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Four Sticks Scottish Heavy
A 70 shilling Scottish Ale
| Brewer: | Buzzerj | Email: | buzzerj@yahoo.com | |||||
| Beer: | Four Sticks Scottish Heavy | Style: | Scottish Heavy Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.25 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 25 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.040 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 3.6% v/v (2.8% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Tap water (soft)used for boil. Final volume topped up to 5.2 gallons with purchased spring water. | |||||||
| Grain: | 1 lb. American crystal 60L 4 oz. Roasted barley 1 lb. 12 oz. British pale |
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| Steep: | Steep at 150°F for 30 minutes | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.035 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 3.3 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Light dry malt extract |
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| Actually added 2 cups of extract to the boil and added all other extract at flameout (late addition method). | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Willamette (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (4.5% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale Yeast in a 2 pint starter | |||||||
| Log: | Fermenting at 60-66°F for 14 days before racking to secondary. Put on garage floor for some of the fermentation period to get temperatures of 54-62°F. Cooler fermentation is better for Scottish Ales. Brewed on 4-27-08 and bottled on 5-24-08. | |||||||
| Tasting: | Oh yeah! Pretty darn good! That will improve your Scottish brough. A blue ribbon beer in the 2008 Clark Co. Washington Fair, ranked 10th best overall. Gotta try it! | |||||||
Recipe posted 08/06/08.