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by Barley Water » Wed May 13, 2015 3:29 pm
As it turns out, after more than a couple decades doing this hobby I am also going to try my first rye pale ale this weekend. My grist is pretty simple 15% malted rye, 1/2 a pound of honey malt (light crystal) and the rest American 2 row pale ale malt. The planned O.G. is 1.048 and I'm going for 32 IBU's. I'll use Warrior for bittering and a combination of Amarillo and Simcoe for late and dry hopping ('cause yeah, I'm a low cohumolone kind of guy). Should be a rather easy drinker and I want the rye to come through but not be particularly agressive (I figured 15% was a good place to start). Because my next effort is going to be an Anchor Steam type beer I'm using California Common Lager yeast and I'll ferment at about 60F which should give me some esters but when compared to say a British strain be pretty clean. My main concern is using up some of my 30lbs of American 2 row (I keep winning the stuff at club meetings, got another 10lbs last night) and using the afore mentioned yeast but other than that I am open to suggestions as I have not yet purchased the remaining ingredients.
Drinking:Saison (in bottles), Belgian Dubbel (in bottles), Oud Bruin (in bottles), Olde Ale (in bottles),
Abbey Triple (in bottles), Munich Helles, Best Bitter (TT Landlord clone), English IPA
Conditioning: Traditional bock bier, CAP
Fermenting: Munich Dunkel
Next up: Bitter (London Pride like), ESB
So many beers to make, so little time (and cold storage space)