Wee Heavy Recipe - Bad Axe Bastard

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Bad Axe Bastard

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All Grain
6 Gallon(s)
9 Gallon(s)
90 min
66%
Strong Scotch Ale second fermentation in an oak whisky barrel

This recipe was cloned from Bad Axe Kilt Splitter.

Fermentables

72% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
18
38
3
Mash
8% - Pale 2-Row - UK
2
36
2
Mash
8% - Wheat - US
2
39
3
Mash
4% - Special B
1
30
180
Mash
4% - CaraVienna - BE
1
34
22
Mash
2% - Carafa I - DE
0.5
32
337
Mash
1% - Roasted Barley - US
0.25
25
300
Mash
1% - Smoked Malt - US
0.125
37
9
Mash

Hops

No hops in this recipe

Yeast

White Labs Edinburgh Ale WLP028
63%

Other Stuff

Yeast Nutrient
3
tsp
Primary
Super Irish Moss
0.25
tsp
Boil
Molasses
12
oz
FlameOut

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Toast the 2 lb pale malt and spread onto a sheet pan. Bake for 15 to 30 minutes in a 350F oven. Remove from the oven, cool, and store in a paper bag for 2 weeks to mellow.
2.
Make a 2 liter yeast starter 2 days before brewing.
3.
Saccharification Rest 150F 60 minutes
4.
90 minute boil
5.
Cool to 70 deg aerate and pitch yeast
6.
Soak 2 oz oak chips in 8 oz bourbon 3 days prior to 2ndary transfer
7.
OR use 5 gal used whiskey barrel as 2ndary
8.
Transfer to 2ndary for 4 weeks

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Recipe Facts

Bad Axe Bastard
Wee Heavy
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 9.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.102 OG
  • 1.038 FG
  • 35.7 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.35 BG:GU
  • 32.0° SRM Color
  • 66% Efficiency
  • 8.3% ABV Alcohol
  • 366 per 12oz Calories
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