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[phaqhugh]

RyePA
23-A Specialty Beer
Date: 2/15/10

Size: 5.04 gal

Ingredients:
8 lb Pale Ale Malt
3 lb Rye Malt
2 lb Vienna Malt
3 lb Honey Malt
1 lb 2-Row Caramel Malt 10L
.50 lb Barley Flakes
1.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
.50 oz Glacier (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
1.0 oz Horizon (12.0%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
.50 oz Glacier (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
1.0 oz Glacier (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 45 min

Yeast - Safale 05
Dry hop in secondary with 1oz. glacier for a week

Expecting:
Original Gravity: 1.086 (1.026 - 1.120)
Terminal Gravity: 1.022 (0.995 - 1.035)
Color: 15.8 (1.0 - 50.0)
Alcohol: 8.59% (2.5% - 14.5%)
Bitterness: 74.4 (0.0 - 100.0)

 

[billvon]

Original Gravity: 1.086 (1.026 - 1.120)
Terminal Gravity: 1.022 (0.995 - 1.035)
Color: 15.8 (1.0 - 50.0)
Alcohol: 8.59% (2.5% - 14.5%)
Bitterness: 74.4 (0.0 - 100.0)

Those are some mighty wide prediction ranges there!

 

[klyph]

Terminal Gravity sounds like an action movie title.

 

[mojotele]

Those are some mighty wide prediction ranges there!

I think those are the style guidelines.

 

[phaqhugh]

whoops ya they are the style ranges haha
OG - 1.086
FG - 1.022
if attenuation is 75%

i think terminal gravity is that sci fi action with ice cube and john travolta haha

 

[sp1365]

Couple things having just done a beer with a large percent Rye.

1) Use Rice Hulls...a lot of rice hulls. Rye is sticky and does not have a husk thus you are more prone to a stuck mash. I used rice hulls as only 2.5% of my grain bill (.25 lbs out of 10 lbs) and next time will double or even triple that.

2) Sparge slower than you think you should. Once again this should help prevent against a stuck mash.

3) Go with a thinner mash over a thicker one.

Other than that looks pretty good. I love rye in beers.