Ralph and I haven't come up with a name for this one yet

[Gymrat]

Our next brew day, which will probably be March 16, We are going to do a Wee Heavy. I typically don't like real high alcohol beers but I do love a good Wee Heavy. This is the recipe I have so far. The victory malt is just because I only have 4oz of it and thought I would dump it in there to bump up the maltiness just a tad. I thought about maybe taking a gallon of the first runnings and boiling it down to half a gallon to caramelize it and add color like the original brewers used to do. But then I decided just to be lazy and use caramel malt and black patent The hops are not British but you don't taste the hops in a Scotch ale at all so I don't think that matters. Also this lists a package of 04 but that isn't what I am going to use. I am going to drop the yeast out from under the Avalanche Ale I am doing and dump that into my Wee Heavy. So the yeast count will be much higher than a package provides.

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Wee Heavy
Brewer: Roger
Asst Brewer: Ralph the Wonderdog
Style: Strong Scotch Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 5.70 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.20 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.086 SG
Estimated Color: 16.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 24.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
15 lbs Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 1 94.5 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.1 %
4.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 1.6 %
2.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 4 0.8 %
1.00 oz Sterling [7.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 24.8 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 6 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs 14.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 20.84 qt of water at 167.5 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 2.98gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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[FedoraDave]

Ralph's Raise The Kilt Wee Heavy?

[Gymrat]

Ralph's Raise The Kilt Wee Heavy?

I called my last scottish ale Ralph's Bark Up Your Kilt Scottish Ale. But since then I have been traumatized by inkleg's kilt photo so I prefer to leave the word "kilt" out of it

[philm00x]

Ralph's Raise The Kilt Wee Heavy?

I called my last scottish ale Ralph's Bark Up Your Kilt Scottish Ale. But since then I have been traumatized by inkleg's kilt photo so I prefer to leave the word "kilt" out of it

srsly.

[Kealia]

Beam Me Up Scotty?

[RickBeer]

Ralph doesn't seem very creative for his intelligent looking photo...

One would think there would be a lot of names like:

Ralph's Woof Ale
Ralph's Roof Ale
Ralph's Rough Ale
Ralph's Arf Beer