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Wee Heavy

From Brewing Classic Styles. I did the all-grain version.

Recipe

Grain bill:

  • 20 lb British pale
  • 0.5 lb Munich
  • 1 lb crystal 40•
  • 0.5 lb honey malt
  • 0.25 lb crystal 120•
  • 0.25 lb pale chocolate

Mash:

  • Mash at 154 F for 60 minutes

Boil additions:

  • 1.5 oz Kent Goldings (60 min)
  • 0.5 oz Kent Goldings (10 min)
  • Irish moss (10 min)

Yeast:

  • Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale (3 packs, no starter)

Notes:

  • Target OG: 1.099

Brewing day

  • Mash with 28 qts
  • Collected 9.5 gallons of wort
  • 90 minute boil
  • OG: 1.100
  • about 5 gallons into the fermenter
  • Fermented in bucket #2

Bottling day

  • FG: 1.024
  • 10.1% ABV
  • 48 12-ounce bottles
  • Primed with 4.1 oz corn sugar
  • Bottling bucket #1 (new CHAOS bucket)

Tasting notes

Timeline

  • 2015.11.29: Brew day
  • 2015.12.13: Pulled a sample. Gravity at 1.026.
  • 2016.01.23: Bottling day
  • 2016.05.04: Definitely oxygenated. A bit over-carbonated. Some bottles might be infected—WAY overcarbonated.