80 Shillings Scottish Ale
The Second Coming
Started: 31 Aug 03
Bottled: 7 Sep 03
Ingredients
1.8kg can Muntons IPA Bitter
1kg Coopers Pale Malt Extract
500gms Barrett Burston Cracked Crystal Malt
500gms Dried Amber Malt Extract
2 x 11.5gm pkts Safale s-04 Dried Ale Yeast
Method
Bring 4L of water to boil, turn off heat, slowly add Crystal Malt
(will foam over if added too quickly)
Let steep for 20 mins
Strain, sparge with cold water, boil 'tea' for 10 mins
Mix 2 litres boiling water, can of Bitter extract, malts and 'tea' in fermenter
Top with water up to 23 litres adjusting pitching temp to 26-ish Deg C
Measure Specific Gravity
Pitch Yeast
Facts and Figures
OG 1.049
FG: 1.022
Alcohol about 5.3%
23 Litres
Analysis
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Used IPA Bitter base this time instead of the Glen Brew 80/- Heavy, as used last time After the last (exploding bottle) experience, we made sure fermentation was well and truly complete before bottling Brew nice and malty going into bottle - can still taste Crystal Malt Lovely rich caramel colour Some of the bottles from our last attempt at 80/- exploded violently in storage, leading us to suspect that fermentation had not really finished prior to bottling See Danger for details Taste Test - tried the finished beer after five weeks in the bottle - didn't have excessive carbonation this time (phew). Brew is very pleasant, definitely 80/- but not as heavy in flavour as the first batch we made - would prefer to use the Glen Brew base that we used in the first batch |
