Wee Heavy

Plan

  • Attempt a Scottish winter beer, somewhere between a 120 shilling and a Wee Heavy

Graph

Actual Figures

FieldTargetActual
OG1.0751.060
FG1.0201.016
ABV7.2%5.8%

Lessons

  • Hot break can be managed by adding 2.5g of hops at start of boil, and the rest straight after the break.
  • Jamming too much grain into hop pipe reduces efficiency. Ad extra water and stir every 20 minutes, I can always boil for longer to reach target volume.
  • I can use hop spider with pump as extra filter during pre-boil and at cool down.
  • Also remember the manual stats that the 1900w element is sufficient for a rolling boil.

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