Gyle 044 – Twisted Copper Barley Wine

Our first Barley Wine!

MALT:

Crisp Finest Extra Pale Maris Otter – 3kg (first mash)

Crisp Finest Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4.4kg 

Crisp Medium Crystal (EBC 225-265) – 600g

Crisp Light Munich Malt (EBC 15 -25) – 360g

Crisp Chocolate Malt (EBC 820-1000) – 36g

HOPS:

Chinook – 35g / 60 minutes

Chinook – 18g / 30 minutes

Citra – 18g / 30 minutes

Cascade – 18g / 30 minutes

Citra – 35g / 5 minutes

Cascade – 35g / 5 minutes

Chinook – 35g / 5 minutes

ADJUNCTS: 1x Campden tablet, 7.1g Calcium Sulphate

YEAST: US-05 + oxygen, + oxygen 18 hours later

TARGET VOLUME: 14 litres

FERMENTER TEMP: 18°C for 5 days then +0.5°C daily until 22°C

OG: 1.124

FG: 1.027 @ 32 days

ABV: 14.6%

MASH: 65°C / 30 minutes for first mash, 65°C / 60 minutes for second mash, raise to 80°C mashout and hold for 10 minutes

BOIL: 90 minutes

CARBONATION: 1.8 units