Gyle 109 – Opium Of The People

A lower ABV version of our original recipe with some tweaks.

MALT:

Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 3.5kg

Crisp Light Crystal (EBC 145-165) – 800g

Crisp Cara Malt – 600g

Crisp Wheat Malt – 600g

Crisp Dark Crystal (EBC 380-435) – 500g

Crisp Chocolate Malt – 500g

Dark Muscovado Sugar – 350g

HOPS:

Columbus – 50g / 60 minutes

Williamette – 28g / 30 minutes

East Kent Goldings – 28g / 5 minutes

DRY HOP RATIO: n/a

TARGET VOLUME: 20 litres

STRIKE VOLUME: 29.3 litres @ 72°C

SPARGE VOLUME: 0 litres

FERMENTER VOLUME: litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: 50x 330ml bottles

ADJUNCTS: 1x Campden tablet, 1x Protofloc tablet

MASH: 70°C / 90 minutes

BOIL: 60 minutes

YEAST: Mangrove Jacks M15 Empire Ale 

FERMENTER TEMP: 20°C

OG: 1.068

FG: 1.032

ABV: 4.7%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units

INGREDIENT COST: £18.47

BOTTLE COST: 36p

CONDITIONING TIME:

BREWING NOTES: Had to swap Magnum hops out for Columbus due to availability. Yeast choice was Mangrove Jacks M15 Empire Ale. Super smooth brew day – 4.5 hours and done. Massively over carbonated in the bottle. Need to watch fermentation with this yeast. 11 days in the fermenter wasn’t enough!