11.01.2009

Had some friends over last night to hang out and hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters… we didn’t see a whole lot of kids, but we did have a whole lot of fun. Long brew session, this was about 8 hours or so.. a very long boil to condense this down to 5 gallons of wort. Tastes great though, should be quite malty with a clean supportive bitterness.

Super Strong Scotch
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Brewer: Josh Gum
Style: Generic Ale
Batch: 5.25 galAll Grain

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.100 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 45 IBU
Recipe Color: 16 SRM
Estimated FG: 1.025
Alcohol by Volume: 9.7%
Alcohol by Weight: 7.6%

Ingredients
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American two-row 22.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
Crystal 40L 1.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Roasted barley 0.25 lb, Grain, Mashed

Magnum 0.45 oz, Whole, 60 minutes
Pacific Gem 0.25 oz, Whole, 30 minutes
Pacific Gem 0.75 oz, Whole, 60 minutes

Calcium Chloride 1.00 unit, Other, 1tsp @ 15min
Gypsum 1.00 unit, Other, 1.5tsp in mash
Irish Moss 1.00 unit, Fining, 1tsp @ 30min
WLP028 Edinburgh 1.00 unit, Other, 2 vials
Yeast Nutrient 1.00 unit, Other, 1tsp @ 15min

Notes
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Recipe Notes:
Mashed at 151f for 90min
Boiled for 3 hours
OG 1.100

11/14: FG 1.025, has a tart hop nose on it and a rich malt graininess with some sort of berry esters along with a big alcohol punch in the face. This one is going to age well!

1/10/10 : Malty sweet with a hint of peat aroma and alcohol. Orange copper color, little bit hazy.. A light and tight bubbled head that collapses fairly quick. Medium to medium-heavy mouthfeel, tastes of sweet caramel, fig type fruit, and finishes with a little herbal spicy bitterness, bready flavors with warm alcohol down to my chest. Definitely a 4oz taste is plenty for now.. will be cool to see how this ages. I plan on entering it in competition later this year for more feedback..As it warmed up I’m tasting as if there is a little bit of oak sort of flavors (vanilla) midway through the taste.. I don’t know if this is a by product of the kettle caramelization (it boiled for like 3 hours) or if that is mainly from the Edinburgh yeast strain..

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