orford
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
My girlfriend had a taste of DB the other night and was pretty eager for me to take a shot at this... We all know the rules about keeping the sigo happy with brewing. Looking at the original AG recipe I am confused how we get an ABV of 8.5% from 13# of base grain and an IBU of 50 from 2 oz of hops... I put together my own recipe as follows, it's a bit on the heavy side, most likely I will end up at 6 gallons or so:
Style: Strong Scotch Ale OG: 1.084
Type: FG: 1.016
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 8.91 %
Calories: 272 IBU's: 54.32
Efficiency: 75 % Boil Size: 6.35 Gal
Color: 23.3 SRM Batch Size: 5.50 Gal
Preboil OG: 1.079 Boil Time: 60 minutes
Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 21 days @ 68.0°F
Bottle/Keg 14 days @ 74.0°F
Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
17.00 lbs 86.08 % Simpsons Golden Promise 60 mins 1.034
0.50 lbs 2.53 % Briess Carapils 60 mins 1.034
0.50 lbs 2.53 % Weyermann Caramunich I 60 mins 1.036
0.50 lbs 2.53 % Caravienne Malt 60 mins 1.034
1.00 lbs 5.06 % Dingemans Special B 60 mins 1.030
0.25 lbs 1.27 % Briess Chocolate 60 mins 1.035
Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
2.00 ozs 24.21 Goldings, East Kent 60 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 5.31 Goldings, East Kent 40 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 3.67 Goldings, East Kent 20 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 4.78 Fuggles 40 mins 4.50
1.50 ozs 16.34 Fuggles 60 mins 4.50
Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Scottish Ale Wyeast Labs 1728
Mash Profile
Medium Body Infusion In 60 min @ 154.0°F
Add 24.69 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 166.0°F
Medium Body Infusion Out 10 min @ 168.0°F
Add 4.00 qt water @ 210.0°F
Sparge
Sparge 8.98 qt of 170.0°F water
My girlfriend had a taste of DB the other night and was pretty eager for me to take a shot at this... We all know the rules about keeping the sigo happy with brewing. Looking at the original AG recipe I am confused how we get an ABV of 8.5% from 13# of base grain and an IBU of 50 from 2 oz of hops... I put together my own recipe as follows, it's a bit on the heavy side, most likely I will end up at 6 gallons or so:
Style: Strong Scotch Ale OG: 1.084
Type: FG: 1.016
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 8.91 %
Calories: 272 IBU's: 54.32
Efficiency: 75 % Boil Size: 6.35 Gal
Color: 23.3 SRM Batch Size: 5.50 Gal
Preboil OG: 1.079 Boil Time: 60 minutes
Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 21 days @ 68.0°F
Bottle/Keg 14 days @ 74.0°F
Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
17.00 lbs 86.08 % Simpsons Golden Promise 60 mins 1.034
0.50 lbs 2.53 % Briess Carapils 60 mins 1.034
0.50 lbs 2.53 % Weyermann Caramunich I 60 mins 1.036
0.50 lbs 2.53 % Caravienne Malt 60 mins 1.034
1.00 lbs 5.06 % Dingemans Special B 60 mins 1.030
0.25 lbs 1.27 % Briess Chocolate 60 mins 1.035
Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
2.00 ozs 24.21 Goldings, East Kent 60 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 5.31 Goldings, East Kent 40 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 3.67 Goldings, East Kent 20 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 4.78 Fuggles 40 mins 4.50
1.50 ozs 16.34 Fuggles 60 mins 4.50
Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Scottish Ale Wyeast Labs 1728
Mash Profile
Medium Body Infusion In 60 min @ 154.0°F
Add 24.69 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 166.0°F
Medium Body Infusion Out 10 min @ 168.0°F
Add 4.00 qt water @ 210.0°F
Sparge
Sparge 8.98 qt of 170.0°F water