Let's Brew - 1971 Watneys Yorkshire Stingo

This is a famous beer acquired by Watney when the took over the Yorkshire Stingo Brewery in 1907. A brewery which wasn’t, as the name implies, in Yorkshire, but on the Marylebone Road in London.

Yorkshire Stingo must have been a decent brand, as Watney was still brewing it 70-odd years later.

This has been another piece together job. The Watney Mann Quality Manual doesn’t have a full entry for Stingo. Just a list of the grist ingredients. Luckily, I have some analyses which tell me the FG and OG. The No. 2 is my substitution for something called Fermax.

That just left the hopping to guess. I used the same hopping rate as for Watneys Pale Ale, obviously scaled up for the gravity. Because of the strength, I extended the boil time to 120 minutes. And I used a combination of Fuggles and Goldings, as in many of their other beers.

Despite the guesswork, I feel it was worth putting together this recipe. 

1971 Watneys Yorkshire Stingo
pale malt	15.25 lb	84.07%
roast barley	0.05 lb	0.28%
malt extract	0.50 lb	2.76%
No. 2 invert sugar	2.25 lb	12.40%
caramel 2000 SRM	0.09 lb	0.50%
Fuggles 120 mins	3.25 oz
Goldings 120 mins	2.25 oz
OG	1086
FG	1020
ABV	8.73
Apparent attenuation	76.74%
IBU	62
SRM	21
Mash at	156º F
Sparge at	175º F
Boil time	120 minutes
pitching temp	60º F
Yeast	WLP023 Burton Ale