Smoking Shipwreck_15l

Mill the grains and mash at 155°F (68°C) for 45 minutes. Recirculate until the runnings are clear, then run off into the kettle. Sparge and top up to get about 6 gallons (23 liters) of wort, depending on your evaporation rate. Boil for 60 minutes, adding hops according to the schedule. After the boil, chill to about 68°F (20°C), aerate, and pitch the yeast. Ferment at 68°F (20°C). When fermentation is complete and gravity has stabilized, crash, package, and carbonate.

Or, go traditional: For a more historically accurate version, you could opt for a grist of 100 percent beechwood-smoked malt. However, commercially available varieties tend to be pale; a handful of Carafa or debittered black malt could adjust that color to a darker brown with relatively low flavor impact. (Of course, to take the concept further, you could always smoke your own malt over a beechwood fire.) Go relatively high on the IBUs, and ferment with your favorite kveik since the traditional yeasts for skibsøl were likely similar.