After deciding not to risk the Amarillo that I had in the freezer I am now going to brew a beer from BYORAAH Borve Brewery - BORVE ALE
"A fine reddish-brown Scotch ale with deep malt and hop character. Rich rounded malt with long, bitter finish & a hint of chocolate"
I'm naming this after my Uncle from Scotland who sadly passed away recently.
I have tweaked the recipe a little, I'll be using Oregon Fuggle as the bittering hop and I've added 20g Styrians after the boil to steep.
All weighed out :
25L batch
90 min mash (67degC) & boil
Based on BHE 75%
Target OG 1.044
4800gm Pale Malt (Fawcetts MO) Grain 97%
70gm Crystal Malt Grain 1.5%
50gm Roasted Barley Grain 1%
25gm Chocolate Malt Grain 0.5%
80.00 gm Fuggles [4.00 %] (90 min) Hops 31.4 IBU
20.00 gm Styrian Goldings [3.30 %] (15 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
20.00 gm Styrian Goldings [3.30 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
When I weighed out I was struck by how small a quantity there are of 'other' grains compared to the pale malt, would anyone suggest increasing any of these at all, or will this qty be enough to give a nice colour & complex malty taste?
Brewday - Tue 13/11/07 "Big Kenny"
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monk
It all depends on what you want to get out of the recipe, Wez. Pale ales and other brews tend to have a higher percentage of crystal or specialty malts, but I think Scotch ales are just fairly malty, as far as I know. I've never brewed one, but I've sampled a few. I would imagine that it would come out nice if you mash a little high and let the base malt really come through solid. But take that with a grain of salt, I'm fairly intoxicated.
Good luck. Monk
Good luck. Monk
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