Let's Brew Wednesday - 1932 Youngs X Ale

Here's yet another Mild recipe for you lucky devils. That's three already this month.

Parti-gyled with Ale was the stronger X Ale. Which looks like it was a 5d per pint beer. One of the most popular types of beer.

Unlike some other London brewers, such as Barclay Perkins and Fullers, Young didn’t brew a 6d Mild Ale. These beers had an OG of around 1043º. It wasn’t uncommon for London brewers to have three Mild Ales, in the 4d, 5d and 6d classes. I’m not sure why Young didn’t brew a beer in the strongest class.

Obviously, the recipe is exactly the same as the Ale, except that there’s a bit more of everything.

As in the case of Ale, there might well have been colour correction at racking time. 

1932 Youngs X Ale
pale malt	1.50 lb	24.94%
mild malt	3.50 lb	58.19%
crystal malt 60 L	0.50 lb	8.31%
malt extract	0.125 lb	2.08%
No. 3 invert sugar	0.33 lb	5.49%
caramel 1000 SRM	0.06 lb	1.00%
Fuggles 105 min	1.00 oz
Fuggles 30 min	1.00 oz
OG	1034
FG	1006
ABV	3.70
Apparent attenuation	82.35%
IBU	26
SRM	13
Mash at	152º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	105 minutes
pitching temp	59º F
Yeast	WLP002 English Ale