Prise de Chasse

The better beer i brewed in my life!! (and it's been 10 years i'm brewing!!)
Very nice!!

Brewer:	Pascal Desbiens		Email:	paskbuster@sympatico.ca
Beer:	Prise de Chasse		Style:	Strong Scotch Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	13 gallons
Color:	44 HCU (~20 SRM)		Bitterness:	22 IBU
OG:	1.080		FG:	1.022
Alcohol:	7.5% v/v (5.9% w/w)
Grain:	13kg British pale 500g American Munich 1kg American crystal 90L 100g Belgian Special B 250g American chocolate
Mash:	75% efficiency
	mash in 65c. mash out 77c
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.067	15.5 gallons
	1.5kg Amber malt extract
Hops:	2 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 60 min.) .2 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	Wyeast Scottish ale 1728
Log:	1 week primary. 2 months secondary. Caramelized the amber extract malt before adding it to the boil.
Tasting:	A very good Scotch ale. Took the first place in a contest here in Canada. I put 500g of peated malt but the listing didn't mentionned that kind of malt . So just replace the Munich malt by the peated.

Recipe posted 12/31/00.