Style: Scottish Heavy

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.30

Hops

2.9 g/L

Mash pH

5.50

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.035 1.04
1.065
FG
1.01 1.015
1.016
IBU
10 20
19
ABV
3.3% 3.9%
6.4%
SRM
12 20
Typical Grain Bill

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of Scottish Heavy recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.73 g/L 1.93 g/L
1.36 g/L
Flavour
0.4 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.68 g/L
Aroma
0.3 g/L 1.08 g/L
0.66 g/L
Whirlpool
0.55 g/L 0.73 g/L
0.65 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019
0.53 g/L 0.53 g/L
0.53 g/L
2020
0 g/L 0 g/L
0 g/L
2023
0 g/L 0 g/L
0 g/L
2024
0 g/L 0 g/L
0 g/L

dated Scottish Heavy recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Mash Profile
  • 87% Single Infusion
  • 13% Step Mash
  • 0% Decoction

% of Scottish Heavy recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile
  • 100 ppm Ca²⁺
  • 18 ppm Mg²⁺
  • 20 ppm Na⁺
  • 45 ppm Cl⁻
  • 105 ppm SO₄²⁻
  • 235 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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