3 pounds of hops in my Rye IPA!

Slap it down you perverts! It's for an 18 gallon batch!

Brewing this up either this weekend or next. Bought a bunch of hops from Direct Hops a while ago and would like to use some up. Got the yeast ranching. Gotta use some DME to be able to fit the grain in my Mash Tun. I wussed out and added a 30 min hop addition because I had all my bittering at 60 min. Saving the other 24 ounces for post boil!!! Using the Vienna to give a good malt backbone without adding unfermentables. Figured I have enough in the DME, LME and C-20L (might switch to CaraRed). The Honey Malt should help out also. I've never used Newport, Brewer's Gold or Delta hops before. Wish me luck!


Flying Fortress Rye IPA
15 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Golden Promise (1.8 SRM) 37.6 %
8 lbs 4.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) 20.0 %
7 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) 17.0 %
3 lbs DME Extra Light (4.0 SRM) 7.3 %
3 lbs LME Pilsen Light (2.3 SRM) 7.3 %
2 lbs 4.0 oz Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) 5.5 %
2 lbs 4.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) 5.5 %
3.00 oz Newport [12.80 %] - Mash 60.0 min 8.9 IBUs
4.50 oz Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min 46.1 IBUs
3.00 oz Newport [12.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min 44.7 IBUs
3.00 oz Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min 14.3 IBUs
12.00 oz Delta [6.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min 0.0 IBUs
6.00 oz Amarillo [9.60 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days (last week of primary)
6.00 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days 0.0 (secondary)
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) [3000 ml]

Batch Size: 18 gal
Boil Size: 21 gal
OG: 1.066
FG: 1.010
IBU: 90.4
Color: 7.9
Mash Temp: 150 °F / 60 min.
Mashout Temp: 168 °F / 10 min
Fermentation: Start at 62°F and ramp to mid/upper 60's

I do 1# of chinook in my 10g rye ipa. I am in love with that beer! I want to marry it and have babies with it.

I recently did a rye IPA with amarillo (from hopsdirect) and it has serious cat pee aroma. Ouch. Hope yours doesn't have same.

passedpawn said:

I do 1# of chinook in my 10g rye ipa. I am in love with that beer! I want to marry it and have babies with it.

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You are a sick mofo!

Just picked up some Midnight Wheat today. Hmmmmm..... Could get interesting tomorrow!

Which one do you like better?

19 lbs Pale Malt, Golden Promise (1.8 SRM) 46.9 %
6 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) 14.8 %
6 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) 14.8 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) 3.7 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) 3.7 %
8.0 oz Wheat, Midnight (550.0 SRM) 1.2 %
3 lbs DME Extra Light [Boil for 45 min](4.0 SRM) 7.4 %
3 lbs LME Pilsen Light [Boil for 45 min](2.3 SRM) 7.4 %
3.00 oz Newport [12.80 %] - Mash 60.0 min 9.0 IBUs
3.00 oz Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min 30.9 IBUs
3.00 oz Newport [12.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min 44.9 IBUs
3.00 oz Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min 14.3 IBUs
12.00 oz Delta [6.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min 0.0 IBUs
6.00 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days
6.00 oz Amarillo [9.60 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007)

Batch Size: 18 gal
Boil Size: 21 gal
OG: 1.065
FG: 1.010
IBU: 79.4
Color: 13.4
Mash Temp: 152 °F / 60 min.
Mashout Temp: 168 °F / 10 min
Fermentation: Start at 62°F and ramp to mid/upper 60's

I did an IPA a while back with no crystal malts and it came out quite nice. Thinking about doing it again. Think I would have enough maltiness with this grain bill. Just itching to try the Midnight Wheat...

I dunno. Lots of stuff going on there. I'd pick between a rye IPA and a black IPA, and get rid of a couple of malts.

My edits...

Golden Promise and the Extract that you must use 60.0 %
Rye Malt 18.0 %
Vienna Malt 12.0 %
Sugar 5%
Crystal 20L 2.5 %
Honey Malt 2.5 %

I also think you will need way more than "1" single vial of WLP007, even with a 3000ml starter and a stir plate.