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Gordon Setter Wee Heavy

Gordon Setter Wee Heavy

Strong Scotch Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

Brewing Priest

This beer won a silver certificate at a regional competition for GABF.

October 9, 2009 pm 05:23pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 16 lbs Golden Promise Pale

    Golden Promise Pale

    An especially sweet and clean variety of barley which results in full and malty sweet beer. It has superb hush integrity and delivers fast and consistent mash tun drainage. This malt variety is perfect for brewing up a clear, bright pint.

  • 1 lbs American Caramel 60°L

    American Caramel 60°L

    Mild caramel,nutty flavor, sweet. adds color

  • 1 lbs Munich 10L Malt; Briess

    Munich 10L Malt; Briess

    Golden orange hue with a robust malty flavor.

  • 0.5 lbs Dextrine Malt

    Dextrine Malt

    In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.

  • 0.25 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • 0.094 lbs Peat Smoked Malt

    Peat Smoked Malt

    Imparts a robust smokey flavor and aroma. Use in Scottish ales and Wee Heavies.

  • 1.0 oz Cascade - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 0.5 oz Cascade - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 0.5 oz Fuggle - 3.7 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • 0.5 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • 0.5 tsp Wyeast Nutrient - (omitted from calculations)

    Wyeast Nutrient

  • 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

Make 1 liter yeast starter

Style (BJCP)

Category: 9 - Scottish and Irish Ale

Subcategory: E - Strong Scotch Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.097 1.070 - 1.130
Terminal Gravity: 1.022 1.018 - 1.056
Color: 17.9 SRM 14 - 25
Alcohol: 9.9% ABV 6.5% - 10%
Bitterness: 31.7 IBU 17 - 35

Discussion

Brewing Priest

great beer

2009-11-09 10:16am

Very malty brew. Excellent example of the style.

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