Good 80 Shilling Extract Recipe?

[navigator419]

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone has a good recipe for a Scottish 80 Shilling Recipe to brew with DME? The only two I know of are in the "Clone Brews" book, and both Belhaven and McEwan's don't get great reviews on any of the major reviewing sites.

I'm looking for something with malty caramel/butterscotch flavor, and a ABV coming in at under 6%. As I'm relatively new, I'm not at the level to brew a full grain recipe yet, so thanks for humoring me.

Any help would be most appreciated.

 

[daksin]

This is from Brewing Classic Styles and uses LME- you really want the English LME character and I don't know of any Munich DME but you could potentially just steep a half pound of biscuit malt and caramunich with the other steeping grains if you absolutely can't get any LME. If so, use extra light DME.

I haven't made this myself, but there isn't a bad recipe in the entire book- it's bound to be a winner.

7lbs English Pale Ale LME (Northern Brewer now has a Maris Otter syrup- this would be perfect)
0.25lb Munich LME
1 lb C40
0.5lb honey malt
0.25 C120
3oz pale chocolate malt (200L)

1oz EKG hops at 60 min

Use WLP001 or your favorite Scottish yeast.


From the book: The following would be a more traditional Scottish beer which relies more on kettle carmelization for flavor:

8.25lbs English Pale Ale LME
3oz Roasted barley

Take 1 gallon of wort (after steeping and dissolving LME) out and boil in a separate pot HARD for 20 minutes. Add that back and begin your 60 minute boil. Same hops and yeast.

 

[navigator419]

Thank you, this looks great! Great tip on the LME for this type of beer. Most appreciated!