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Scottish Ale - Scottish Light


A malt-focused, generally caramelly beer with perhaps a few esters and occasionally a butterscotch aftertaste. Hops only to balance and support the malt. The malt character can range from dry and grainy to rich, toasty, and caramelly, but is never roasty

Flavor Profile: Entirely malt-focused, with flavors ranging from pale, bready malt with caramel overtones to rich-toasty malt with roasted accents (but never roasty) or a combination thereof. Fruity esters are not required but add depth yet are never high. Hop bitterness

Ingredients: Originally used Scottish pale malt, grits or flaked maize, and brewers caramel for color. Later adapted to use additional ingredients, such as amber and brown malts, crystal and wheat malts, and roasted grains or dark sugars for color but not for the ‘roa

BJCP Style Guide

Top 10 Scottish Light Recipes

Title Size ABV IBU OG FG Color Method Views
Scotch Ale 90 Shilling
5 gal 10.05% 30.68 1.109 1.032
All Grain 3377
70 Shilling
22 L 3.41% 0 1.035 1.009
All Grain 2781
Firkin 2015
5.5 gal 3.07% 14.06 1.034 1.011
BIAB 2507
$10 Scottish 60
3 gal 2.93% 11.54 1.030 1.007
extract 2482
Kurs Chili porter
56 L 6.25% 44.91 1.062 1.014
All Grain 2410
Small Beer Partigyle
6 gal 3.04% 21.68 1.030 1.007
All Grain 2125
Export 80/- Ale
21 L 4.1% 16.9 1.041 1.010
All Grain 1854
HEAVY WEE ANGUS
500 L 7.84% 26.05 1.084 1.024
All Grain 1794
D's Winter Ale AKA Jingle Bells Ale
5.5 gal 5.72% 13.3 1.058 1.015
extract 1783
14A - Scottish Light
24 L 3.13% 15.19 1.031 1.007
BIAB 1413

Newest Scottish Light Recipes

Title Size ABV IBU OG FG Color Method Views
60-Shillings
250 gal 3.39% 15.2 1.035 1.010
All Grain 19
WAle-01
10 L 5.57% 0 1.057 1.015
extract 26
Scottish Ale
20.8 L 5.13% 22.87 1.056 1.017
All Grain 21
Awesome Recipe
5.5 gal 5.83% 0 1.059 1.015
extract 30
scottish
20 L 6.26% 42.04 1.060 1.012
BIAB 54
90 Shilling
5.5 gal 7.51% 23.89 1.076 1.019
All Grain 34
Santa Paws
5.5 gal 4.05% 21.07 1.040 1.009
All Grain 42
Rampant Red Scottish Ale
10 gal 6.38% 29.5 1.065 1.017
All Grain 46
Light Try
5 gal 3.94% 14.31 1.037 1.006
All Grain 60
Awesome Recipe
5.5 gal 5.36% 24.55 1.054 1.014
extract 60

Fermentables Used In Scottish Light Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Country Category Type Color PPG Avg. Usage Usage Range
United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale 66 United Kingdom Grain base malt 3.75°L
38 66% 4% - 100%
American - Caramel / Crystal 120L 49 American Grain crystal malt 120°L
33 5% 1% - 15%
American - Roasted Barley 36 American Grain roasted malt 300°L
33 3% 0% - 17%
United Kingdom - Golden Promise 34 United Kingdom Grain base malt 3°L
37 73% 18% - 100%
Caramel / Crystal 60L 33 Grain crystal malt 60°L
34 9% 1% - 25%
United Kingdom - Pale Chocolate 33 United Kingdom Grain roasted malt 207°L
33 3% 1% - 9%
American - Caramel / Crystal 40L 32 American Grain crystal malt 40°L
34 9% 1% - 18%
American - Chocolate 31 American Grain roasted malt 350°L
29 2% 1% - 6%
US - Pale 2-Row 30 US Grain base malt 1.8°L
37 73% 21% - 100%
Munich - Light 10L 29 Grain specialty malt 10°L
33 11% 2% - 30%

Hops Used In Scottish Light Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Average AA Avg. Usage Usage Range
East Kent Goldings 79 5 59% 7% - 100%
Fuggles 45 4.5 62% 10% - 100%
Cascade 25 7 46% 8% - 100%
Kent Goldings 24 5 65% 16% - 100%
Northern Brewer 11 7.8 52% 4% - 100%
Challenger 9 8.5 34% 12% - 61%
Willamette 9 4.5 51% 25% - 75%
Magnum 9 15 60% 22% - 100%
Nugget 8 14 46% 8% - 100%
Citra 8 11 44% 21% - 100%

Steeping Grains Used In Scottish Light Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Country Category Type Color PPG Avg. Usage Usage Range
Caramel / Crystal 60L 6 Grain crystal malt 60°L
34 36% 8% - 100%
American - Caramel / Crystal 120L 6 American Grain crystal malt 120°L
33 40% 13% - 100%
American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 4 American Grain crystal malt 1.8°L
33 49% 14% - 100%
American - Chocolate 4 American Grain roasted malt 350°L
29 36% 25% - 57%
American - Roasted Barley 4 American Grain roasted malt 300°L
33 13% 4% - 26%
American - Caramel / Crystal 40L 3 American Grain crystal malt 40°L
34 58% 52% - 62%
Smoked Malt 3 Grain smoked malt 5°L
37 23% 8% - 31%
American - Caramel / Crystal 20L 2 American Grain crystal malt 20°L
35 20% 19% - 21%
American - Caramel / Crystal 80L 2 American Grain crystal malt 80°L
33 39% 29% - 50%
Munich Dark 20L 2 Grain specialty malt 20°L
34 22% 13% - 31%

Yeasts Used In Scottish Light Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Laboratory Type Alcohol Tolerance Flocculation Attenuation Min. Temp Max. Temp
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04 53 Fermentis / Safale Ale .0975 High 75% 54°F 77°F
Wyeast - Scottish Ale 1728 42 Wyeast Ale 0.12 High 71% 55°F 75°F
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05 29 Fermentis / Safale Ales Low Medium 81% 54°F 77°F
White Labs - Edinburgh Scottish Ale Yeast WLP028 28 White Labs Ale Med-High Medium 72.5% 65°F 70°F
Omega Yeast Labs - Scottish Ale OYL-015 7 Omega Yeast Labs British Ales 0.1 Medium 75% 65°F 70°F
Imperial Yeast - A31 Tartan 7 Imperial Yeast Ale Medium 72.5% 65°F 70°F
Wyeast - Irish Ale 1084 7 Wyeast Ale 0.1 Medium 73% 62°F 72°F
Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast 6 Danstar Ale Med-High High 77% 57°F 70°F
Lallemand - LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST 6 Lallemand Ales Medium High 80% 50°F 72°F
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001 6 White Labs Ale High Medium 76.5% 68°F 73°F

Other Ingredients Used In Scottish Light Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Type Use Avg. Usage Usage Range
Gypsum 32 Water Agt Mash 24% 0% - 100%
Whirlfloc 22 Water Agt Mash 69% 0% - 100%
Epsom Salt 21 Water Agt Mash 9% 0% - 50%
Irish Moss 18 Water Agt Boil 65% 0% - 100%
Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) 17 Water Agt Mash 16% 0% - 45%
Baking Soda 12 Water Agt Mash 16% 0% - 100%
Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) 10 Water Agt Mash 9% 0% - 32%
Lactic acid 10 Water Agt Mash 64% 1% - 100%
Chalk 9 Water Agt Mash 32% 0% - 64%
Yeast Nutrient 5 Other Boil 14% 0% - 50%

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