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Wee Heavy

329 calories 36.5 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Scotch Ale
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 21.33 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 35.48 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 74% (ending kettle)
Calories: 329 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 36.5 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Monday January 25th 2021
1.070
1.020
6.5%
23.9
22.9
5.3
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.10 kg Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter4.1 kg Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter 37 2.6 60.7%
0.50 kg Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise0.5 kg Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise 37 2.4 7.4%
0.43 kg United Kingdom - Malted Naked Oats0.425 kg Malted Naked Oats 33 1.3 6.3%
0.35 kg Simpsons - Wheat Malt0.35 kg Wheat Malt 36.576 2.8 5.2%
0.30 kg Weyermann - Barke Vienna0.3 kg Barke Vienna 36 3.4 4.4%
0.30 kg Simpsons - Light Crystal0.3 kg Light Crystal 34 39 4.4%
0.23 kg Simpsons - Crystal Extra Dark0.225 kg Crystal Extra Dark 31.7 178.56 3.3%
0.23 kg Simpsons - DRC0.225 kg DRC 34.7 115 3.3%
0.18 kg Simpsons - Dextrin Malt0.18 kg Dextrin Malt 31 1.1 2.7%
0.10 kg Simpsons - Chocolate Malt0.1 kg Chocolate Malt 31.7 444 1.5%
50 g Rice Hulls50 g Rice Hulls 0 0 0.7%
6.76 kg / £ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
30 g East Kent Goldings30 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 90 min 20.5 71.4%
12 g Fuggles12 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 15 min 3.42 28.6%
42 g / £ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 g Baking Soda Water Agt Mash 70 min.
4 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) Water Agt Mash 70 min.
1 each Campden Tablet Water Agt Mash 70 min.
3 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 70 min.
2 g Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 70 min.
2 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 70 min.
7 ml Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 70 min.
1 each Protafloc Fining Boil 10 min.
5 g Yeast Nutrient Water Agt Primary 10 days
15 ml Youngs Beer Heading Liquid Water Agt Secondary 4 days
10 g Oak chips Flavor Secondary 4 days
 
Yeast
White Labs - Burton Ale Yeast WLP023
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
69%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
20 - 23 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
18 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 273 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 92.6 g       Temp: 18 °C       CO2 Level: 2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Edinburgh (Scottish Ale, Malty Ale)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 10 20 90 80 70
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
30 L Infusion 66 °C 66 °C 70 min
30 L Vorlauf 66 °C 76 °C 10 min
6 L Fly Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 L/kg 10.1
Mash volume with grains 14.6
Grain absorption losses -6.8
Remaining sparge water volume 33
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 30.1 L) 35.5
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.2
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 26.7 L) 21.3
Estimated amount in fermentor 21.3
Total: 43.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Rack into secondary when primary fermentation / final gravity reached.

Grind 10g Bourbon Oak barrel chips into small pieces. Soak oak chips in Kentucky Bourbon.
Place oak chips in muslin bag and place in secondary fermenter.

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