Let's Brew Wednesday - 1990 Youngs Ordinary

Bucketloads of PA, as Ordinary was called in the brewhouse, were brewed. Sometimes in batches of over 1,000 barrels. Obviously, a popular beer. It’s what I usually drank in Youngs pubs. I preferred it to the Special.

Not much to say about the recipe. It being parti-gyled with the Light Ale we’ve already seen. Other than that No. 3 invert is an interesting sugar choice for a Pale Ale. No. 1 or No. 2 is more usual.

While most Ordinary Bitter was sold in cask form, it was kegged for outlets like clubs which sold small amounts of beer. 

Once again, I’ve bumped up the hopping level to hit the correct bitterness level (as recorded in the brewing record).

1990 Youngs Ordinary
pale malt	7.50 lb	88.70%
crystal malt 120 L	0.125 lb	1.48%
torrefied barley	0.50 lb	5.91%
No. 3 invert sugar	0.33 lb	3.90%
Fuggles 70 min	2.25 oz
Goldings 10 min	0.50 oz
OG	1037
FG	1007.5
ABV	3.90
Apparent attenuation	79.73%
IBU	34
SRM	6.5
Mash at	148º F
Sparge at	167º F
Boil time	70 minutes
pitching temp	60.5º F
Yeast	WLP002 English Ale

Listen to brewer John Hatch explain how they brewed at Youngs in the 1990s.