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Yeah, this sounds like you're going for a wee heavy. Take a look online at some wee heavy recipes (or a clone of Skull Splitter!) - that might be what you want. Scotch Ales generally have some degree of kettle carmelizaiton.

Sounds nice! I've used smoked rye when I can find it, otherwise do a 50/50 smoked barley and rye to try to get the same effect. I am no fan of rye at all, but in a smoke beer it adds that je ne sais quoi that is perfect.

I did a Ginger Bière de Garde a few years ago that turned out quite nice. I used 12 oz. crystalized ginger, added to the boil with 15 mins remaining. There was definitely ginger in the beer, but not so much to overpower it. If I'd used straight ginger root, I'm thinking 8 oz would have had...

So I got inspired by Not Your Father's Root Beer and decided to brew my own. And I think it is pretty good, not as cloying as NYFRB and maybe good enough to enter in a competition coming up. But what BJCP category? Here are my guesses: 34C-Experimental (because this beer doesn't really...

2126 (and 2127) - 2 down. First one broke when I was shaking off water after rinsing it off and smacked it against the side of the sink. :smack: Second one ... umm ... I guess the bottom stopper in the tube wasn't quite as secure as I thought. Drop hydrometer in tube for storage, watch...