• Gyle 022 – Single Hop IPA (Simcoe)

    Another simple single hop IPA but this time with a lot going on. The grain recipe is the same as previous versions but the hop schedule has been tweaked slightly and we swapped out the US-05 yeast for Mangrove Jack’s M44 after having some great feedback from Gyle 012 – All These Things That I’ve Done.…

  • Gyle 021 – How To Make A Monster

    Revenge of the stout. Everything went smooth on brewday – the best we’ve ever had with a stout! But then I went away for a week and the “Beast from the East” hit. The beer was at 10°C when I got back and fermentation had completely stalled at 1.042. It was rescued with a re-brew…

  • Gyle 020 – Anonymous

    Imperial brown ale   MALT: Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 4kg Crisp Light Munich Malt – 500g Crisp Brown Malt – 400g Weyermann Carafa Special Type 1 Malt – 50g Crisp Light Crystal – 250g Muscovado sugar – 1kg / 10 minutes   HOPS: Warrior – 40g / 90 minutes Simcoe – 20g /…

  • Gyle 019 – Concrete and Gold

    Just a solid dad beer.   MALT: Crisp Finest Maris Otter Pale – 3kg Crisp Light Crystal (EBC 145-165) – 300g Crisp Wheat Malt – 200g   HOPS: East Kent Goldings – 20g / 60 minutes East Kent Goldings – 40g / 15 minutes East Kent Goldings – 40g / 5 minutes     ADJUNCTS:…

  • Gyle 018 – Coffee Flower DARK

    The second beer in our dual release is Coffee Flower DARK, a messed up milk stout. On finding out that Has Bean had released a new batch of dried coffee flowers the conversation went a bit like this: JON: The tasting notes describes them as having a hint of Lotus biscuits. What are they? DARREN:…

  • Gyle 017 – Coffee Flower LIGHT

    The first of a dual release: two very different beers both using dried coffee flowers in the boil. LIGHT is a complex IPA using Bolivia Finca El Fuerte dried coffee flowers in the boil.   MALT: Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4.5kg CaraRed Malt – 400g   HOPS: Challenger – 7.5g / 60 minutes Citra…

  • Gyle 016 – Single Hop IPA (Chinook)

    A re-brew of our recent Chaminook recipe to see how our efficiency has been affected by a recent hardware upgrade. As a comparison this one is dry hopped with a massive 225g of Chinook hops!   MALT: Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4.5kg Crisp Cara Malt – 400g   HOPS: Chinook – 20g /…

  • Gyle 015 – Blessed With A Curse

    The curse of the stout continues!   MALT: Crisp Fine Maris Otter Pale Ale – 4.5kg Crisp Flaked Torrefied Oats – 1.2kg Crisp Cara Malt – 400g Crisp Dark Munich Malt – 300g Weyermann Carafa Special Type 1 Malt – 300g Crisp Dark Crystal – 200g Crisp Chocolate Malt – 100g   HOPS: Columbus –…

  • Gyle 014 – Chaminook

    A single hop IPA featuring Chinook, brewed for a snowboarding holiday in Chamonix. Chamonix + Chinook = Chaminook!   MALT: Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter – 4.5kg Crisp Cara Malt – 400g   HOPS: Chinook – 20g / 60 minutes Chinook – 30g / 30 minutes Chinook – 100g / 5 minutes   ADJUNCTS: None YEAST:…