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Author:

MartyWayne

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.138

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/17/2014 4:01 AM

Notes:

Author:

Yooper

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 12 psi

Creation Date: 10/14/2020 7:49 PM

Notes: Flaked wheat should be Toasted Wheat Flakes.
Acidulated malt is not part of original recipe but used to lower water PH. Lactic/Citric acid in appropriate amounts can be subbed.

From the Book:

Malt bill:
American two-row malt 50%
Maris Otter malt 25%
CaraHell malt 6%
Crystal malt6%
Toasted wheat flakes 5%
CaraPils malt 2%
Dextrose 5%

Mash: 60-minute rest at 151 F with 6.7% of kettle hop bill Centennial 9.2% alpha acids.

Total boil time is 90 minutes. At the start of the boil in the kettle (90 minutes)
use 17.7% alpha acids CTZ at 23.3% of the bill. Identical additions at a ratio
of 6.7% each Citra (12.4% alpha acids) and Centennial (9.2% alpha acids)
are added at 45 minutes and again at 30 minutes. At the end of the boil add
23.3% Simcoe (12.27%o alpha acids), 16.6% Centennial (9.2% alpha acids), and
3.3% Columbus (14.2% alpha acids).

Fermentation
Use WLP001 or WY 1056 for pitching. Hold at 67" F (19.4" C) for four to five
days. Hold 2 days at fermentation temperature for a diacetyl rest before
cooling to 50" F (10" C). Crop or drop the yeast.

Dry hop for 10 days using
Equal parts Centennial, Simcoe, Citra, and Columbus at 0.2l oz./gal. (0.40
lb./bbl.,l.5a g/L) for each hop. Allow the temperature to rise to 60' F
Rouse hops with CO, at days 2, 5, and 8. Drop hops (remove or rack off
hops) at day 9. Cool for two days at 40' F, and finally cool to 33" F (0-6"
C). This beer is not filtered.

Targets:
OG: 17'P (1.068 SG)
TG:3.4 "P (1.014 SG)
ADF:80%
IBU:87
ABY:7.5%
Color: 8.5 "L (16.2" EBC)

Author:

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 50

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/20/2015 7:22 PM

Notes:

Author:

Crayolabrown

Boil Size: 4.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.07

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 56 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/19/2015 9:42 PM

Notes: Those that go toward the malty side eventually want to brew strong Scotch ale. It is kind of like the IPA of the malty world. Also known as wee heavy, it is a rich, malty beer. Do not confuse strong Scotch ale with the much lower alcohol Scottish strong ale. To avoid confusion, I think it is better to refer to strong Scotch ale as wee heavy. While wee heavy is related to the lower-alcohol Scottish ales, and could be considered a higher shilling version of them, wee heavy's higher starting gravity results in a different beer.

A good wee heavy is sweet, but not cloying, has a complex malt character, and has a warming, yet not harsh, alcohol presence. Enhancing the perception of sweetness is a low level of hop bitterness and considerable melanoidin character either from long boil times or specialty malt additions. Fermenting higher gravity wort not only results in higher alcohol beer, but also some additional ester formation. A good example of this beer will not be as clean and low-ester as Scottish ale. The color should range from light copper to dark brown, often with deep ruby highlights.

Unfortunately, quite a large number of judges still seem to reward only sweet, full, and boozy examples of the style. If you want to win at competition, you need to focus on bigger beers for this category. They expect a beer with warming alcohol, sweet malt complexity, and caramel notes. As for appearance, lean toward darker beers, but avoid roasted character. Hop bitterness should just barely balance the malt sweetness and late hop character should be minimal or non-existent.

Much of the rich malty flavors in wee heavy come from selecting a proper base malt. To brew an award-winning example of this style, start with British pale ale malt as the base. It provides that background biscuit-like malt character that is a key component in fine British beers. British pale ale malt is kilned a bit darker (2.5 to 3.5 °L) than the average American 2-row or pale malt (1.5 to 2.5 °L) and this higher level of kilning brings out the malt's biscuity flavors. Some brewers use North American pale ale malt or North American 2-row with the addition of 5–10% Munich malt when they cannot source British pale ale malt. This will not produce the same beer as using British pale ale malt, but will produce a pleasant
malt background.

Extract brewers should make the effort to source an extract made from British pale ale malt. If you end up using North American 2-row malt extract, you will need to compensate by partial mashing some additional specialty malts such as Munich or biscuit. For a 5-gallon (19-liter) batch, use about 5–10% of the total base malt.

All-grain brewers should use an infusion mash. You will find a temperature in the range of 152–158 °F (67–70 °C) works well. Use a lower temperature when using lower attenuating yeasts or higher starting gravities. Use a higher mash temperature when using the higher attenuating yeasts or lower starting gravity beers. If you are unsure, a great starting point is 154 °F (68 °C).

