Wee Heavy

[Partridge9]

Brewed this today ..
Dont know much about the style, kinda going from 'brewing classic styles'
Added a tablespoon of molases for the heck of it.
Anyone know about scottish wee heavy ?

wee heavy
14-B Scottish Heavy
Date: 23-Jan-16



Size: 22.0 L
Efficiency: 76.0%
Attenuation: 74.0%
Calories: 132.21 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.040 (1.035 - 1.040)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.010 (1.010 - 1.015)
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Color: 29.07 EBC (25.61 - 43.34)
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Alcohol: 3.85% (3.2% - 3.9%)
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Bitterness: 20.4 (10.0 - 20.0)
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Ingredients:
3.9 kg (97.9%) 3.9 kg Pale Ale Malt - added during mash
85 g (2.1%) 85 g Roast Barley - added during mash
15.0 g (100.0%) 15.0 g First Gold (7.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
1 ea 1 ea White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish Ale

Notes
Mashed at 68C
1 Table spoon of Molases
90 min boil
10 litres of RO water used, 15 lites of Filtered

[pob]

Should have asked one of the GCBrewers who brewed the 2015 award winning barrel aged Wee Heavy

Confused by the name, looking at the style guide, I think yours is more a Heavy (lower ABV) not a 17C - Wee Heavy (6.5-10%).

[Partridge9]

Sorry your right, heavy, ABV 3.5 to 4

[irish_goat]

GBB had a salted caramel wee heavy out last month that was really nice too. Think it was around the 8% mark.

Recipe looks bang on.

[Partridge9]

I an curious about the molasses,  I want to avoid 'scorching ' the wort. Not sure if molasses will have the same impact

[Pepin The Short]

Nice one.
Isn't black treacle basically the British equivalent of molasses .And like honey wont add much to the flavor ? Or does black treacle have fewer fermentable sugars within it . Or has it just got more impurities left over from refining sugar ?

[pob]

I think the 1.5hour boil is used to develop the Melanoidin characteristics of the beer.

Would have thought the molasses might add too much of a distinctive/strong flavour to final beer.

Would have thought the Braumeister would be OK with long boil without scorching.

[beerfly]

I think treacle is about the same a molasses, it can add to the flavour as it is not as fermentable as other sugars.

The braumeister element is lower density then a kettle element so should not scorch. I have had more trouble getting hot/cold break of it then anything