Scottish 80/ bew day

I was looking for something that I could make 10 gallons of and split into 2 different 5 gallon batches. It is a little more work and a tight squeeze on my equipment, but gives twice the beer! For this round, I was looking for something easy drinking with a balance towards malt. Almost went with German, but in the end decided a Scottish beer. I was looking for something in the 5% abv, so scotch 80/ it is. 1/2 of the beer will age on oak. Being able to taste both side by side will let me really see what oak does to a beer.

The grain bill is mostly base malt, with some English caramel malt and a bit of roast barley. The first gallon was boiled down and added back in later in the boil. This helps to caramelize the wort and bring out some toffee like flavors.

Full recipe here.

It was tight, but I was able to mash at almost 1.5 qt/# in my 10 gallon mash tun. I was aiming for mash temp of around 152, but it dropped quite a bit before mash was over. Ended somewhere around 145. I hope the beer doesn't suffer too much. It may end up a little thin or might just take a hit in efficiency.

Since it have a 10 gallon pot, I don't have enough room for a full boil on a 10 gallon batch. Aside from the gallon I split off to boil down, I started the mail boil with almost 9 gallons. I had trouble keeping a rolling boil. This time of year, you really need to have two propane tanks. Mine kept freezing up. In the end, I barely got 7.5 gals into the fermetors. This added with the 2.5 gallons of bottled water brought me to exactly 10 gallons. I was hoping for a bit more since you always lose some to trub when transferring.