Wee Heavy Recipe - Isle of Skye Variant

Recipe Info

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Isle of Skye Variant

by on
All Grain
1 Gallon(s)
2 Gallon(s)
60 min
64%
Had to use a blend of Crystal 60 and 50 malts to make up about a 55

This recipe was cloned from Isle of Skye.

Fermentables

10% - Crystal "55"
0.375
36
55
Mash
80% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
3
38
3
Mash
3% - Caramel/Crystal 120 - US
0.125
35
120
Mash
7% - Honey - US
0.25
35
1
Mash

Hops

Fuggles
0.25
Leaf
Boil
60 min(s)
5.3
23.9

Yeast

Wyeast Scottish Ale 1728
71%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
7.5 qt water to 165
2.
Mash @ 156-158 for 60 mins
3.
Boil for 60 mins
4.
Chill in an ice bath (OG: ~1.088)
5.
Ferment for 3 weeks at 65
6.
Use 17g corn sugar for bottling
7.
Cold store bottles for 3-6 months for full potential
8.
Sparge with 2.25 qt water at 165

Tasting Notes (1)

BoulderfistBrewing

Tasted on 11/10/2013 by BoulderfistBrewing

Notes:

A nice medium dark brown Sweet Sweet and malty OK I was hoping for a sweeter, lightly carbondated scotch ale and I think it turned out great!

Recipe Facts

Isle of Skye Variant
Wee Heavy
  • 1.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 2.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.090 OG
  • 1.026 FG
  • 23.9 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.27 BG:GU
  • 20.6° SRM Color
  • 64% Efficiency
  • 8.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 315 per 12oz Calories
Clone This Recipe

Wee Heavy

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.070-1.130 / Your OG: 1.090
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.018-1.040 / Your FG: 1.026
IBU 0
120
IBU: 17-35 / Your IBU: 24
SRM 0
40
SRM: 14-25 / Your SRM: 20.6
ABV 0
14
ABV: 6.5-10 / Your ABV: 8.2
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.13-0.50 / Your BG:GU: 0.27

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