warrenlw63
Just a Hoe
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Glesgay Ale
Ale - Scottish Light AleAll Grain
Brewer's Notes
Sort of an accidental Scottish 70. Used Powells malt in a single infusion mash and only managed to get 50% efficiency.
Important notes:
Run first 4 litres of runnings into a separate pot and boil down to about 2 litres to caramelise. This gave some really nice toffee notes to a low gravity beer. Yeast choice was not as good as I'd hoped Wyeast 2278 dried the beer out far too much (fermented at 14-15 deg.). Next time I'd use a yeast that ferments cleanly with little or no esters but does not attenuate too much. Wyeast Euro Ale 1388(?) comes to mind.
Important notes:
Run first 4 litres of runnings into a separate pot and boil down to about 2 litres to caramelise. This gave some really nice toffee notes to a low gravity beer. Yeast choice was not as good as I'd hoped Wyeast 2278 dried the beer out far too much (fermented at 14-15 deg.). Next time I'd use a yeast that ferments cleanly with little or no esters but does not attenuate too much. Wyeast Euro Ale 1388(?) comes to mind.
Malt & Fermentables
| % | KG | Fermentable |
|---|---|---|
 | 7 kg | Powells Ale Malt (Powells Malt) |
| 1 kg | JWM Wheat Malt |
| 0.6 kg | TF Crystal |
| 0.4 kg | Weyermann Smoked |
| 0.2 kg | TF Amber Malt |
| 0.1 kg | TF Roasted Barley |
Hops
| Time | Grams | Variety | Form | AA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 30 g | Northdown (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 60mins) | ||
| 20 g | Northdown (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 15mins) |
40L Batch Size
Brew Details
- Original Gravity 1.036 (calc)
- Final Gravity 1.011 (calc)
- Bitterness 23.9 IBU
- Efficiency 50%
- Alcohol 3.24%
- Colour 28 EBC
Fermentation
- Primary 14 days
- Secondary 14 days
- Conditioning 1 days
