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Wee Heavy? You heavy!

304 calories 32.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Wee Heavy
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 6.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 8 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.074 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 68% (brew house)
Source: Nate Graham and Josh Williams
Calories: 304 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 32.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday May 24th 2019
1.091
1.024
8.8%
25.9
22.0
5.3
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
22 lb United Kingdom - Pale 2-Row22 lb Pale 2-Row 38 2.5 95.1%
0.38 lb United Kingdom - Roasted Barley0.375 lb Roasted Barley 29 550 1.6%
0.75 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 90L0.75 lb Caramel / Crystal 90L 33 90 3.2%
23.12 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Pilgrim1 oz Pilgrim Hops Pellet 11 Boil 60 min 25.9 100%
1 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
10 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
10 g Lactic acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1 g Calcium Chloride Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Scottish Ale 1728
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
71%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
55 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 188 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Edinburgh (Scottish Ale, Malty Ale)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 18 20 45 105 235
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7.5 gal saccrification Temperature -- 148 °F 30 min
3.5 gal Sparge -- 170 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 7.23 28.9  
Mash volume with grains 9.08 36.3  
Grain absorption losses -2.89 -11.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.7 g | 18.8 qt) 3.91 15.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 8.79 g | 35.2 qt) 8 32  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil Volume 6.5 26  
Going into fermentor 6.5 26  
Total: 11.14 44.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

For our Wee Heavy recipe we looked at the BJCP guidelines and characteristics to help guide us as we developed this recipe. We started with the grain bill, which the BJCP was pretty specific types of grain: Pale, Roasted barley and caramel and we used the UK version of these ingredients to try to stay true to its profile. Hops need to be low flavor and aroma so we choose a British hop to use a bittering hop and no aroma hop. For this brew we used the Edinburgh Scotland water profile as our target so we had to play with the water calculator quite a bit to find the appropriate water additions, and then added the lactic acid to bring our mash pH into proper range. We selected the Wyeast strain of Scottish Ale 1728 because depending on fermentation temps, it can produce ester flavors and Wee Heavy brews can call for low to moderate amounts of ester flavors.

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  • Last Updated: 2019-05-30 22:50 UTC