Imperial. Scotch. Ale.

Published - 21.12.2010 Comments (12)

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It is very snowy. So what do you do when you latest shipment of high alpha awesome hops cant arrive because the delivery driver is stuck in snow 300 miles away? We decided to brew a Scotch Ale. But not just any Scotch Ale. An Imperial Scotch Ale.

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The wort as it is just starting to ferment in our 20HL FV

With an absolute mountain of every type of malt we had in our malt store we loaded up our mash tun in our attempt to make the biggest, baddest, punk Scotch Ale ever. We mashed in with over a ton of 10 different types of malt! The beer will be either AB:05 or AB:06. We have not decided yet. But it will definitely form part of our abstrakt series and be a one off limited edition batch.

The malt bill and brew sheet.

The beer is being bottom fermented with our house lager yeast and has a target ABV of 12% and a very modest 30 IBUs. It was unusual for us to make a beer with so little hops, so we wanted to ensure we completely maxed out the malts. We also added some amazing Scottish Heather Honey too. Despite the fact it has only been fermenting for a day it is already tasting amazing.

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Head Brewer Stewart Bowman with Franz, Graeme and Jack.

In other news our I Hardcore You T-shirts have arrived and are on sale here: http://www.brewdog.com/product/i-hardcore-you-t-shirts Look out for another batch of this collaboration beer in January .

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Comments (12)

[email protected] 28.12.2010 @ 12:46am

...when I say original gravity isn't that important, I mean when you know the ABV for replica attempts as they'll have a much more efficient brewery than the old cool-box mash tun anyway lol

Will 28.12.2010 @ 12:43am

Well the starting gravity is there (or there abouts) and not that important.I'd guess it's a secret ingredient as it's in that section... hmmm... oak chips?I've just got into homebrewing for a hobby and it's cool that you release this info, not that i'll make a replica but gives and idea of how various malts & hops compliment each other.

kieran 22.12.2010 @ 10:22am

thats one hell of a long mash...

James, BrewDog 21.12.2010 @ 8:07pm

We gave 99.9% of the recipe away, much much more than most breweries would do. We had to keep one little secret.....

Home Brewer 21.12.2010 @ 6:01pm

Hmmmm. That brewsheet has been photoshopped, but hide what me wonders. Starting gravity? secret boil ingredients?

Martin 21.12.2010 @ 5:52pm

As homer would say, 'Mmmmmmmm, Imperial Scotch Ale...'

Gareth Young 21.12.2010 @ 2:52pm

I hope this was brewed in the traditional Scottish way by Angus MacShoogletits with extra kilts in the mash and a healthy dose of dry-bagpiping.

Adrian 21.12.2010 @ 1:40pm

The wort looks awesomely dark. I think this Scotch Ale may just be a little bit demonic and can't wait to get my hands on some. Any idea of a release date yet?Keep up the great work!

David Bishop 21.12.2010 @ 12:37pm

Loving the sound of that malty mountain of a beer! Hope I can get my hands on some... but if not... I'll try brewing my own.

martin 21.12.2010 @ 12:24pm

wow! this sounds incredible

Aidan Skinner 21.12.2010 @ 12:07pm

also, the Imperial Scotch Ale sounds delicious!

Aidan Skinner 21.12.2010 @ 12:01pm

more I hardcore you? Get in! I've been eeeking out the batch I bought first time round. Rejoice!