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.

December 11, 2006

Thorfinn's Scotch Ale 2006

Grain bill (steep for 60 min at 155°F)
2.75 oz Peated Malt
7.0 oz Crystal 40
4.0 oz Belgian Aromatic
3.0 oz Black Roasted Barley
2.0 oz Rye Malt
4.0 oz Special B
8.0 oz Caravienne

Extract/fermentables (boiled one hour to carmelize)
7.0 lb Pale LME
2.0 lb Dark LME
1.0 lb Dark DME

Hop schedule

Bittering--

2.0 oz Northern Brewer Pellets (7.5% AA)

Adjuncts
1 Whirfloc tablet

Yeast
Two Packages of Danstar Nottingham Ale Yeast

O.G. = 1.078

Labels: scotch ale