Recipes: Strong Scotch Ale

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Style Profile based on 253 recipes

OG

1.088

FG

1.023

IBU

28

ABV

8.7%

BU:GU

0.33

Hops

3.2 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 85% Base
  • 9% Crystal
  • 6% Toast
  • 2% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 42% East Kent Goldings
  • 23% Fuggles
  • 10% Southern Brewer
  • 7% Nugget
  • 6% Willamette
  • 6% Challenger
  • 5% Chinook
  • 4% Magnum (GR)
  • 4% Cascade
  • 4% Perle (GR)

% of Strong Scotch Ale recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 29% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 28% Roasted Barley
  • 26% Chocolate Malt
  • 25% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
  • 24% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 17% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
  • 16% Special B Malt
  • 15% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
  • 13% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
  • 11% Honey Malt

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 32% Scottish Ale (1728) Wyeast Labs
  • 25% Edinburgh Ale (WLP028) White Labs
  • 5% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 5% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
  • 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 3% Irish Ale (1084) Wyeast Labs
  • 3% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
  • 2% Tartan (A31) Imperial Yeast
  • 2% British Ale Yeast (WLP005) White Labs
  • 2% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs

% of Strong Scotch Ale recipes using each strain

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