Electric Bagpipe Scottish Strong Ale (Scot-American!) (All Grain) 5.5 US gal

Electric Bagpipe Scottish Strong Ale (Scot-American!)
(All Grain) 5.5 US gal

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by Dan M on July 03, 2003 at 23:41:29:
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Brewing Method: All Grain
Yeast: WL Edinburgh
Yeast Starter: "Pitchable tube" and lotsa pure O2
Batch Size: 5.5 US gal
Original Gravity: 1.075
Final Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol Content: 8.0 %
Total Grains: 15 pounds
Color: 15
Extract Efficiency: 65 %
Hop IBU's: 50
Boiling Time: 90min
Primary Fermentation: 1 week 70deg F
Secondary Fermentation: 2 eeeks 70deg F
Additional Fermentation: 1+ weeks 40deg F

Grain Bill:

5 lb Munton's Pale
5 lb Briess Ashburne (Mild)
2 lb Munich malt
1 lb Belgian Aromatic
1 lb British Crystal 80L
1 lb Weyermann Smoked Malt

Hop Bill:

1 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%AA) 65 min
1 oz Kent Goldings (6.5%AA) 45 min
1 oz Kent Goldings (6.5%AA) 25 min
(all whole hops in hops bags--somewhat low utilization)

Mash Schedule:

1.25 quarts per lb. single infusion @ 152deg F got
low efficiency, be sure to adjust for your system

Brewers Notes:

took 2 gal 1st runnings and reduced to >1gal in separate pot before adding back to boil

The smoked flavor was quite pronounced both going into secondary and when kegging but blended quite well after two weeks at 40deg in the keg-o-rator. Malty, the Holy Grail of beers (for me) "it'sa vury nice-a"