House Rye IPA Try #3

So I have been working on a house IPA and the first two attempts were good, but not great (I demand perfection dammit! even if I can't do it myself).

The first attempt came out too low on malt, the second too high (learned my lesson about using too much Melanoidin and Munich) and darker than I wanted.

This is attempt #3, the first two had the same hop schedule which was nice but more appropriate for an English IPA. This attempt will be more of a hop burst trying to get lots of flavor and aroma.

Name: Sculpture Rye IPA
Grain Bill:
9.5 lb Pale 2-Row
1.75 lb Rye
12 oz Melanoidin
8 oz CaraFoam

Mash with 4.25 gallons water at 150F until starch is converted (about 30-45 minutes)
Sparge with 4 gallons 170F water.

Hop schedule:
1.5 oz Citra 15 Minutes
1 oz Amarillo 15 Minutes
0.5 oz Citra 10 Minutes
0.5 oz Amarillo 10 Minutes
1 oz Citra 5 Minutes
0.5 oz Amarillo 5 Minutes
1 oz Citra 2 Minutes
1 oz Amarillo 2 Minutes

Cool down to 70F and pitch yeast (do a 2 qt starter a day before).
Yeast: WLP051 California V Ale

Primary fermentation: 7 days @ 62°F
Dry Hop: 1 oz Citra
1 oz Amarillo
Secondary fermentation: 7 days @ 65°F
Bottle and store for 3 weeks before consuming.

BUMP

Anyone have any input/suggestions?

what is the expected IBU? OG?

I would add a 60 min addition.

Grain bill looks pretty good. I have never used that much rye before. I think you should probably consider some rice hulls. Rye tends to make the mash clog.

What have you changed since your first and second batch?

adamc said:

what is the expected IBU? OG?

I would add a 60 min addition.

Grain bill looks pretty good. I have never used that much rye before. I think you should probably consider some rice hulls. Rye tends to make the mash clog.

What have you changed since your first and second batch?

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Sorry about that:
Expected IBU: 69.32
OG: 1.063
FG: 1.016

I don't have my old recipes with me (at work), but the second one was about 1.07 OG with 1 lb of Melanoidin
Reading a bit more now I think I would change the recipe to only be about 2% Melanoidin (replace the 12 oz about with 4 oz Melanoidin and 6 oz Crystal 40L)

id suggest a 20-30 minute hop stand with your 2min addition. kill the flame, cool the wort to around 160° and add those hops and let them sit or stir them occasionally for 20-30min