Gyle 125 – Opium of the People (Vanilla)

Original Opium of the People scaled up to 20 litres with added vanilla.

MALT:

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

Crisp Light Crystal (EBC 145-165) – 1kg

Crisp Cara Malt (EBC 23-32) – 850g

Crisp Wheat Malt (EBC 2.5-4.5) – 850g

Crisp Dark Crystal (EBC 380-435) – 700g

Crisp Chocolate Malt (EBC 820-1000) – 700g

HOPS:

Columbus – 50g / 60 minutes

Williamette – 30g / 30 minutes

East Kent Goldings – 30g / 5 minutes

TARGET VOLUME: 20 litres

STRIKE VOLUME: 30.2 litres @ 70°C

SPARGE VOLUME: 1 kettle

FERMENTER VOLUME: litres

PACKAGED VOLUME: 45x 330ml bottles

ADJUNCTS: 1x Campden tablet, 1x Whirlfloc tablet, 4x Premium Madagascan Bourbon vanilla pods cut, scraped and soaked in bourbon

MASH: 67°C / 90 minutes

BOIL: 60 minutes

YEAST: 2x Safale US-05

FERMENTER TEMP: 20°C

OG: 1.094

FG: 1.026 @ 7 days / 1.026 / 1.024

ABV: 9.2%

CARBONATION: 2.0 units

INGREDIENT COST: £26.91 + vanilla pods + muscovado

BOTTLE COST: p

CONDITIONING TIME:

BREWING NOTES: Was supposed to have 500g of Muscovado sugar. Didn’t affect the OG too badly.