Fullers vs Youngs Pale Ale grists in the early 1930s

Pale Ales are a little different from the first two types. Very little differences, in the case of the malts.

There’s nothing but bas malt in all the beers. Though, in the case of Youngs, that took three forms: pale, PA and enzymic malt. Fullers Pale Ales also contained 15% flaked maize. Once again, the total malt content was higher at Youngs.

There’s no overlap at all in the sugars between the two beers. Fullers Pale Ales went for three types: No. 2 invert, glucose and intense. I assume the latter was a type of caramel.

At Youngs, there were just two types, a little malt extract and quite a lot of No. 1 invert sugar. No. 1 or No. 2 invert are exactly the type of sugar you would expect to find in a Pale Ale.

There’s a lot more sugar in the Youngs beers than the Fullers ones. Around four times as much. Then again, they weren’t using any adjuncts.

All English hops again. And all from the two most recent seasons. So pretty fresh. As you would expect in a hop-focussed beer,

What varieties were these hops? It’s difficult to say. The East Kents are probably Goldings or something similar. I wouldn’t really like to say around the rest. But just the law of averages suggests that at least some were Fuggles.

Fullers vs Youngs Pale Ale grists
Brewer	Beer	pale malt	PA malt	enzymic malt	total malt	flaked maize
Fullers	AK	81.80%			81.80%	14.72%
Fullers	XK	81.80%			81.80%	14.72%
Fullers	PA	81.80%			81.80%	14.72%
Youngs	PAB	27.86%	54.64%	3.21%	85.71%
Youngs	PA	27.86%	54.64%	3.21%	85.71%
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.

Fullers vs Youngs Pale Ale sugars
Brewer	Beer	malt extract	no. 1 sugar	no. 2 sugar	glucose	intense	total sugar
Fullers	AK			2.18%	1.09%	0.20%	3.47%
Fullers	XK			2.18%	1.09%	0.20%	3.47%
Fullers	PA			2.18%	1.09%	0.20%	3.47%
Youngs	PAB	2.86%	11.43%				14.29%
Youngs	PA	2.86%	11.43%				14.29%
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.

Fullers vs Youngs Pale Ale hops
Brewer	Beer	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3
Fullers	AK	English 1929	English 1930
Fullers	XK	English 1929	English 1930
Fullers	PA	English 1929	English 1930
Youngs	PAB	EK 1931	Kent 1930	Kent 1930
Youngs	PA	EK 1931	Kent 1930	Kent 1930
Sources:
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/1.