I got a recipe from a magazine that had 150 clone brews. I went to my local hbs and they didnt' have the exact ingredients so I got what I could and changed things up a little to make it my own. The clone I used as a pattern is the Wee Heavy Scotch Ale from Steelhead Bewing.
Please let me know if this is a decent modification to it or tell me how it looks.
Starting with roughly 6 1/4 gallons of water to give me about 5 at the end.
Faw kin Hevy "Scotch Ale"
6lbs DME (start of boil)----------------- 1lb more than they suggested
8lbs LME (20 minutes left in boil)---------.13lbs less than they suggested
Steeping Grains
3/4lb Belgian Special B Malt--------------suggested 10.9oz
3/4lb Belgian Buscuit Malt----------------suggested 9.33oz
1/4lb Chocolat malt----------------------about 2x as much as they suggested
.55oz 12AAU Columbus Hops (60 minute boil)------ Suggested was Nugget Hops @ 7AAU and .02 more than suggested
.55oz Mt. Hood Hops 3AAU (20 minutes left in boil)------ .05 more than what they suggested
Scotch Ale Yeast - Wyeast 1728 Scottish---- ---- same
.75 cup priming sugar at bottleing----------------- same
This might sound silly but I would have liked to make an exact clone with the exact same ingredients but they didn't have them. I then decided to use it as a template so I hope it's not considered wrong to use someone elses as a pattern. I don't know enough about making beer to formulate my own. I have to use something as a pattern or guidline.
Thanks
Jake
Please let me know if this is a decent modification to it or tell me how it looks.
Starting with roughly 6 1/4 gallons of water to give me about 5 at the end.
Faw kin Hevy "Scotch Ale"
6lbs DME (start of boil)----------------- 1lb more than they suggested
8lbs LME (20 minutes left in boil)---------.13lbs less than they suggested
Steeping Grains
3/4lb Belgian Special B Malt--------------suggested 10.9oz
3/4lb Belgian Buscuit Malt----------------suggested 9.33oz
1/4lb Chocolat malt----------------------about 2x as much as they suggested
.55oz 12AAU Columbus Hops (60 minute boil)------ Suggested was Nugget Hops @ 7AAU and .02 more than suggested
.55oz Mt. Hood Hops 3AAU (20 minutes left in boil)------ .05 more than what they suggested
Scotch Ale Yeast - Wyeast 1728 Scottish---- ---- same
.75 cup priming sugar at bottleing----------------- same
This might sound silly but I would have liked to make an exact clone with the exact same ingredients but they didn't have them. I then decided to use it as a template so I hope it's not considered wrong to use someone elses as a pattern. I don't know enough about making beer to formulate my own. I have to use something as a pattern or guidline.
Thanks
Jake