Gyle 148 – India Pale Ale (Columbus)

Really trying to dial this in now.

MALT:

Crisp Maris Otter Malt (EBC 6) – 7000g

HOPS:

Magnum – 10g / 60 minutes

Columbus – 20g / 15 minutes

Columbus – 30g / 10 minutes

Columbus – 50g / 5 minutes

Columbus – 125g / Dry Hop for 5 days

IBU: 60

TARGET VOLUME: 23 litres (20 litres packaged)

WATER: Tap water

STRIKE VOLUME: 32 litres @ 69°C

SPARGE VOLUME: 1x kettle

FERMENTER VOLUME: 23 litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: 60x 330ml bottles

ADJUNCTS: 1 Campden tablet overnight, 1/2 protafloc tablet

MINERALS: 8g Gypsum

MASH: 67°C

BOIL: 70 minutes

YEAST: 1x Mangrove Jack’s M44 rehydrated with oxygen

FERMENTER TEMP: 20°C

OG: 1.060

FG: 1.012

ABV: 6.3%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units

INGREDIENT COST: £

BOTTLE COST: p

CONDITIONING TIME:

BREWING NOTES: Fermented in the heat wave, temp did rise a little: 18.5°C in the cellar, 21.5°C in the fermenter. Mash at 68°C next time and up the ABV slightly.