I don't know what I was thinking, but I put in an order for an all-grain version of my very first recipe - "Brown Ryed Girl," which is an American Brown Ale with chocolate rye malt. For some unknown reason, I bumped the amount of chocolate rye up to 1 lb., which is 7.41% of the grain bill:
9 lb. 2-row
2.5 lb. Munich
1 lb. chocolate rye
12 oz. C-60
4 oz. roasted barley
I guess I just wanted to really play with the chocolate malt and forefront the rye. But after making my order, I see that the max in batch for chocolate rye is supposed to be 5%.
Any thoughts on what might happen? Do y'all think it'll be too harsh, too astringent?
I can't pick out the rye - the grain bill will be mixed. I could order more grain, but I would need to take it up to Imperial Stout range (1.082 OG) to get the chocolate rye percentage down to 5%.
9 lb. 2-row
2.5 lb. Munich
1 lb. chocolate rye
12 oz. C-60
4 oz. roasted barley
I guess I just wanted to really play with the chocolate malt and forefront the rye. But after making my order, I see that the max in batch for chocolate rye is supposed to be 5%.
Any thoughts on what might happen? Do y'all think it'll be too harsh, too astringent?
I can't pick out the rye - the grain bill will be mixed. I could order more grain, but I would need to take it up to Imperial Stout range (1.082 OG) to get the chocolate rye percentage down to 5%.