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Sheen apparently likes my Wee Heavy and asked for my recipe. Here it is.

Bugeater Wee Heavy

Batch size: 5.5 gallons

OG 1.112
FG 1.035
23 SRM
34 IBU
77% mash efficiency

18.00 lb Maris Otter
1.00 lb Light Munich
1.00 lb Crystal 60
0.50 lb Honey Malt
0.13 lb Black Patent
0.50 lb Pale Chocolate Malt

1.75 oz Goldings Whole 4.75% 60 min
1.00 oz Goldings Whole 4.75% 5 min

Yeast White Labs 028 Edinburgh Ale

Single infusion mash @ 154 for 90 min
Collect enough wort for a two hour boil (about 8.5 gallons)
Boil 1 gallon of first runnings down to 2 cups in a separate pot and add back to boil kettle.

Ferment at 63°F

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I sent Sheen two of my last four bottles so time for me to brew it again for next fall. This one took 9 months to fully mature.

This is a modification of Jamil's recipe from BCS.

Wayne

Thanks Bug.

I'm curious - never seen mentioned boiling part of the first runnings separately.

What does concentrating apart from the main boil do to the character of the beer that is different than boiling it all together? You are reducing this first gallon in half, so it is more concentrated than the rest of the boil.

Also, Is that 1 gallon you are collecting is inclusive or in addition to the 8.5 gallons?

You get a degree of caramelization that you can't get from just the regular boil. You end up with a couple cups of malt syrup that has darkened a bit.

Wayne

Thanks - and now that I think of it you'll be running 8 gallons of wort after you collect the first gallon, and then will add that 1/2 gallon back for a total of 8 1/2?

Sorry for the stupid questions, but want to figure out the all-grain lingo as I hope to start soon.

is there a love on that Munich?

rhino777 wrote:is there a love on that Munich?

Try 10L

Wayne

Thanks Bug, this was delish. Wonderful sweetness but not cloying at all.

rhino777 wrote:is there a love on that Munich?

Please don't love the Munich before you brew with it...

eew!