scottish decoction question

[kensig]

first post here i am pretty new to this been brewing about a year ag last 6 batches. I am thinking about a scottish 70 with a 2 step decoction mash for my next brew but most recipes call for quite abit of crystal malts with a standard recipe will the decoction make it to sweet. or should i cut the crystal in the recipe.
ken

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

I have only done a few decoction brews and never done a classic 70, so I have no answers for you.
I did want to ask if you could post your proposed recipe and final one, a classic 70 sounds like a cool thing, and I could reuse the mash to produce a light malt base to make a braggot.

 

[Piotr]

British ales are to be done with single infusion only, I don't think they will benefit from decoction.
Pale malt is well modified and it will convert really quick (werermann pale is done 40 min after it hits the water), so if you insist on decoction, make only 1 step, not much of the starch will be left for the second.

 

[niquejim]

I've never heard of a decoction for a Scottish, although it is not unusual to take the first gallon of the first runoff and boil it down to a pint and add back to the total boil

 

[bradsul]

I've never heard of a decoction for a Scottish, although it is not unusual to take the first gallon of the first runoff and boil it down to a pint and add back to the total boil

+1, I'd do (and have done) this rather than a decoction. A decoction (even a triple) isn't going to get you that flavour you're looking for I don't think.