Brewing this RYEPA sunday, any thoughts?

Type: All Grain Date: 10/19/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.24 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment:
End of Boil Volume 6.24 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 5.10 gal Est Mash Efficiency 76.4 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients


Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 67.1 %
2 lbs 8.0 oz Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 2 16.0 %
1 lbs 10.4 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 3 10.5 %
1 lbs Carafoam (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 6.4 %
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 21.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 9.7 IBUs
0.25 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 7 9.7 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 6.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 9 6.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 9.5 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 11 4.4 IBUs
0.25 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 12 4.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 13 6.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 14 3.2 IBUs
0.25 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 15 3.2 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 16 3.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 17 1.8 IBUs
0.25 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 18 1.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 19 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 20 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 21 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) [35.49 ml] Yeast 22 -

Please Dry Hop this beer, 2-4 ounces, looks great otherwise.

jmich24 said:

Please Dry Hop this beer, 2-4 ounces, looks great otherwise.

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Yeah, I am. I left it out.

im going with the same ratio but 5 oz

This is just me but I like 30% Rye in my rye beers. I did 16% once and it just wasn't for me. Also, why not just do it all MO instead of only 10%? Once last thing, I'm personally not a fan of 30 minute hop additions unless you're trying to nail down a certain IBU count. You don't get as much bittering as a straight 60 minute addition and you don't really get much, if anything, in terms of flavor so it seems like a waste to me. I'd bump those down to somewhere from 20-0, especially considering those are fairly pricey hops.

Other than that I dig it. I like the idea of the hop combo for a Rye beer.

Thanks. I actually dropped the 30 min addition all together. I have it boiling away right now. I have 250 lbs of 2 row and just a little mo, the malt bill is actually based on alpines Nelson, which I brewed and finished in short order.

I wanted to change up the hops this time, I love citra and simcoe and wanted to try Nelson in a supporting role to see what kind f subtleties I could achieve. Although nelson is good when it's in your face as well.