Wee Heavy Recipe - Innis and Gunn copy

Recipe Info

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Innis and Gunn copy

by on
All Grain
4 Gallon(s)
5 Gallon(s)
60 min
78%
There are several recipes that purport to be clones of Innis and Gunn but they miss the point. Innis and Gunn is a strong Scottish Ale which weighs in at 7.2% ABV. There are too many insipid versions of this so I call this a copy and not a clone.

This recipe was cloned from Innis and Gunn clone.

Fermentables

95% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
10
38
3
Mash
2% - Chocolate - UK
0.2
34
425
Mash
3% - Roasted Barley - UK
0.3
29
550
Mash

Hops

Fuggles
2
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
4.5
33.5
Citra
1
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
12
16.2

Yeast

White Labs Edinburgh Ale WLP028
72%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Take the first 2.5 litres of the runnings and boil it down to about 0.65 litres. Add this to the boil.
2.
Ferment for 1 month, then transfer to secondary.
3.
Boil 28g of medium toasted american oak chips for 10 minutes.
4.
Add the boiled oak chips and let it sit for 12 days.
5.
Bottle!

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Recipe Facts

Innis and Gunn copy
Wee Heavy
  • 4.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.077 OG
  • 1.022 FG
  • 49.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.64 BG:GU
  • 27.9° SRM Color
  • 78% Efficiency
  • 7.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 266 per 12oz Calories
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Wee Heavy

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.070-1.130 / Your OG: 1.077
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.018-1.040 / Your FG: 1.022
IBU 0
120
IBU: 17-35 / Your IBU: 50
SRM 0
40
SRM: 14-25 / Your SRM: 27.9
ABV 0
14
ABV: 6.5-10 / Your ABV: 7.2
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.13-0.50 / Your BG:GU: 0.64

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