Gale Ale

brewing

Having a great interest in traditional brew herbs, we were very pleased to finally get our hands on some bog myrtle, a traditional Scottish and northern european brew herb. Bog myrtle was originally used as a bittering agent and flavourant however is tough to get a hold of in dried form due its heavy regulation by the EU as a result of its mild medicinal properties; as such it must be harvested fresh and dried for use. For this beer we took 5l after the mash from the Voss Kveik Dark Mild and then performed a separate boil in parallel with the bog myrtle as we had only enough for this amount.

Grain Bill (a la Voss Kviek Dark Mild)

  • 4.5kg - Pilsner
  • 1kg - Light Crystal
  • 0.5kg - Dark Crystal
  • 0.25kg - DRC
  • 0.037kg - Black
  • 0.5kg - Dark Belgian Candi Sugar

Mashed for 60min at 66.5C

Liquor to Grist: 2.5 : 1 (Approx.)

Boil

Boiled for 60 minutes, with the following fun additions:

  • 45min 15g Bog Myrtle
  • 15min 5g Bog Myrtle
  • 5min 5g Bog Myrtle

Post-Boil

Yielded 5l.

Yeast

Dark Mild Yeast

  • OG: 1.048
  • FG: 1.015
  • ABV: 4.3%

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