Gyle 068 – Kernel IPA (Sorachi)

Single hop to let that sorachi goodness shine!

We’re doing away with the step mash from last time that seemed to result in a thin beer with no head retention. Instead, changes this time include upping the mash temperature to 67°C to try and gain some more body and adding a step to stir the mash after 15 minutes to help the efficiency. We’ll also be trialing our new dry hop filter screen to help prevent blockages out of the fermenter when packaging.

MALT:

Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 5.5kg

HOPS:

Sorachi – 10g / 60 minutes

Sorachi – 20g / 15 minutes

Sorachi – 30g / 10 minutes

Sorachi – 40g / 5 minutes

Sorachi – 100g / Dry hop (day 5-7)

STRIKE VOLUME: 28.8 litres

TARGET VOLUME: 20 litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: litres

ADJUNCTS: 1x Campden tablet, 9.2g Calcium Sulphate

MASH: 67°C / 60 minutes stirring at 15 minutes, 80°C / 10 minutes

BOIL: 60 minutes

YEAST: Mangrove Jacks M44 sprinkled on wort with oxygen

FERMENTER TEMP: 18°C

OG: 1.056

FG: 1.012 @ day 7

ABV: 5.8%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units