Moylan's Kiltlifter Scottish Ale Clone

Moylans Kiltlifter Scottish Ale Clone

This recipe is based on the grain bill emailed to me from Moylans brewery in Novato, California. I think it was a good first attempt at recreating their awesome scottish ale, but it likely lacks some malty/caramel characteristics present in Moylans version

Grain Bill:

American two row- 10 lbs
Crystal malt 70L- 10oz
Crystal malt 120L- 10oz
Vienna Durst- 8oz
Munich- 8oz
Special B- 5oz
carapils- 8oz

Mash Schedule: 153 degrees for 1 hr
Mash out at 170 for 5 min

Fly sparge with 168 degree water
collected 6.5 gallons pre-boil

Boil Schedule:

Total Time: 70 min
1st addition at 10 min: 1.5oz Kent Goldings (4-6%)
2nd addition at 55 min: 0.5oz Kent Goldings (4-6%)


Yeast: White Labs 001- California Ale yeast

This looks like a good recipe to me. It is very close to the recipe for the Wee Heavy I sent to the NHC this year. I will have to dig it up and compare.

I just made this, upped the grain bill by 25%... Hit a 1.079 OG, to stay authentic to the alcohol percentage. I did some research about this clone and it appears to be authentic to the actual Moylans Kiltlifter!!!!

I made some of my own additions to this, I went with Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale yeast and added 4oz'z of brittish chocolate malt.

how did yours turn out hurricane?

This came out as a winner... It's one of my best beers ever, i'm really reluctant to share it! lol

Do you think Marris Otter would add that Caramel Malty flavor that was missing?

HenryVance3 said:

Do you think Marris Otter would add that Caramel Malty flavor that was missing?

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It's been over an year, but I think I added Marris Otter to mine... Not sure, I did slightly deviate on this recipe. I will have to check my notes and see what I did... But I do know this is a winner!

Just looked, i didn't add it... If you suggested adding it, how much would you add HenryVance3?

To be honest I am just now playing with MO. I have been doing a complete swap of reg2row for MO 2row and my latest batch of amber is my best yet. Which is not say alot as I am newer to all grain and just now starting to deviate from recipes. I will try it out both ways if possible this summer for fun and see.

Just had some Kilt Lifter last night and I loved it: a Wee Heavy without the boozy taste! I am going to take Hurricane's comments into consideration and tweak tborgman's recipe a bit. I'd like to see the difference that WLP001 California will yield as opposed to WLP028 Edinburgh. We'll see!

Brewed this today as a 3 gal batch. This was my first brew in my new place, and sadly, much went wrong

Had absolutely terrible efficiency (due do bad mash temp control), had a boil-over, and because of the bad efficiency I had an OG of 1.051. Oh well, such is life.

I'll try and post again on bottling day with FG and a taste test. Also, I fermented with Wyeast Scottish Ale (which is quickly becoming my favorite)

What was your fermentation temperature? It isn't listed in the recipe; only the time frame.

Bottled this the other night. Tasted nice and sweet.

OG: 1.070
FG: 1.012
ABV: 7.7%