Essentially my recipe was based on a scaled down version of Skotrat's Traquair House scotch ale.
In beersmith:
3 gallon batch
98.7% Golden Promise (9.5 pounds)
1.3% roasted barley (2 oz)
.7 oz Northern brewer 45 min
.7 oz Northern brewer 35 min.
1 L starter of WLP028
Yeast nutrient
whirlfloc
clarity ferm in primary
I boiled down a 1/2 gallon of first runnings to about 1-1.5 cups. then into the boil kettle.
This part may have sunk me. I went to get my airstone and it was coated in crust brown junk. Never had this happen before, I always boil it and air dry after use. That being said, I was forced to purge the headspace with Pure O2 and shake the hell out of it. I did this twice.
Fermented at 62F 2 days
then ramped up to 65F over the next 2 days.
Been 17 days so far.