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Sunday 12 May 2024

Young's sugars in 1975

There are rather a lot of different sugars. Though not all in one beer. Everything except Export Pale Ale includes malt extract. Presumably for extra diastatic power.

In addition to malt extract, the Pale Ales also contain No. 3 invert sugar and tiny amounts of caramel. The latter, presumably, for colour correction.

In the dark beers, it’s Flo Sweet, DAS and CDM. Not sure what the first two are, but the last is Caramelised Dextro-Maltose, a less readily fermentable sugar which added body and colour.

Total sugar content is around 6.5% for the Pale Ales and 14% for the dark beers. 

Young's sugars in 1975
Beer Style malt extract no. 3 sugar Flo Sweet DAS CDM caramel total sugar
BMA Mild 3.16%   4.74% 4.74% 2.03%   14.67%
PAB Pale Ale 2.15% 4.30%       0.11% 6.55%
YPV Pale Ale 2.17% 4.34%       0.10% 6.62%
PA Pale Ale 2.15% 4.30%       0.03% 6.48%
SPA Pale Ale 2.22% 4.44%       0.06% 6.73%
SPA Pale Ale 2.15% 4.30%       0.06% 6.51%
Ram Rod Pale Ale 2.17% 4.35%       0.06% 6.58%
EXPA Pale Ale   4.44%       0.11% 4.55%
Winter Warmer Strong Ale 2.85%   5.71% 1.90% 1.07%   11.53%
Old Nick Barley Wine 3.06%   5.10% 5.10% 1.02%   14.29%
Saxon Lager 4.80%           4.80%
Source:
Young's brewing record held at Battersea Library, document number YO/RE/1/44.


3 comments:

  1. These are a couple of old ads for Flo Sweet. It sounds like it was pure sugar in liquid form.

    https://www.periodpaper.com/products/1947-ad-flo-sweet-refined-syrups-sugar-child-jam-mother-manufacture-liquid-boy-196068-yft3-104

    https://www.periodpaper.com/products/1945-ad-refined-syrups-liquid-sugars-flo-sweet-ice-cream-frank-decker-art-117236-fz8-062

    It looks like it was made in big enough quantities to be shipped by railroad tanker cars. Soda pop companies bought enormous amounts of it before switching to corn syrup.

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  2. Ron, if the malt extract was used for enzymes, it must’ve been added to the mash, right?

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  3. Flo-Sweet apparently also produced invert sugar and other stuff. Probably this was refined liquid invert or possibly pure glucose.

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