In theory, you can brew a great example of the style by using only base malt, some roasted barley for color (less than 3%), and an extensive boil. The extensive boil is to develop malt flavors that are a key component to the style. Judges will expect some caramel flavors and aromas in wee heavy and you can develop them through extended boiling. The best way, if you want to try it, is to boil down one gallon (4 L) of first runnings until it is thick and syrupy. While you will develop some caramel flavors by boiling for an extended time, it can be hit or miss. Often there is not enough caramel flavor or the flavor that develops is more toffee-like and judges think the beer has a diacetyl problem.

So, the easiest and most consistent way to get the proper caramel character is the use of crystal malt. Allocating 5-10% of the grist for crystal malt should add the right character. I prefer to split the crystal malts into a couple different color ranges. Lighter color crystal malts add sweeter caramel notes, mid-color crystal adds more caramel flavor, and dark crystal adds some raisin notes. The beer should have a rich color, so a touch of highly kilned malts, such as roasted barley can add a hint of balancing dryness and the depth of color that judges are looking for.

If you are looking for more complexity, you can add other specialty malts. Wheat malt, Victory®, biscuit, and others are common additions in many recipes, but re-straint is important so that the beer does not become saturated with non-fermentable dextrins and cloying flavors. In general, keep the total of all specialty grain additions to less than 20% of an all-grain grist. Keep highly kilned malt additions small (less than 3%), as bold roasted flavors are not appropriate.

If you want to develop more color and more melanoidin-based flavors and aromas, start with a larger pre-boil volume so you can boil the wort for two hours or more. This develops a unique character that is not possible by grain additions alone. Regardless of what you might read on the Internet, do not add peat smoked malt to your wee heavy. It is not appropriate. Any suggestion of smoke character is possibly from the use of roasted barley and long boil times. It is not from the water and it is not from peat smoke.

Wee heavy is best brewed with English hops such as East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Target, North-down, or Challenger. As a general rule of thumb, you can skip any late hop additions. If you do add late hops, make sure they do not overwhelm the malt character — a half-ounce (14 g) of a mild hop, such as Kent Goldings, would be about all you should add.

Bittering additions are similarly subtle. You want just enough hop bitterness to add a little balance to the malt sweetness. Target a bitterness to starting gravity ratio (IBU divided by OG) of 0.2 to 0.4. One thing to be aware of is the effect of highly kilned specialty malts on the perception of dryness and bittering. If you use more low color malts, such as crystal for color, the beer will have a sweeter overall impression than if you use just base malt and roasted barley for color. You would adjust your bittering slightly to account for this difference.

Fermentation for all of the Scottish ale styles requires a clean, neutral yeast character. The goal for wee heavy is a beer with relatively low esters, as compared to British ales, and lots of rich malt flavor.

While I prefer White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) or Wyeast 1056 (American Ale) for the lower gravity Scottish ales, I like yeast with a little more fermentation character and a richer maltiness for wee heavy. White Labs WLP028 (Edinburgh Ale) and Wyeast 1728 (Scottish Ale) are both excellent choices for this style as well. In a pinch, you could use other yeasts. The important thing is finding one that has a more malt forward character.

Cool fermentation, proper pitching rates, adequate yeast nutrition, and the proper addition of oxygen to the wort also factor into getting that rich malt character, gentle warming alcohol, and fully attenuated (not syrupy) beer. On bigger beers like this, I start fermentation at the lower end of their range and then let the temperature rise at least a few degrees over the course of a couple of days. This helps moderate the production of hot tasting alcohols, helps the yeast attenuate fully, and keeps the amount of diacetyl in the finished beer to a minimum.

Author:

dkcollier@yahoo.com

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 71

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/27/2015 4:20 PM

Notes: ♦ BREW DATES: Decent taste still 2 month aging. 02.12.16
Date: Brew Day • 11.27.15
Gravity End of Sparge • 1.090
Gravity End of Boil (OG) • 1.076
Date: Pitch Yeast • 11.29.15
Gravity (FG) • 1.019
Date: Keg Day • 14 days + 5 days dry hop
Dry Hopped • 12.11.15
Kegged Day • 12.16.15
Drafted Who’s House • Dan 1.030

♦ SESSION NOTES: Used Carapils II because Phantom didn't have Carafa III. Added 4 oz Weyermann - Rauch Malt from MoreBeer.

Designs: Modified from:
http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/97818/stone-sublimely-self-righteous-ale-clone

♦ STANDARD BREWING NOTES:
60 minutes – Add 2 drops Fermcap
60 minutes – Add 5 tablespoon Gypsum for IPA
15 minutes – Add Immersion Chiller
15 minutes - Add Whirlfloc
10 minutes – Add 1 teaspoon Yeast Nutrient last
♦ Check to see if nozzle is pointed upwards
Create 7 gallons sparge water. Bring to 154° strike temperature.
Prime pump. Push water through hose.
60 minutes – Add tablespoon 5.2 pH balancer.
Add grain – Sparge at 144-152° for ___ minutes (Minimum 60)
(One gallon loss during sparge process)
Water burn rate: 1-1/2 gallon per hour.
Drain GRAIN from kettle. Adjust water height of ___ (7 gallons)
Boil clean water for end of boil session adjustment.
Mash Option dark beers – Add x tablespoon Calcium Carbonate

