Iowa Brewers Bevvy Scottish Light 60/-

I’ve just seen this recipe for Scottish 60/-. Wow, is all I can say. It bears absolutely no resemblance to any 60/- brewed in Scotland. Far too many different types of malt.

This is what a genuine Scottish 60/- looks like:

**1970 Drybrough  60/- **
pale malt 5.00 lb 75.47%
black malt 0.125 lb 1.89%
flaked maize 0.75 lb 11.32%
No. 2 invert sugar 0.75 lb 11.32%
Fuggles 90 min 0.50 oz
Hallertau 30 min 0.25 oz
Goldings dry hops 0.375 oz
OG 1030.8
FG 1010
ABV 2.75
Apparent attenuation 67.53%
IBU 10
SRM 10
Mash at 146º F
Sparge at 165º F
Boil time 90 minutes
pitching temp 62º F
Yeast WLP028 Edinburgh Ale

The colour I give above is too pale. It would have been coloured with caramel at racking time to 20-25 SRM.

BYO article? Yeah made no sense to me either. Hops Sure, Yeast sure, maize?

Anyone who wants to peel away all the rubbish published about Scottish brewing should read Ron Pattinson’s book, Scotland Vol. 2.

Maize was pretty standard in Scottish beers. Sometimes even in the form of grits.

Just a friendly reminder that what was in the glass was judged, not the recipe.

I’m sure it was a very nice beer. Just not anything like a Scottish 60/- as brewed in Scotland.

I’m not slagging the beer off. Just pointing out it’s not much like the beers brewed in Scotland.