Gyle 085 – For All The Cows

Kinda Gamma Ray. Kinda not.

MALT:

Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 8kg

Crisp Cara Malt – 500g

Crisp Cara Gold Malt – 300g

HOPS:

Citra – 10g / 60 minutes

Citra – 20g / 20 minutes

Citra – 30g / 15 minutes

Citra – 40g / 10 minutes

Citra – 50g / 5 minutes

TARGET VOLUME: 40 litres

STRIKE VOLUME: 45.4 litres

SPARGE VOLUME: 6 litres

FERMENTER VOLUME: 42 litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: 115x 330ml bottles

ADJUNCTS: 1 campden tablet, 16.4g calcium sulphate

MASH: 67°C / 60 minutes

BOIL: 60 minutes

YEAST: Wyeast 1056 American Ale

FERMENTER TEMP: Ambient, 19-21°C

OG: 1.048

FG: 1.008

ABV: 5.2%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units

INGREDIENT COST: £17.77

BOTTLE COST: 15p

BREWING NOTES: 8.8kg into 45.4 litres of water fit perfectly. Mash valve 1/2 closed for first 15 minutes then fully open. Went well until the fuse burned out on the Einbrew with 10 minutes left in the boil. Very malt forward – not enough hops.