♦ KEGGING NOTES:
Purge oxygen with CO2
Chill keg 24 hours before force carbonation.
Force Carbonation Calculator: 20 psi 4 days
Volumes of CO2 2.5 at 36°F = 10.2 psi American Ales

♥ DRINKABILITY: What did you like about it. Sample Date:

♦ RECIPE NOTES:
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Author:

arinomibrewery

Boil Size: 1200 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.075

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/17/2018 6:48 AM

Notes:

Author:

joetothemo

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/20/2017 9:19 PM

Notes: They call for Abbey Ale Yeast in the first fermentation. Gnome is what I had on hand.

I had not done an extract beer (not 5 gallon batch) for quite some time. I overshot my volume by a fair amount as a result.

The beer is aging on Currants and Barrel chunks.

3 month check: Mild acidity (4.85pH) and a plummy sourness. Good character. Adding Oak.

Author:

Meadhawg

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.055

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: corn sugar

Priming Amount: 3.4 oz

Creation Date: 10/14/2016 6:41 PM

Notes: Add Candi sugar with 10 minutes left on boil.

Soak Cacao Nibs, Ginger, Candied Ginger, and Orange Zest in 2-3 oz vodka for 7 days to extract flavor and sanitize - add to secondary.

OG 1.077
FG. 1.027
ABV 7.05%

FG 1.024
ABV 7.45%

Author:

prospero

Boil Size: 6.36 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: 8.5 oz

Creation Date: 1/25/2023 11:27 PM

Notes:

Author:

LawBrau

Boil Size: 7.33 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/22/2013 2:07 PM

Notes:

Author:

dave@singlespeedbrewing.com

Boil Size: 115 Gallons

Boil Time: 15

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/15/2019 8:33 PM

Notes: Adjusted OG is 1.045, when considering the pinot grigio must addition

Kettle Sour to +/- 0.1 pH of 3.2

Pitch at 65F
Ferment at 68F

Add Pinot Grigio Must @~1.023

Crash to 62F after diacetyl rest; begin DH schedule after 48 hours

DH @ 1.5 lbs/bbl

Day One- Discard yeast, add DH1
Day Two - Idle
Day Three - Add DH2
Day Four - Idle
Day Five - Idle
Day Six - Crash to 34F
Day Seven - Remove DH

Mashing low to encourage beta-amylase activity, in hopes of reaching higher fermentability pre-enzyme addition. The amyloglucosidase will be added to the mash tun after diacetyl rest at a dosage rate of 4 ml/hL of preboil wort. 4 hL ~ 5bbl, so dosing with 30 mL of Amylo 300. Sparging cool as well to minimize the opportunity to kill conversion. Targeting mash pH of 5.5.

Author:

knuckFuckler

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.027

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/26/2018 11:38 AM

Notes: Ended up with 22 l in fermenter at 1038.

took an hour to sparge.

FG 1009 fucken smacked it dead on cunt! Pure fluke of course given I ended up with 3l more beer than I should :)

So I think I am not getting the boil loss I expect, so my robobrew has shit boilability.

So if I dropped my water and got the right amount, it would be way over gravity. If I do that AND reduce my grain bill will I end up with exactly the same beer?

Anyway, 3.9% and promising pre carbonation.

Author:

Andy Lincoln

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.088

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/28/2018 12:39 AM

Notes: Inspired by O'Hara's Leann Folláin, though mostly in name.

Other beers that inspired this come from historical records of Guinness stouts from 1870-1914
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-can-you-call-that-stout.html

The grain bill began as a modification of Jasper's McKilikenny's Irish Stout
https://www.boomchugalug.com/downloadables/recipes/mckilikennys-irish-stout.pdf

Author:

jkojak

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 71

Mash Thickness: 2.7

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/27/2016 8:27 PM

Notes:

Author:

kcq101

Boil Size: 7.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 55 ° F

Priming Method: Keg

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/5/2016 9:50 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 6.2 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/18/2016 7:43 PM

Notes:

Author:

Aussiedamo

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/10/2016 12:25 AM

Notes: I am using a hop spider and am finding my beers don't have the hoppy punch im looking for so I will actually be adding 10% m ore than shown in the recipe to hopefully get the desired result. experiment more than anything 30g/60m 30g/15min &45g/FO
fg 1.004 due to drop the dry enzyme very cloudy will cold crash for a week or so and see how we go
dropped in finings
racked to bottling bucket and have 18.5 litres to bottle
bulk primed with 110g of dextrose

Author:

Dr Pinky

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/11/2015 11:20 PM

Notes:

Author:

buzzerj

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/20/2013 12:22 AM

Notes: Very simple, very good.

Author:

headshaker

Boil Size: 5.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/17/2014 9:30 PM

Notes: