Alternative Grain Beer Hearty Rye Ale

Here's my Hearty Ale recipe... it's a four grain ale with barley, wheat, rye, and oats. It's a great session beer and I'm probably going to make it my house ale.

The brewing method is a mini-mash in the brewpot... the Austin Homebrew method.

Recipe: Hearty Ale
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: Partial Mash

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 4.08 gal
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 4.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 21.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3 lbs Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 42.9 %
2 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 28.6 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 7.1 %
8.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 7.1 %
8.0 oz Rye, Flaked (2.0 SRM) Grain 7.1 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 7.1 %
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min) Hops 15.9 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (15 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Mini-mash
Total Grain Weight: 4.00 lb
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 11.43 qt of water at 161.9 F 155.0 F 45 min

After finishing the last bottle of this the other day, I've since changed my mind. This recipe definitely needs to be tweaked, and I think the hops are the problem. Need some aroma and flavor hops to match the spiciness of the rye. Might try this again with cascades or something else.

Might want to add a pound of 6-row to improve conversion or switch to malted rye & malted wheat.

Perl & Amarillo go well with rye.

Did you ever settle on a final recipe for this beer? It sounds great as is, but I have no experience with rye at all so I'm curious what you did.

I bet this had a monster head?