Northern Brewer Scottish Wee Heavy

A ProMash Recipe Report



BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
09-E Scottish and Irish Ale, Strong Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy)

Min OG: 1.070 Max OG: 1.130   
Min IBU: 17 Max IBU: 35   
Min Clr: 14 Max Clr: 25  Color in SRM, Lovibond


Recipe Specifics
Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 16.00      
Anticipated OG: 1.090 Plato: 21.65
Anticipated SRM: 15.0        
Anticipated IBU: 35.3      
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75  %   
Wort Boil Time: 60  Minutes   


Pre-Boil Amounts
Evaporation Rate: 15.00  Percent Per Hour   
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 5.88  Gal   
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.077  SG 18.62 Plato


Formulas Used
Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
% Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.

Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager


Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
87.5 14.00 lbs.  Golden Promise England 1.038 2
3.1 0.50 lbs.  Crystal - Medium 55L Great Britian 1.034 55
2.3 0.38 lbs.  Biscuit Malt Great Britain 1.035 35
0.8 0.13 lbs.  Roasted Barley Great Britain 1.029 575
6.3 1.00 lbs.  Smoked(Bamberg) Germany 1.037 9

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
1.00 oz.  Fuggle Whole 5.00 18.6 60 min
1.00 oz.  Fuggle Whole 5.00 16.7 45 min


Yeast
WYeast 1728 Scotish Ale


Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Single Step   
Grain Lbs: 16.00   
Water Qts: 20.80 Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 5.20 Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.30 Before Additional Infusions

Rest Temp Time
Saccharification Rest: 158 60 Min
Mash-out Rest: 170 10 Min
Sparge: 170 60 Min

Total Mash Volume Gal: 6.48 - Dough-In Infusion Only
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.

Notes
Smoked Malts are not part of the original kit. I added them because I like my Scottish Ales to have some smokey flavor, but not as strong as Peat Smoked Malts.

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Scottish Wee Heavy All Grain Kit
O.G: 1079 / Ready: 3 months


Some Scottish historians theorize that Charles Stuart didn't flee Scotland after the failed 1745 uprising; instead, he had a few too many Wee Heavies in the Outer Hebrides and then just sort of woke up in France. History may keep her secrets, but you can share the experience of a Wee Heavy. There's a little Jacobite Revolution in every bottle. These are the very strongest of all Scottish ales, with a garnet-brown hue, profound maltiness and high alcohol content. Our Wee Heavy showcases complex toffee and vinous notes and a restrained hop character. Best imbibed in small doses, this kit continues to develop with age and is great for cellaring.

Kit Inventory

Fermentables
14 lbs. Simpsons Golden Promise
0.5 lbs. Simpsons Crystal
0.375 lbs. Dingemans Biscuit
0.125 lbs. Simpson's Roasted Barley

Boil Additions
1 oz. Fuggle (60 min)
1 oz. Fuggle (45 min)

Yeast
Wyeast #1728 Scottish Ale Yeast. Ideally suited for Scottish-style ales, and high gravity ales of all types. Flocculation: high. Apparent attenuation: 69-73%. Optimum temperature: 55-70.

Mash Schedule
158° F for 60 minutes
170° F for 10 minutes

All kits also contain 5 oz. of corn sugar for carbonation.




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