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English and Scottish Strong Ale
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Wee Heavy: The Strong Scotch Ale
Strong Scotch ale, or wee heavy, is a rich, warming beer with a full-bodied, chewy, sweet malt profile. There are many approaches homebrewer
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The King’s Diamonds
This is a riff on Drew’s classic “Queen’s Diamonds” barleywine that’s slightly updated to modern ingredients and a change in histo
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Gordon Strong’s Strong Scotch Ale
This wee heavy strikes a good compromise between strength and drinkability. It uses homebrew techniques like kettle caramelization, but othe
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All Together Ale
This is the classic method for brewing barleywines — of an extended three-hour boil to reach the extremely high-gravity wort that will go
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Old Ale
Old ale is a style that is difficult to define given how many variations there are. Gordon Strong does his best to offer some guidelines aro
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Gordon Strong’s Old Ale
This old ale recipe can be drank young, but may be best if cellared for 6+ months.
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Gale’s Prize Old Ale Clone
A clone recipe for the famed Gale’s Prize Old Ale brewed in 2022 at Dark Star Brewing Co.
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Old Cthulhiar (a.k.a. Very Old And Very Peculiar)
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Greg Noonan Memorial Wee Heavy
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Burton Baton clone
Mark Sarfarik, Dogfish Head’s Brewmaster, provided us with all the juicy details about this beer. “Burton Baton is a 10% ABV imperial IP
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Drop-In Brewing Co.’s Heart of Lothian clone
In terms of style, the beer is considered a Scottish 90/- or wee heavy and uses, “Scottish Golden Promise barley malt, British floor-malte
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Strong Scotch Ale