• Gyle 044 – Twisted Copper Barley Wine

    Our first Barley Wine! MALT: Crisp Finest Extra Pale Maris Otter – 3kg (first mash) Crisp Finest Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4.4kg  Crisp Medium Crystal (EBC 225-265) – 600g Crisp Light Munich Malt (EBC 15 -25) – 360g Crisp Chocolate Malt (EBC 820-1000) – 36g HOPS: Chinook – 35g / 60 minutes Chinook –…

  • Gyle 043 – Double IPA Ekuanot

    Our single hop IPA on steroids! A poly-gyle using an additional 2kg of maris otter in the first mash and a double dry hopping with an extra 250g of whole leaf Ekuanot hops in the fermenter! MALT: Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 2kg (first mash) Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4.5kg Crisp Cara…

  • Gyle 042 – Amber Ale

    Brewing an amber ale gave us a chance to try out our new Immersion Pro fermentation temperature controller. MALT: Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4kg Crisp Cara Malt – 1.2kg IREKS Munich Malt – 300g Rice Hulls – 100g HOPS: Amarillo – 20g / 60 minutes Amarillo – 20g / 30 minutes Amarillo –…

  • Gyle 041 – Opium of the People

    This is why we started brewing. A thick, dark Imperial Stout. Our shared love of beer began with a heavy hitting Imperial Stout and it’s our drink of choice to buy, share and enjoy. A nice 90 min mash at a steady 65 degrees with a complex grain bill for an optimum extract efficiency. No…

  • Gyle 040 – Coffee Flower DARK v.2

    A re-brew of one from earlier in the year. No biscuits this time to help with the head retention and brewed with Mangrove Jack’s M42 so that the yeast cake can be used for a big stout coming up next. MALT: Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 4kg Carafa Special Type 1 Malt – 700g…

  • Gyle 039 – Single Hop IPA (Citra)

    Our first proper brew since the craziness that was the Twisted Copper Summer BBQ and swapping out to citra isn’t the only change we’re making to our single hop IPA. First up this was our first time using our custom made dry hop strainer in the Speidel fermenter. It did it’s job flawlessly meaning we…

  • Gyle 038 – Iā€™m Not Here to Make Any Friends

    Our first pale ale.   MALT: Crisp Maris Otter Extra Pale Malt – 4.5kg Cara Malt – 400g Rolled Oats – 300g   HOPS: Northen Brewer – 10g / 60 minutes Cascade – 30g / 30 minutes Columbus – 60g / 5 minutes Centennial – 50g / 5 minutes   ADJUNCTS: Campden tablet, 11.0g Calcium…

  • Gyle 037 – Punching in a Dream

    Second version of the Lemon Hopfen Weiss we brewed last year.   MALT: Crisp Best Ale Malt – 3kg Crisp Wheat Malt – 1kg Munich Malt – 500g Cara Malt – 200g   HOPS: Perle – 10g / 60 minutes Mosaic – 80g / 5 minutes Citra – 80g / 5 minutes   ADJUNCTS: 1x…

  • Gyle 036 – A Warm Place v.2

    Second version of our New England style IPA. This time we’ve slightly reduced the ABV by lowering the amount of Maris Otter and doing away with the cane sugar addition. Dry hopping is also increased with the addition of a primary dry hop and more secondary dry hops.   MALT: Crisp Best Ale Malt –…