Scottish Export Recipe - Highland Heather Ale

Recipe Info

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Highland Heather Ale

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All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
All Grain Scottish Export homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: Golden Promise - UK, Crystal 70L - UK, Peated Malt - UK, Acidulated Malt - DE , Honey - US, Wyeast London Ale III 1318 Homebrew Yeast, Wyeast Scottish Ale 1728 Homebrew Yeast, Heather Tips, Meadowsweet Flower, Sweet Gale, Irish Moss.

Fermentables

53% - Golden Promise - UK
9
37
3
Mash
18% - Crystal 70L - UK
3
34
70
Mash
6% - Peated Malt - UK
1
34
3
Mash
3% - Acidulated Malt - DE
0.5
27
3
Mash
21% - Honey - US
3.5
35
1
Late

Hops

No hops in this recipe

Yeast

Wyeast London Ale III 1318
73%
Wyeast Scottish Ale 1728
71%

Other Stuff

Heather Tips
4
oz
Boil
Meadowsweet Flower
4
oz
Boil
Sweet Gale
1
oz
Boil
Irish Moss
1
tsp
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Fill mash-tun with 4 gallons of 165F Water
2.
Combine cracked grain and 2oz of heather tips at bottom of mash-tun
3.
Stablize H2O temperature at 153F for 90 mins
4.
Sparge mash with 4 gallons of 170F water and transfer wort to brew pot (5-6 total gallons)
5.
Boil wort for one hour
6.
Add 4oz of heather tips and meadowsweet flowers at beginning of boil.
7.
Add 4oz of heather tips and meadowsweet flowers at 30 mins
8.
Add 1 tsp of Irish Moss to boil during final 15 mins
9.
Add 2.5lb of honey in last 5 mins of boil.
10.
Add 6oz of heater tips and meadowsweet and sweet gale in last 5 mins of boil
11.
Chill wort and transfer to a 5-6 gallon fermentation container (carboy)
12.
Allow to cool below 80F before pitching the yeast
13.
Ferment at 68F - 70F for 10 days
14.
After 10 days remove 1/2 gallon of ale and steep with 2 cups of heater tips at 160F for 15 Mins
15.
Strain heather and transfer back into the fermenter.
16.
Bottle and age for minimum of 2 weeks.

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Recipe Facts

Highland Heather Ale
Scottish Export
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.097 OG
  • 1.027 FG
  • 0.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.00 BG:GU
  • 21.8° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 9.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 342 per 12oz Calories
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