[Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy?

[John Masterson]

Judy,

Strong Scotch Ale is what we're brewing.

Here's the topic we voted on: http://www.grupthink.com/topic/12314

Wee Heavy is of course a nickname for the Strong Scotch Ale:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e

My OG was 1.100 :)

Yum!

-JM

> When I first heard about this years Community Brew it was called a "Scotch
> Heavy".  According to the BJCP guidlines and several of the recipe books
> we
> keep on hand that has an alcohol level of 3.5-4 or 4-4.8%.
>
> Now people are talking about "Wee Heavy" and the few recipies I find show
> an
> alcohol of 7.3 up to 9.6%.
>
> Which of these two styles are we making?
>