Style: Scottish Heavy
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.30
Hops
2.9 g/L
Mash pH
5.50
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.065
FG 1.016
IBU 19
ABV 6.4%
SRM
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 1.36 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.66 g/L
Whirlpool 0.65 g/L
Common Hops
- 36% East Kent Goldings
- 16% Fuggle
- 7% Cascade
- 5% Perle
- 4% Golding
- 4% Nugget
- 4% Willamette
- 3% Magnum
- 3% Centennial
- 3% Northern Brewer
% of Scottish Heavy recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0.53 g/L
2020 0 g/L
2023 0 g/L
2024 0 g/L
dated Scottish Heavy recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 19% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 10% American - Caramel / Crystal 120L
- 10% American - Roasted Barley
- 8% United Kingdom - Pale Chocolate
- 7% American - Caramel / Crystal 40L
- 7% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 7% United Kingdom - Golden Promise
- 6% American - Chocolate
- 6% Belgian - Special B
- 6% Roasted Barley
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 14% Scottish Ale (1728) Wyeast Labs
- 12% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 10% Edinburgh Ale (WLP028) White Labs
- 9% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Tartan (A31) Imperial Yeast
- 3% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 2% Scottish Ale (OYL-015) Omega
- 2% Irish Ale (1084) Wyeast Labs
- 1% Empire Ale (M15) Mangrove Jack's
% of Scottish Heavy recipes using each strain
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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