
Guy's Not So Wee Heavy
Strong Scotch Ale • All Grain • 5.5 gal
Trying to make "session" Wee Heavy. Not actually that session, but headed in that direction.
January 23, 2014 pm 06:06pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 14 lbs
Premium 2-Row Malt; Great Western
Premium 2-Row Malt; Great Western
Our most popular base malt, perfect for all beer styles, especially American ales and lagers. With moderate protein and enzyme levels and a very clean, smooth finish, our Premium 2-Row Malt is ideal for all-malt beers and for mashes containing moderate levels of adjunct.
- 0.33 lbs
Crystal 40; Great Western
Crystal 40; Great Western
A fully modified and saccharified two-row crystal malt roasted to a target color of 40° ASBC. A versatile malt providing moderate color and caramel flavor.
- 0.33 lbs
Crystal 120; Great Western
Crystal 120; Great Western
As longer roasting times are used to reach colors of 120° ASBC, this crystal malt takes on a fairly intense toffee flavor but still avoids the burnt character of chocolate or black malts.
- 0.33 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 1 lbs
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Dark, Stout
- 1.5 oz
East Kent Goldings - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
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White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish Ale
White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish Ale
Scotland is famous for its malty, strong ales. This yeast can reproduce complex, flavorful Scottish style ales. This yeast can be an everyday strain, similar to WLP001. Hop character is not muted with this strain, as it is with WLP002.
Notes
Trying for a slightly lower gravity Wee Heavy.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 9 - Scottish and Irish Ale
Subcategory: E - Strong Scotch Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.065 | 1.070 - 1.130 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.023 | 1.018 - 1.056 | ![]() |
Color: | 17.8 SRM | 14 - 25 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.5% ABV | 6.5% - 10% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 26.4 IBU | 17 - 35 | ![]() |