#90shillingale

[celtichammerclub]

My latest brew! A Scottish “90 Shilling Ale” or “Wee Heavy” as it’s more commonly known. Scottish ales are rich, sweet, malty and very low on hops. This is mostly due to the scarcity of hops available to Scottish brewers in centuries past. - The “90 Shilling” designation is from an old tradition in Scotland where different strength ales would be priced differently. So a “30 Shilling” ale would be the light (in alcohol, not color) version. “60 Shilling” ale was in the middle and the heavy duty, “Wee Heavy” (6% abv and above) was 90 shillings. Mine came in at 8% abv which is generally the range most wee heavies exist in, but they can go as high as 10% abv. The flavors are mostly that of caramel with that malty sweetness mentioned before. - My goal in the future is to brew a “true” Scottish ale where a weed/plant called Heather would have been used instead of hops because heather was available while hops were not in traditional Scottish brewing. ➖ #celtichammerclub #rumcornerbrewery #scottishale #weeheavy #90shillingale #strongale #brew #homebrew #homebrewery #makeyourown #scotland #scottishbrew #madeathome #brew #brewing #brewery #celt #celtic #irish #scottish https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqZj6cH_UT/?igshid=1s6iwsz1891fj

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Odell Brewing Co. 90 Shilling Ale by briskivbrew http://instagr.am/p/UVVXwRGACG/