We finally did it.... we brewed our 100th gyle of beer!!
It's taken us 17 months to get here, but "every hop i love is dead" is now in FV1 with a pack of US05 yeast which, Bacchus willing, will turn it into a super-pale hoppy beast.
Gyle 100 is a simple beer; 97% super-pale malt and 3% wheat malt, then Warrior, Cascade and Simcoe hops in the copper and more lovely Simcoe in the conditioning tank. Warrior is used as it's a stunningly good bittering hop with low cohumulone (the substance in hops which determines how harsh the resulting bitterness will be) and plenty of citrussy flavour, Cascade as it's the hop which got me into the sticky green bracts back in 1990 when I first tasted Brendan Dobbin's beer in Manchester, and Simcoe because.... well, just because we can.
We've emptied the coldstore this week with 60+ casks going out so have been busy refilling it with Citraic, Who's been Sleeping in my Brain?, Slave to the Wage and, tomorrow, Cloister Enkel ready for your delectation in, as they say, all good pubs near you very soon!
Next week sees us brewing yet another new beer; the recipe hasn't been decided upon yet but it maybe an all-NZ beastie or maybe one that Jay has been thinking about... we'll see next week, there's no rush to decide...
We may also have some very big news to announce soon, but until we know for sure I'm saying nowt lest we jinx it.
Keep the faith, lupulin lovers....
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| Jay drinking Citraic straight from the racking wand! |
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| It's veeeeeery pale.... ! Gyle 100 transferring to FV |
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| Warrior have some lovely twigs in! |
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