Recipes: Wee Heavy

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Style Profile based on 197 recipes

OG

1.085

FG

1.022

IBU

24

ABV

8.4%

BU:GU

0.29

Hops

3.5 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 86% Base
  • 10% Toast
  • 7% Crystal
  • 2% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 45% East Kent Goldings
  • 19% Fuggles
  • 8% Magnum (GR)
  • 6% Southern Brewer
  • 5% Willamette
  • 5% Challenger
  • 4% Nugget
  • 3% Northern Brewer (GR)
  • 3% Styrian Golding
  • 3% Warrior

% of Wee Heavy recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 14% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 13% Roasted Barley
  • 11% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
  • 9% United Kingdom - Golden Promise
  • 7% Special B Malt
  • 7% Honey Malt
  • 7% Chocolate Malt
  • 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
  • 5% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 5% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)

Colour = malt category ยท bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 19% Scottish Ale (1728) Wyeast Labs
  • 15% Edinburgh Ale (WLP028) White Labs
  • 8% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 4% Tartan (A31) Imperial Yeast
  • 4% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
  • 3% Empire Ale (M15) Mangrove Jack
  • 3% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs

% of Wee Heavy recipes using each strain