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##Pretty Little Ditty Scotch Ale  
Recipe by: Oginme  
Batch Size (gallons): 5.28  
Efficiency: 84%  
Recipe type: All Grain  
Original Gravity: 1.085  
Final Gravity: 1.021  
ABV: 8.47%  
IBU: 25.8  
Color: 19.6 SRM  
Boil Time: 90 min  

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**Yeast**  

* Wyeast 1728 (Scottish Ale)  

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**Fermentables**  

* 8 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (60.7%)  
* 1 lb 5 oz Munich Malt, Light (Weyermann) (10%)  
* 1 lb 2 oz Brown Sugar, Light (8.5%)  
* 1 lb 2 oz DME Golden Light (Briess) (8.5%)  
* 9 oz Honey Malt (4.3%)  
* 8 oz Carapils (Briess) (3.8%)  
* 6 oz Special B Malt (2.8%)  
* 3 oz Chocolate Malt (Muntons) (1.4%)  

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**Hops**  

* 1 oz Challenger, 0 IBU @ 60 min (Boil) - 7.5% AA  

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**Directions:** Remove 2 liters of wort before boil starts and reduce in side pot to less than 500 ml.  Should be syrupy in viscosity.  Add water back to original volume and return to main kettle with 10 minutes left in boil.  

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**Fermentation Notes:** Start ferment at 62F and allow to rise slowly through first 5 days to 68F.  Hold at 68F for 10 days.  Bring temperature up to 72F for 4 days.  Cold crash at 40F for 6 days before priming and bottling.  

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**Tasting Notes:** Malty, complex, and smooth, this beer is an excellent example of a Strong Scotch Ale. Malty aromas tickle the nose, from a modest off-white head above the dark ruby brown, moderately carbonated ale. The initial taste is complex in malt flavors of bread, toast, caramel, toffee, dried raisins and plums. It is full bodied in the mouth and finishes moderately crisply with just enough bitterness to balance out the latent sweetness of the malts. This ale leaves with a soft warming sensation from the high alcohol content which is ideal for those cold New England winter nights. A silver medal winner in competition!  

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