Scottish IPA

Here you go:

http://barclayperkins.blogspot.nl/2013/10/lets-brew-wednesday-1885-younger-xp.html

There's probably been more rubbish written about Scottish beer than any styles. Edinburgh and Alloa were big centres of IPA brewing. William Younger in Edinburgh had union sets and exported their IPA all over the world.

 

I did not watch the video, but it sounds like you are interested in Steele's book http://www.amazon.com/IPA-Brewing-Techniques-Recipes-Evolution/dp/1938469003

If you are liking his (@patto1ro) blog, you should check out his book http://www.amazon.com/Home-Brewers-Guide-Vintage-Beer/dp/1592538827

 

GP makes a nice base for an IPA and Edinburgh's water is supposed to be very similar to Burton.

btw...interesting Scotch Ale I've had lately was made in Belgium and aged in Port barrels (Silly)

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/804/105306/

 

I just bottled a batch of Younger's #1 from 1879 from a recipe on the Barclay Perkins blog. It is a very generously hopped beer as well, although more of a double IPA/strong ale due to the high OG. Mr. Pattinson has unearthed some very interesting recipes on the blog, and I am sure the book will have a few treasures in it as well. I am putting together a book order and it is at the top of the list to get next.

I highly recommend Mr Pattinson's work, especially for including the history with the recipes.

 

No. 1 isn't a Pale Ale, but a Scotch Ale or Strong Ale. Quite like a Burton Ale. I'd really like to try it some time. The 19th-century version, I mean. Dann at Pretty Things brewed up a 1939 version. Very differnt, I think, to the 1879.

 

I have enjoyed Dann's work off-and-on for many years, starting when he brewed for the Northeast Brewpub in Allston. A couple of his historical beer series beers from a couple of years ago were quite intriguing, and now that I think of it, possibly the beginnings of my interest in the historical recipes.

 

Sounds like "Scottish Ale Brewer" by Roberts, published in 1847. It has some nice analyses of IPAs and Scotch Ales. The book is easy enough to get hold of as it's been reprinted.

You have to be a bit careful of what he says about Scotch Ale brewing, especially the stuff about fermentation temperatures - it doesn't tally with what I've seen in brewing records.

 

The historic beers are a collaboration between me and Dann. I provide the recipes.