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Author:

RockHopper

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.062

Efficiency: 70

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: 4/24/2018 5:33 PM

Notes:

Author:

Dougie Orr

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/13/2017 9:40 AM

Notes: Yeast starter in 2L 24 hours
1.4L with 140G of Dry Malt Extract (DME) at 20C
WLP001 had sell-by date of 16/10/2016 - nothing happening after 24 hours.

R-pitched with safale Us 05 on Mon 13th March 2017

Author:

Spesme

Boil Size: 4.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.033

Efficiency: 69

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/15/2014 7:47 PM

Notes: Formulations for scotch ales very, but they all start with a pale malt or pale extract base, generally making up about 70-80% of the grain bill. Crystal malt is used in both commercial and homebrewed recipes making up from 5-10% of the grain bill. Black or roast malt provide color and character in the 2% range, though most purists prefer roast malt over black malt.

Interestingly almost all commercial examples use either wheat malt or sugar in the 5-10% range, though sugar is rarely added to homebrewed versions. Other commonly added homebrew grains in small amounts include chocolate malt, cara pils for body, munich and amber malts though these are not commonly added to commercial browns. [Ref: Daniels]

There is no specific hops tied to the scotch style, though low alpha traditional English or Continental hops are considered most appropriate. Goldings, Williamette and Fuggles are often used commercially, though noble hops such as Hallertauer or Saaz can also be used. Bitterness and hop flavor should be kept to a minimum, so use just enough hops to balance the malt.

The selection of scotch yeast is not as important as the fermentation method. Scotch ales are fermented at much lower temperatures (50-60F) than traditional ales, and the fermentation can take several weeks to complete as a result. After fermentation the ale is cold aged to aid in clarity. This produces a very malty but clean beer profile. You also want to select a low attenuation yeast that can handle the lower temperatures.

Though Edinburgh is famous for its pale ales and hard water, high sulfate water is not a critical element in brewing scotch ale and in fact can be detrimental as it brings out the hop sharpness too much. I personally recommend a moderate neutral water profile low in sulfates that will support the malty base and not enhance the hops excessively.

Own notes: Soak oak chips in single malt scotch for a week, while in primary. Add to primary. Birthday gift: beer and scotch!

BIAB Procedure

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Parameters:
Batch size 3.2 g
Trub loss 0.5 g
Mash thickness 1.5qts/lb
Grain temp 70 f
Wort shrinkage 4%
Grain absorption 0.13g/lb
Boil off 15%

1. Start with strike water of 8.82L (2.33G) @ 166.33F.
2. Put in 6.2 lbs of grains.
3. Sach Rest at 155F for 60 mins.
4. Assuming grain absorption of 0.13G/lb (0.806), should end up with 1.52G in brew kettle.
5. Prepare for dunk sparge by adding 11.43L (3.02G) to secondary brew kettle. Add grain bag for 15 minutes @ 170F. Squeeze.
6. Begin partial mash out in primary brew kettle for 15 minutes @ 170F.
7. Add sparge water to primary brew kettle. This should result in 4.5G of pre-boil wort.
8. Begin boil as usual

Mash started at 158, went down to 153 @ 30 mins. 151 @ 10 mins.

Didnt factor in partial mash with extract additions. Post-boil wort was 3.9 gallons - which estimates a 6.7% abv. Good enough.

Looks like efficiency was super low...maybe because of the partial mash? I shoulvde read about it beforehand.

Added 3 oz (6 Tbsp) of Johnny Walker Red and very fine oak chips. Keep sealed in fridge for 5-7 days. Put in Monday-Wednesday.

First taste on 10/26 - two weeks after bottling. App: Much darker then I expected - it is a deep reddish brown. Minimal head, might change with more time in bottles. Aroma: A very sharp and crisp malty aroma with notes of oak and lots of scotch. Taste: Kind of like a maltier, weaker scotch. Perfect. MF: Medium body, medium-low carbonation.

Second taste on 11/10 - four weeks after bottling. App: Dark brown with deep ruby highlights.. Minimal head. Aroma: Scotch still comes though. Slightly smoky with deep caramel. Taste: Full and sweet taste with hints of single malt scotch and caramel. No hop bitterness. MF: Medium-low carbonation. Medium viscosity. Overall: Wish it had greater head retention, but usually this style doesn't. Maybe add carapils next time. Quite delicious though, with a burst of flavour. Scotch isn't quite as strong as I suspected.

Description: This clean, malt-forward beer aged on scotch-soaked oak chips will leave you oddly refreshed. Dark brown in colour with deep ruby highlights, you will taste hints of single malt scotch and caramel with no hop bitterness. Brewed as an homage to my older brother's birthday and his affinity for scotch, the twenty-four bottles of this limited edition release will be gone quickly. 5.9% abv, 24 IBUs.

