solbes
Well-Known Member
As the thread states, how much rye is too much? I know there are a lot of people on here who have experimented with various levels of Rye. To date I have only ever brewed 1 recipe with Rye, which was Denny's Wry Smile IPA (fantastic BTW). So very little experience.
I am attempting to clone Summit's Frost Line Rye, a darker non-spiced winter ale of sorts. Here's the specs from their webpage: 1.055 SG, 1.011 FG (from ABV), 25 deg L, 54 IBU. Pale malt, malted rye, chocolate rye, carmel rye, flaked rye (seeing a thread here?). Hops are Summit (onions, might have to skip), Citra (yes please), and 2 experimental hops (one of which might be Mosaic). Its firmly hopped, but the main player is the rye and chocolate coming through.
Here's my first shot on goal for a recipe (29 SRM for color):
7 lbs Pale
1 lb malted rye
1.5 lb choc rye ( ~ 240L -seems high but needed to hit color)
0.5 lb crystal rye (~ 120L)
1 lb flaked rye
Haven't tweaked the hop combo yet but will likely switch out the Summit due to personal preference. Will definitely target 54 IBU with a small amount of dry hopping.
The above recipe is 36.4% Rye. Will this be over the top spicy and unpleasant? Maybe some around here have had this beer and can comment on that too. Any other comments are appreciated as well.
I am attempting to clone Summit's Frost Line Rye, a darker non-spiced winter ale of sorts. Here's the specs from their webpage: 1.055 SG, 1.011 FG (from ABV), 25 deg L, 54 IBU. Pale malt, malted rye, chocolate rye, carmel rye, flaked rye (seeing a thread here?). Hops are Summit (onions, might have to skip), Citra (yes please), and 2 experimental hops (one of which might be Mosaic). Its firmly hopped, but the main player is the rye and chocolate coming through.
Here's my first shot on goal for a recipe (29 SRM for color):
7 lbs Pale
1 lb malted rye
1.5 lb choc rye ( ~ 240L -seems high but needed to hit color)
0.5 lb crystal rye (~ 120L)
1 lb flaked rye
Haven't tweaked the hop combo yet but will likely switch out the Summit due to personal preference. Will definitely target 54 IBU with a small amount of dry hopping.
The above recipe is 36.4% Rye. Will this be over the top spicy and unpleasant? Maybe some around here have had this beer and can comment on that too. Any other comments are appreciated as well.