#12 - Scottish Heavy 70/- - 27.02.09 - Pics added

[ChrisG]

Gonna get a Scottish Heavy 70/- on the go tonight.


3.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 80.6 %
0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 10.8 %
0.20 kg Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 5.4 %
0.05 kg Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 1.3 %
0.05 kg Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 1.3 %
0.02 kg Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 0.5 %
15.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [8.00%] (90 min) Hops 15.4 IBU
15.00 gm Fuggles [5.00%] (90 min) Hops 9.6 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale

Work out at around 3.6% - 1.038 end on 1.010 or thereabouts.

Pics to follow.

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Okay all finished...went well

Seems like my images are always the same, hope you like them anyway.



After the mash



Yes I did clean the elements



First wort hops



Boiled for 90mins



Nice colour



Collected 5 gallons at around 1.038 - 1.040 which us what I was looking for. Also rehydrate the Nottingham yeast first and added.

Temp currently at 16-18 degrees, going to try and ferment a bit lower for this one.

This seems to be my cheapest brew yet, working out at £7.50 making it around 19p a pint.

[Hogarth]

Looks tasty, Chris. Is a Scottish Heavy like a Mild?

Brewing images always look the same but everyone still likes to see them.

[Invalid Stout]

Looks tasty, Chris. Is a Scottish Heavy like a Mild?

Not really. Heavy is more like if you took the toffeeish flavour and colour of a best bitter and made a beer of the strength of an ordinary bitter and the hoppiness of a mild

[adm]

Very nice. Looks like a smooth brewday.

Good work!

[mysterio]

Looking good! Can't beat a pint of heavy!

[Invalid Stout]

If you can find a real one! I can't think of a cask-conditioned 70/– that's regularly available in any of the pubs I frequent. Hence if you order a pint of heavy in most pubs you'll get something fizzy, freezing cold and tasting mostly of boiled sugar and metal.

[Hogarth]

Looks tasty, Chris. Is a Scottish Heavy like a Mild?

Not really. Heavy is more like if you took the toffeeish flavour and colour of a best bitter and made a beer of the strength of an ordinary bitter and the hoppiness of a mild

Mmm, sounds like my sort of beer. Can you get it in bottles?

[mysterio]

If you can find a real one! I can't think of a cask-conditioned 70/– that's regularly available in any of the pubs I frequent. Hence if you order a pint of heavy in most pubs you'll get something fizzy, freezing cold and tasting mostly of boiled sugar and metal.

Good point, I make my own which i'm quite pleased with, based off one of Wheelers recipes, modified with home made amber malt and White Labs Edinburgh yeast.

[ChrisG]

Decided to bottle and barrel this tonight at 1.010 which makes this a 3.8% beer.

Just what I was wanting.

Tastes good and its a great colour.

Heres a few more photos.













How long do you think a 3.8% brew should condition for?

[Invalid Stout]

Tennent's and McEwan's condition theirs for an hour and a half!

[ChrisG]

Tennent's and McEwan's condition theirs for an hour and a half!

Speaking of Tennents, wonder whats in it? I used to drink it before I started Home Brewing.

[oblivious]

Speaking of Tennents, wonder whats in it? I used to drink it before I started Home Brewing.

But do you still with beer like that on tap?

[mysterio]

Tennent's and McEwan's condition theirs for an hour and a half!

Speaking of Tennents, wonder whats in it? I used to drink it before I started Home Brewing.

Lager malt, wheat, water, lager yeast. There may be some other chemicals in there but thats the core. There's probably a lot of truth in what Invalid Stout is saying, I doubt Tennents stays in the brewery for much more than 7 days from brewday before it leaves the building. Probably quickly fermented, crash chilled then filtered, then packaged.

[oblivious]

Also i would not be surprised if there was some rice/maize or sugar in there

[mysterio]

It's not on the listed ingredients on the can, It's low gravity/alcohol enough to taste light and watery without any adjunct, 4% abv i think.

Oh yeah some form of hops too, a dash of extracted alpha acids probably

Just checked out their website, not one piece of information about the actual beer! Or even a passing reference to it for that matter

http://www.tennents.com/index.php

And yet i'm still craving a nice cold can of Tennents