Damn the Hagis
A very tasty and yet not quite what I was trying for brew...
Brewer: | Bear | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Damn the Hagis | Style: | Scottish Heavy Ale | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 14 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.079 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 9.0% v/v (7.0% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Crystal Springs Drinking Water | |||||||
Grain: | 1 lb. American crystal 120L 4 oz. British chocolate 8 oz. Rauch Grain |
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Steep: | Grains for 30 min at 165° | |||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.175 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
9 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Dark dry malt extract 4 oz. Brown sugar 8 oz. Honey |
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Added 2 oz Heather Tips to the boil at 60 min, as well as 8 oz maltodextrine, along with honey, and all malt, and 1 oz Northdown. At 30 min I added anothr 0z of Northdown At 20 minutes, the 4 oz brown sugar and 1 tab whirlfloc At 15 minutes, I put in the Saaz and Tettnang hops. |
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Hops: | 1 oz. Northdown (6.2% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Northdown (6.2% AA, 30 min.) .75 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 15 min.) .75 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | White Labs Edinburgh Yeast | |||||||
Log: | Brewed 3-23-05; secondary on 4-4-05. Kegged on 4-23-05. Still not 'on tap' but will be in the next two-three weeks, I'd suspect. | |||||||
Carbonation: | 5 oz priming sugar into 16 oz water, in keg for natural carb of keg (since I knew I'd have the time to naturally carb the keg) |
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Tasting: | soon to come...out of secondary, all tastes still merging, but seems interesting. Nice malt hides high alchohol - has many layers of flavor. |
Recipe posted 06/04/05.