Gyle 091 – Black Perle

Trying to recreate that stunning low ABV coffee milk stout. I e-mailed Weird Beard directly and they were cool enough to reply with a copy of their brew sheet!

MALT:

Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale Malt (EBC 5.0-7.0) – 6kg

Crisp Dark Crystal (EBC 380-435) – 800g

Crisp Roasted Barley (EBC 1100-1300) – 510g

Crisp Naked Oat Malt (EBC 1.5-7.0) – 440g

Crisp Chocolate Malt (EBC 820-1000) – 350g

Crisp Torrified Wheat (EBC 2.5-4.5) – 160g

HOPS:

Perle – 20g / 60 minutes

Perle – 40g / 20 minutes

Perle – 50g / 5 minutes

TARGET VOLUME: 40 litres

STRIKE VOLUME: 44.6 litres

SPARGE VOLUME: 6 litres

FERMENTER VOLUME: 40 litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: 110 x 330ml bottles

ADJUNCTS: 1x Campden tablet, 500g lactose at 20 minutes.

MASH: 70°C / 60 minutes

BOIL: 60 minutes

YEAST: 2x Safale US-05

FERMENTER TEMP: Glycol chilled @ 19°C, dropped to ambient 17°C after primary

OG: 1.052

FG: 1.024

ABV: 3.7%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units

INGREDIENT COST: £18.40

BOTTLE COST: 16p

BREWING NOTES: Altered as I had a 6kg bag of maris otter (rather than 5.4kg) and didn’t put coffee in as I couldn’t figure out the fermenter logistics just yet. Low ambient temp caused a drop after primary which probably resulted in slightly high FG. Ordered FTSS kit to remedy future brews.