Christmas Chaos:  OG 1.088, FG 1.017, 35 IBU, 9-ish% ABV

14 lb Maris Otter
1 lb British Amber
8 oz Crystal 60L  (TODO: maybe cut this out altogether)
4 oz Crystal 120L
7 oz chocolate (TOO MUCH: use 4 oz next time)
4 oz very dark crystal

1 lb light DME
1 lb wheat DME

.5 oz EKG 5% 60 mins
.5 oz Fuggles 4.2% 60 mins
.5 oz EKG 5% 30 mins
.5 oz Fuggles 4.2% 30 mins

15 mins: 1 split vanilla bean, 2 crushed nutmegs, 6" crushed cinnamon stick

1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp irish moss

1.5 lb wildflower honey for 0 mins

Wyeast 1728: Scottish Ale

2006-06-22 - 23 Starter
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- popped yeast at noon on Thursday, then made a smallish, weakish starter
	that night.
- then made a stronger, slightly larger wort and added it on top of the
	first wort in the starter growler.  This should make a HUGE
	amount of yeast.

2006-06-24 Brew
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- mash in 4.5 gals water at 170F, rest at 150F 30 mins
- sparge with 6.25 gals 175F water, the frist gallon boiling
- runoff, collect 8.25 gallons at 1.053 gravity
	(collect extra 2/3 gallon in another pot)
- boil 90 mins, beginning hop additions after 30 mins of boil time
	It rained like crazy, so I'm not sure how that effected anything
- stir in the honey just after turned off burner.  I think this will
	work very nicely.
- end up with OG 1.088 (maybe didn't need all that malt extract).
- aerated very well after pitched the big-ass starter.


2006-07-09 Rack
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- SG 1.023
- tasted really nice, dominated by vanilla, a little nutmeg/cinnamon also present
- still very sweet, hopefully will dry out a lot more (can probably be in
	secondary two or three more weeks.

2006-07-XX Rack again
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- broke hydrometer, so no idea what the gravity was
- still vanilla heavy, with some sharpness from the honey.  needs some time to settle out

2006-08-02 Keg
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- good tasting, and VERY boozy
- will bottle soon, but not just yet

2006-09-21 Taste
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- very yummy
- very rich, with some sharpness from the honey
- the vanilla was fairly evident
- not as dark as I'd feared, but it's still pretty dark (probably should use just 2 or 3 oz chocolate)