Author:

Brook Harris

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 11/26/2012 3:52 AM

Notes: 4th Place of 100 at Goose Islands Imperial Goose Competition! This beer was brewed as an Imperial version of my Mt Choco. We left out the free mint, and switched up the malt bill a little bit.

Author:

dan mart

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.4

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: 2/6/2017 5:00 AM

Notes:

Author:

JAMMin' Brew Co.

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/11/2016 3:05 AM

Notes:

Author:

Trekker23

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Force Carb

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/11/2015 5:05 AM

Notes: Hop bursting, no bittering charge.

Author:

OVBrewer

Boil Size: 80 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.5

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: 6/29/2016 11:19 AM

Notes:

Author:

Izzie1701

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 1

Boil Gravity: 1.087

Efficiency: 100

Mash Thickness: N/A

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: 12/19/2015 12:05 AM

Notes: Used Lavlin 1118 yeast. Poached peaches with 1 vanilla bean and 2Tbs vanilla rum extract for 30 mins in 2 litres of water.

Author:

caribbeanbrewing

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 70

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: 10/16/2015 2:15 PM

Notes:

Author:

Meatwad

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

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: 5/9/2018 10:41 PM

Notes:

Author:

crono1000

Boil Size: 6.31 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 49.4

Mash Thickness: 2.32

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 69 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/22/2017 8:09 PM

Notes: No-Sparge brewing:
After 65 minute mash, wort was fully drained, then completely added back to mash tun. Upon second kettle fill, sporadic washes were done during draining. Pre-boil gravity was 1.034 with a kettle volume of 6.31 gallons. Sugar and Light DME were added to boil to bring pre-boil gravity up to 1.051.
90 Minute boil left a volume of 5 gallons.
Syphon filled fermentor to 4.8 gallons. (.2 gallons trub left in kettle)
Final Gravity is not 1.016, but rather is 1.010 resulting in a 7.2(7.5)ABV
(Yeast was second generation, harvested from previous brew of same beer, resulting in a slightly different strain than the original WLP005)

Author:

grizzly

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/3/2015 6:15 PM

Notes:

Author:

Diamond-Geezer

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/30/2013 8:15 PM

Notes: Dont forget to add Irish moss for last 10min boil. Cool quickly with Wort chiller to 20deg c add to fermenter and pitch yeast.
Ferment at 21deg c for 7 days then transfer to secoundry for 7 days or until Fg reached. Then add issinglass and cold crash for 7 days at 2deg c. Prime to your own liking using calculator and leave bottle around 21deg c for 2 weeks. Chill for 2-3days then drink. Bloody Beautiful laddie boy

Author:

Hübris

Boil Size: 915 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 13

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/9/2015 12:03 PM

Notes:

Author:

Zabs

Boil Size: 6 Litres

Boil Time: 32

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 17 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/25/2015 7:42 AM

Notes: Recipe adjusted for bottling i.e. OG left 5 points below required to allow for extra provided by bottling sugar. Same applies to ABV - adjusted for extra 0.5% at bottling.

Briess Pils malt used but Extra Lite shown in recipe for higher PPG.

Minimash with 0.375kg of LME at 67 degrees for 45 mins. This high mash temp is to get mouthfeel be retaining some of the low temp sugars. Check OG after mash. Mash OG 1 point below.

2 + 1 litre ice and some chilled water required to quick chill wort.

Aerate wort with air stone for 10 minutes. Yeast enzyme in boil.

Overfilled fermenter by 0.5L and missed 1062OG.

Fresh pack of Abbaye Yeast used. Pitched at 16-17c on 30 August. Kept low for 2-3 days and then allowed to increase to 19c and then moved to warmer kitchen after 6-7 days.

Racked to secondary on 9 September.

Bottled 19 September 2015.

Author:

EspFark

Boil Size: 55 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/11/2014 2:40 PM

Notes: CaCO3 4 g per 10 L mesk = 20 g

NaHCO3 2 g per 10 L mesk = 10 g

Oksygen
Gjærnæring
Protafloc

temp 18,5 grader i 7 dager
temp 19,5 grader i 7 dager

Author:

Meklenborg

Boil Size: 35 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/6/2014 7:49 PM

Notes:

Author:

HG Brewing

Boil Size: 3.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.118

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: 3.6

Creation Date: 12/11/2013 9:47 PM

Notes: Put rolled oats and specialty grains in separate bags. After steeping and sparging specialty grains, leave oats in wort and bring to a boil and boil 10 minutes. Remove and discard oats..do not rinse oats.
Follow remainder of brewing and hop schedule.

Note: at flameout, cover brewpot and steep last addition of hops for 10 min, then wort chill.

Ferment for 7 days at 68-70, transfer to secondary and condition at 68-70 for 2 weeks, cold crash 2-3 days, prime and bottle. Condition at room temp for 21 days. Chill 3 days in fridge then enjoy.