Gyle 250 – Single Hop (Ekuanot)

For this milestone beer I’m rebrewing a classic as faithfully as I can, including the high IBUs and massive dry hop charge. Reverting back to the 33 litre BIAB kit for simplicity. I did try recreating this with Gyle 209 but that was before I realised Marple tap water is not suitable for brewing.

MASH:

Strike Volume – 10 litres Ashbeck Water

Gypsum – 3g

Epsom Salt – 1.8g

Calcium Chloride – 1g

Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter (EBC 3) – 90% / 2600g

Simpsons Premium Caramalt – (EBC 60) – 10% / 290g

Weyermann Acidulated Malt – 55g (pH 5.5 in Brewers Friend)

Dough in @ 67°C

Mash @ 65°C for 30 minutes (large hob, level 3, lid off)

Mash out @ 78°C for 10 minutes

SPARGE:

Volume – 4 litre Ashbeck Water @ 78°C

BOIL:

Time – 37 minutes @ Level 4

Apollo (16 AA / Pellet) – 2g / 37 minutes

Ekuanot (14.6 AA / Pellet) – 16g / 30 minutes

Ekuanot (14.6 AA / Pellet) – 22g / 5 minutes

ProMix Finings & yeast nutrient / 5 minutes

FERMENTING:

Co2 Extract – None

Yeast – 1x Rehydrated Mangrove Jack’s M44

Temp – 18°C

DRY HOPPING:

Temp – 15°C

Ekuanot (14.6 AA / Pellet) – 135g / Primary dry hop 2 days

Cold crash – 1°C / 48 hours

IBU: (66.85)

SRM: (6.82)

TARGET PACKAGED VOLUME: 9 litres

TARGET KETTLE / POST BOIL VOLUME: 11 litres

TARGET FERMENTER VOLUME: 10 litres

EFFICIENCY: (75%)

OG: (1.060) 1.062

FG: (1.012) 1.011

ATTENUATION: (83%)

ABV: (6.57%) 6.65%

MASHING NOTES: 

BOILING NOTES: 

FERMENTATION NOTES: Around a 2 litre loss in the fermenter due to the huge dry hop charge.

TASTING NOTES: