Gyle 118 – In Search of Sunshine – Volume 3

Third time’s a charm. Added a whirlpool addition and dropped the dry hopping a touch. Hops based on Alpine Brewery’s Duet.

MALT:

Crisp Extra Pale Malt (EBC 2.5-3.5) – 9kg

Crisp Cara Malt (EBC 23-32) – 600g

Weyermann Carapils Malt (EBC 2.5 – 6.5) – 400g

Dextrose Monohydrate (Glucose) – 500g

HOPS:

Amarillo (9%) – 30g / 90 minutes

Simcoe (12.8%) – 60g / 90 minutes

Amarillo (9%) – 50g / 45 minutes

Simcoe (12.8%) – 100g / 5 minutes

Amarillo (9%) – 50g / 5 minutes

Simcoe (12.8%) – 40g / Whirlpool 30 minutes @ 75°C

Amarillo (9%) – 60g / Whirlpool 30 minutes @ 75°C

Simcoe (12.8%) – 100g / Dry hop (whole cone – 4 days)

Amarillo (9%) – 100g / Dry hop (whole cone – 4 days)

HOP RATIO: 14.75g/l

IBU (45 litres / 40 litres / 1.062 OG): 114.5

TARGET VOLUME: 40 litres

STRIKE VOLUME: 50 litres @ 69°C

SPARGE VOLUME: 6 litres

FERMENTER VOLUME: 40 litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: 88x 330ml bottles

ADJUNCTS: 2x Campden tablet, 1x Protofloc tablet

MASH: 67°C / 90 minutes

BOIL: 90 minutes

YEAST: 2x Safale US-05

FERMENTER TEMP: 20°C / 22°C @ day 5 / 19°C 24hrs before packaging

OG: 1.065

FG: 1.007

ABV: 7.6%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units

INGREDIENT COST: £68.41

BOTTLE COST: p

CONDITIONING TIME:

BREWING NOTES: Dropped the dryhopping from 300g to 200g and added a 100g whirlpool instead. Didn’t compensate for the 3 litre strike water loss needed to fit the grain in the mash, so came out stronger.

TASTING NOTES: