Into the Brew Pot

A brewing journal and some recipes. Most of these recipes use extract with steeped grains, but a couple are mini-mash recipes that mash a few pounds of grains. Unless stated otherwise, I boil bittering hops for an hour, flavoring hops for 15 minutes, and aroma hops for a minute or less. I use whole-flower hops, unless otherwise stated. I always use either 1 oz. of Irish moss, or a Whirfloc tablet as a clarifying agent, added during the last 15 minutes of the boil.

April 10, 2006

Thorfinn's Scotch Ale #2

Another stab at the smoky Skullsplitter, this one was my favorite beer of the year. I bottled six 22oz bottles of this and kegged the rest. The bottles aged well over a year.

Grain bill (steep for 30 min at 155°F)
4.5 oz Belgian Aromatic
8 oz Crystal (60°L)
3 oz Peat smoked malt (17.4% phenol)

Extract/fermentables
7 lb Pale LME
3 lb Amber DME

Hop schedule

Bittering2 oz Fuggles (4.5%AA)
Flavoring1 oz N. Brewers (7.4%AA)

Yeast
White Labs Edinburgh Ale (WLP028)

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