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Unibrow · 08-07-2012, 09:10 PM

Making a Rye ale off a Denny Conn recipe, and I only found WB 06 at my LHBS...I was looking for SF 05 but they were out

Using the grain bill below, do you think WB 06 will clash with this recipe? I've never used it before, and I know it has the standard Hefe banana/clove characteristics but not sure if that spells trouble for me here. Only thing I can think that screws me is the extreme hoppiness? Should I just cut down on the hops to make it work? Any thoughts???

11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 67.69 %
3 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 18.46 %
1.25 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 7.69 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.08 %
8.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.08 %
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 39.3 IBU
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (Dry Hop) Hops -
1.00 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (FWH) Hops 16.8 IBU
0.50 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (30 min) Hops 6.5 IBU
1.50 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (Flameout) Hops 1.1 IBU

badlee · 08-08-2012, 02:03 AM

I think it will be great. I like wb-06 inall sorts of ales;blondes, wheat,weizen,pale. Its great and has good attenuation. Saying that, keep it cool.

Unibrow · 08-08-2012, 12:11 PM

Summer has been hot here, and I use a swamp cooler, but it probably will ferment close to 70 and that may be too high

I like the banana flavor in hefeweizen but not sure about it for an IPA. Still, I think I may give this a shot with 06 because I always get good results with fermentis yeast products

badlee · 08-09-2012, 01:23 AM

Go for it. I also like to flavours from this yeast at the top of the temperature range. You will get a very distinctive beer from this mate.

**daksin** · 08-09-2012, 11:18 PM

It'll be something like an American Pale Roggenbier, which is a cool thought indeed! Roggenbiers are basically hefeweizens, but instead of 50% wheat malt, it's 50% rye, and fermented warm with a hefeweizen yeast. It won't be a RyePA, but it will probably be tasty!

Unibrow · 08-12-2012, 12:53 AM

Awesome...I went ahead with the recipe and pitched the wb06 into the non-wheat wort. First time using this new yeast. The fermentation took off big time in about 10 hours and going crazy. Fermentis yeast products are solid and reliable!

Swamp cooler water is 60 degrees so I'm hoping it ferments on the cool side. 3 weeks in bucket and I will probably bottle her up, my og came in around 1.052 so we shall see

badlee · 08-13-2012, 04:07 AM

Sweet. You should get great attenuation from this yeast. And even though it is a wheat yeast, in a non wheat wort, it will clear very well and very quickly in the bottle.