Scottish Ale - My 2nd Mini-Mash

[LS_Grimmy]

Howdy,

I kinda messed up my first Scottish Ale mini mash because I added to much crystal malt so I wanted to check in before I made my second attempt. I'm shooting for a scottish ale...

2.5# British Pale Malt
0.5# Crystal Malt 120L
0.25# Munich Malt
5.5# Light Liquid Malt Extract

Fuggles (AA4.0%) 1.00oz @60 min
Fuggles (AA4.0%) 0.25oz @15 min
Irish Moss @15 min 1 tablet
Fuggles (AA4.0%) 0.25oz @5 min

Wyeast Scottish Ale 1728



Predicted OG 1.056
Predicted ABV 5.5
IBU 18
SRM 17


Single temp infusion @ 150F for 60 min
Batch Size 23 L
Total Grain 3.25 lbs
Mash Ratio 1.5 L/500g
Mash Loss 0.65 L
Sparge 4.875 L
Mash Water 9.75 L
Kettle Wort 12.535 L
Evap Rate 0.62675 L/Hr
Boil Time 60 Min
Evap Loss 0.62675 L
Total Wort 11.90825 L




You can check my excel beer log from the link in my signature if you wanna see all the details...

Thanks,
LS_Grimmy

 

[fifelee]

I just listened to a great podcast on The Brewing Network about Scottish Ale's. It has loads of info.
Scottish Ale - look for the Oct 9th show

 

[david_42]

Wyeast Scottish Ale 1728, it will make a difference.

We hope you will top off to 23L before boiling (or as much as your pot holds). A 7L boil won't allow for much bittering.

 

[BierMuncher]

I just listened to a great podcast on The Brewing Network about Scottish Ale's. It has loads of info.
Scottish Ale - look for the Oct 9th show

Okaly fifelee, quit holding out.

Where can I get in tuned to this Brewing Network?

I mean...c'mon...a network dedicated to brewing beer...YEAH BABY! :rockin:

 

[LS_Grimmy]

Ya it's called The Brewing Network... I've been listening to it for months now. Here is the link

www.thebrewingnetwork.com

Enjoy

 

[fifelee]

LS_Grimmy, so you probably already heard the Scottish Ale show? I also enjoy the Brewing Network, great info and funny as hell. Highly recommended. But I didn't mean to hijack your thread. Anyone got advice on Scotish Ale's?

 

[LS_Grimmy]

Hey no worries it's all good... I listened to the show on the Scottish ale and it had some good stuff on it. Took some good notes for Scottish ale. I guess it is suppose to be a slightly sweet beer with low-medium bitterness, low hop aroma/flavor and an OG of about 1.055. Anyone else agree?
Oh ya I added 1 pound of light dry malt extract because OG was to low

 

[fifelee]

Your description is very close to what my taste buds experience. I love the scottish ales here in Edinburgh like Caledonian, McEwan's, & Belhaven's. I wish I had an ability with discriptive words, but let me try...They are light and easy to drink yet have lots of flavor. Light might not be the correct word, smoothe would be better..almost a creamy mouth feel maybe from being cask conditioned and yes, very little hop. How are you going to serve it? I think the higher temp and lowerer cask carbonation add a lot to the beer.