/- mor 80/- were. Not sure why that was. Perhaps because they were exclusively bottled beers. I’m guessing that because they were both only racked into half and quarter hogsheads.

I’m sure that the real FG of these Shilling Ales was lower than in the recipe below. I think these are cleansing rather than racking gravities. Plus there would have been secondary fermentation either before bottling or consumption, if on draught. 

1885 William Younger 80/-
pale malt	14.75 lb	100.00%
Cluster 120 min	1.25 oz
Spalt 60 min	0.50 oz
Fuggles 30 min	1.25 oz
OG	1064
FG	1029
ABV	4.63
Apparent attenuation	54.69%
IBU	41
SRM	5
Mash at	154º F
Sparge at	163º F
Boil time	120 minutes
pitching temp	59º F
Yeast	WLP028 Edinburgh Ale