All-Grain - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Terrapin Rye Clone)

Beerrific · 07-17-2008, 10:26 PM

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: US-05
Yeast Starter: Rehydrate
Batch Size (Gallons): 6
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.014
IBU: 49
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 6.6 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 days at 67F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 days at 70F
Tasting Notes: See below

This was inspired by a Brewing Network interview on 5-18-08 of Spike Buckowski of Terrapin Beer.

All the components are on their website. The malt percentages are straight from the interview and the hops amounts were from a BN listener clone.

Differences:
-I used Bravo for the bittering, it is what I had, they use Magnum.
-I used US-05 for convience. They use Wyeast 1272 (see interview here).

Process:
-I mashed at 154F with about 1.25 qts/lb. Mashout and sparge at 170F.
-Fermented at 67F.
-After about 14 days I racked to a secondary (didn't have a keg open), added gelatin.
-After about a week I added 1 oz of Amarillo pellets. Let those sit for 10 days.
-Kegged and force carbonated to 2.5 volumes.

Tasting note:
-Color is spot on. Mine is still a little hazy since it has only been cold in the keg for a week.
-My version has a bit of a stronger hop noise and more intense hop flavor. I am pretty sure that if I got a fresh bottle to compare it would be pretty darn close.
-This is an excellent pale ale. Great warm-weather, refreshing beer. Very complex hop and malt flavor with enough background rye to really add a crisp, spicy finish.

OK, which one is it?

Like Terrapin Rye? Want to try it? Brew this!

**Iechyd Da** · 07-18-2008, 01:46 AM

I have this same beer force carbing in a keg right now. My hops are a little different than yours though, I used Target for my bittering hop. I brought a sixer back from Florida so I could try a side by side comparison. I really like Terrapin's rye so I have high hopes for mine. Yours looks good, I'm going to tap mine asap.

Soulive · 07-18-2008, 01:48 AM

You're speakin my language. I love the Terrapin Rye and drank many pints of it in Athens. I will put this on my "to brew" list...

nealf · 07-23-2008, 01:21 AM

I definitely have to brew this soon; I love this beer!

**mrk305** · 07-27-2008, 05:25 PM

Brewing this one today. I forgot to get the Amarillo for the dry hops but I have a week or so for that. I love Terapin's Rye Pale and I hope to make the brewery tour when my daughter starts back at Georgia this fall. Thanks for posting the recipe Beerrific.

Oops! Forgot to start heating my sparge water so I am going to have an extra long mash time.

cthompson116 · 01-23-2009, 02:55 PM

I brewing this today. Thanks for the recipe. I'm doing two 5 gallon batches. Made a few slight changes:

Batch 1:

9.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.00 %
1.00 lb Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 8.00 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 6.00 %
0.50 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
0.50 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
0.25 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2.00 %
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.75 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 32.6 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (30 min) Hops 5.6 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (20 min) Hops 4.4 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (10 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU

Batch 2

9.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 69.23 %
2.00 lb Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 15.38 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.77 %
0.50 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.85 %
0.50 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.85 %
0.25 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 1.92 %
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.75 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 32.3 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (30 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (20 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (10 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU

Any thoughts on how these will come out?

Thanks,

Chris

**BrewSpook** · 10-05-2009, 02:01 AM

On my list, thanks!

jerzeedevil13 · 06-25-2010, 08:47 PM

Anyone able to convert this to extract version?

Beerrific · 06-25-2010, 10:17 PM

Give this a try. You will need to preform a partial mash to convert both the munich and rye. Just mix all the crushed grain together in your bag and steep with about 1.5qts/lb. at around 150F for 30-45 minutes. Rinse with some warm (~170F) water.

nealf · 06-26-2010, 01:39 PM

I plan on brewing this in a few weeks with a few slight tweaks to the hop schedule based on what I have on hand (Cent for Cascade). Would you alter this at all based on the CYBI it recipe that came out? Or is it already close enough?