Wee Heavy Ye Ole Bagpipes

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This is a beer I brewed just for St.Louis MicroFest Homebrew Competition this year. This beer scored a 44 and went on to mini-BOS. I'm very proud of this beer and all that have tried it love it! So I thought I would share it with you.

The recipe has it listed as a wee heavy but I entered it as a export under the current 2015 BJCP Guidelines. Enjoy!

Here is a link to the score sheets from the competition. http://stlbrews.homebrewcomp.com/stlbrews/sheets/733705775-301.pdf



Ye Ole Bagpipes



Method: BIAB

Style: Wee Heavy

Boil Time: 60 min

Batch Size: 5 gallons

Boil Size: 6.5 gallons

Boil Gravity: 1.057 (recipe based estimate)



Original Gravity: 1.070 Final Gravity: 1.018 ABV (standard): 6.86% IBU (tinseth): 30.57 SRM (morey): 17.89

Fermentables

AmountFermentablePPG°LBill %

8 lbUnited Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale383.7572.3%

1 lbAmerican - Munich - Light 10L33109%

1 lbUnited Kingdom - Crystal 60L34609%

0.5 lbCanadian - Honey Malt37254.5%

6 ozUnited Kingdom - Extra Dark Crystal 120L331203.4%

3 ozUnited Kingdom - Pale Chocolate332071.7%

11.06 lbTotal

Hops

AmountVarietyAAUseTime

1 ozEast Kent Goldings4.5Boil60 min

1 ozEast Kent Goldings4.5First Wort

0.5 ozEast Kent Goldings4.5Boil30 min



Mash Guidelines

AmountDescriptionTypeTempTime

4 gal--150 F60 min

Yeast

White Labs - Edinburgh Scottish Ale Yeast WLP028

Attenuation (avg):

72.5%

Flocculation:

Medium

Optimum Temp:

65 - 70 °F

Starter:

Yes

Fermentation Temp:

65 °F

Pitch Rate:

0.75(M cells / ml / ° P)

254 B cells required



Notes

Pull 1/2 gal of wort from mash after 60min and reduce to 1qt or less but do not scorch. Add this back to the BK.