lowtones84
Well-Known Member
Hello everybody,
I'm looking to brew a good American style session-able ale next weekend. I've never experimented with rye but enjoy the beers that I've had that use it. After looking through the recipes this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/light-rye-ale-82611/ seems close to what I want, but I'm not interested in the wheat or corn because I'm wanting to experiment with the rye, and would prefer a different type of hops.
I've looked at the founder's red rye ipa clone and it uses some crystal, carapils and aromatic malts. I'm not going for a beer that big and aggressive, but does working in a small amount of crystal and carapils sound like a good idea?
I don't -quite- have all grain capacity, but I can do large partial mashes around 7-7.5 lbs. of grain. I'm looking for something fairly well balanced, but as I said I still want the rye to come out a bit and have that spiciness/rye bite.
Initial thoughts...
About 5 lbs. American 2 row
1.5 lbs. US rye malt
8 oz. crystal 60
8 oz. carapils
1 lb. Briess light DME
Mash high. Amarillo hops (not sure on quantities yet) and Safale US-05 or WLP 001 California Ale.
What do you folks think? Thank you in advance!
I'm looking to brew a good American style session-able ale next weekend. I've never experimented with rye but enjoy the beers that I've had that use it. After looking through the recipes this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/light-rye-ale-82611/ seems close to what I want, but I'm not interested in the wheat or corn because I'm wanting to experiment with the rye, and would prefer a different type of hops.
I've looked at the founder's red rye ipa clone and it uses some crystal, carapils and aromatic malts. I'm not going for a beer that big and aggressive, but does working in a small amount of crystal and carapils sound like a good idea?
I don't -quite- have all grain capacity, but I can do large partial mashes around 7-7.5 lbs. of grain. I'm looking for something fairly well balanced, but as I said I still want the rye to come out a bit and have that spiciness/rye bite.
Initial thoughts...
About 5 lbs. American 2 row
1.5 lbs. US rye malt
8 oz. crystal 60
8 oz. carapils
1 lb. Briess light DME
Mash high. Amarillo hops (not sure on quantities yet) and Safale US-05 or WLP 001 California Ale.
What do you folks think? Thank you in advance!