#10 - If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP!

The empty beer bottles are piling up, so it's time to lay up a new batch. I was wanting a to try for a Wee Heavy, but I'm not sure whether this recipe qualifies or not.  We'll see when it's done!

This recipe is based on a Scottish Ale recipe in The Brewmaster's Bible. That recipe called for a darker malt grain, but I had to go with the darkest I could get from my supply store. It still came out with a good color, so I have high hopes for it!

Scottish Ale
10 oz dark crystal malt 90°
3 lb crushed pale ale malt
4.5 lb dry light malt extract
2 oz 4% AA Fuggles hops
Wyeast scottish ale liquid yeast packet

Mash the grains in 1 gallon of 150° water for 45 minutes. Sparge with cold water to get 4 gallons of wort. Boil the wort for 90 minutes, adding 1 3/4 oz hops at 60 minutes to end, and the other 1/4 oz at 15 minutes to the end.

Add 1 more gallon of cold water during cooling. Pitch yeast when wort has cooled to 75°.