Specialty IPA: Rye IPA Bee Cave Brewery Rye IPA

[DustBow]

I know Amarillo is technically one of the "citrusy" hops, but from the brews I've tried it really works well with rye

 

[duffman2]

Well DustBow, I'm with you. I think the combination will be fantastic. Of course I just brewed this yesterday for the first time, but I did go with the chinook/amarillo combo with the chinook being the dominant hop. I will dry hop with one ounce of each and hopefully it turns out the way I think it will.

Cheers

 

[Capn_James]

I have 1# of rye grain and 1# of flaked rye. Will that get me close?

 

[DustBow]

I think that will be fine. I've seen guys on here who always split the rye portion of a recipe 50/50 flaked & malted

 

[ruralbrew]

I brewed this up yesterday. Followed the recipe, except went with a pound of the crystal. My LHBS only sells by the 1/2 lb, so I figured if I was going to pay for a pound, I was going to use a pound.
It turned out to be a brew day from hell, first the SS braid in the mash tun got kinked, then it came off. I ended up doing a modified brew-in-a bag sort of thing. Then with about a half hour left in the boil, a big storm came through. Had to tear everything down and move to the garage. Ended up with a ton of trub in the bottom of the carboy. Even a couple pine needles. Guess I didn't get all of them fished out. But it is fermenting, and what is coming out of the airlock smells good. So I am sure it will make beer. I am thinking about dry hopping with an ounce of Cascade when the fermentation is complete. I figure with all the crap already in there, another ounce of hop residue won't make a difference.

 

[Coff]

How do you think this recipe would look with about 8ounces of some Cherrywood Smoked Rye?

Will the smoke not go well with the hops that this recipe calls for?

 

[ruralbrew]

I brewed this the first of the month and bottled last Saturday. Just cracked one open to see how it was coming along, and WOW! Malty, spicy and a great hop balance! And a head that just won't quit! It was way above the rim of the glass. I brewed this for my daughter for her birthday, I had never found an IPA I was too fond of, but she is very fond of them. But this is really good! Even with the problems I had on brewday it turned out fantastic. It will be brewed again, and again!

My hat's off to you, EdWort!

 

[Old_E]

Brewing this today. Rye is sticky! Wish I had thrown some rice hulls in. Sparge has been a pain. Other than that, its looking great!

 

[skyzo]

Brewed this today, smelled great going into the primary. Got better effciency than I expected and ended up at 1.070. This was my first ever rye beer, looking forward to drinking it!

 

[Old_E]

Brewed this today, smelled great going into the primary. Got better effciency than I expected and ended up at 1.070. This was my first ever rye beer, looking forward to drinking it!

Funny. That's exactly what I ended up at, 1.070, even with my PITA sparge. I thought it was going to be low.

 

[skyzo]

Haha that is weird. Whats crazy is that I had all my grain measured out and put in my grinder, when somehow the small table it is on tipped over, spilling my grain all over the floor. Luckily my floor was clean, and I swept up most of it, but probably .2 of a pound was missing or went under stuff. Still got 1.070

 

[Old_E]

yep. I lost a little bit dumping the entire mash into a bucket to try to open up the weave on my braid. Still hit 1.070. I have no idea how. Like I said, I expected it to be way under. Who knows. Stars must have been in alignment.

 

[matts]

I just picked some fresh cascades. I have 3 pounds of it. Going to brew a batch of this with some and dry the rest. What do you all suggest? Use the fresh at 5x amounts for both the 15 and 5 min additions? Or just the 5?

 

[ruralbrew]

Boiling this as I type. Had trouble with my first runoff again. Once I have problems, then the liquid starts to cool, which makes it run slower, which ends up cooling the mash more, which makes it run slower, ad infinitum. Once I added the hot sparge water things loosened up, but I am afraid I will end up with a ton of trub in the bottom of the fermenter again. But it turned out good last time, so I am not too worried. When fermentation is complete I am going to dry hopagain, this time with an ounce of both centennial and cascade. Great stuff.

 

[ruralbrew]

I ended up with an OG of 1.078. I think a little too vigorous a boil. Added a gallon of water when I pitched the yeast, the carboy looked at about the right level. I need to get my equipment calibrated.

 

[Beernewb]

i pitched this on to a cake from a 1.040 beer, and added 1 packet of dry yeast sine my OG came in over 1.070. it went crazy in 4 hours, but it pooped out. I had 1.018 on 9/20 and i am at 1.016 today. i am rousing the yeast, but I think i am suffering a bit from premature fermentation....never tried the beano trick, wondering if I should now or at least rack to a secondary to prevent autolysis off flavors...

 

[DustBow]

it might be done - you're pushing 80% attenuation right now going from 1.070+ down to 1.016

 

[CoalCracker]

Ed - What type of efficiency is this recipe built for? Sorry if I missed it somewhere.

 

[EdWort]

All my recipes are rated at 75% efficiency. It's strange how some of the bold items have disappeared from my recipes.

 

[TTT8277]

Mighty fine Beer!! Thank you.

 

[phoenixs4r]

I seem to be brewing all your recipes! Did the pale for an Xmas party, ipa is going into the keg tonight, and just finishing up this one. First time hitting 75% efficiency, yay!!!

 

[Daves69]

So I brewed this beer as my 5th all grain and 1st all grain with my new false bottom in the Tun. After getting terrible efficiencies with a copper manifold in the 40%-50% range on my first 4 brews, I am happy to say that this one hit %80! While I normally do secondary (for clearing) I decided to just bottle after the 10 days in primary using 8oz of Extra Light DME for priming. A cool 6 days later I cracked one open and WOW! This beer is great! It's not even been two weeks since I opened that first bottle and I am already down to the last 6 bottles! This beer was a hit this past weekend at my Father-in-laws Birthday party, I think this will be my first 10 gallon batch here soon! Thanks Ed Wort!

 

[phoenixs4r]

This ones ready for kegging now! Did you dry hop at all? I have a LOT of half opened packages of hops sitting in my freezer. Maybe I'll make a wild dry hop concoction.

 

[dignifiedb]

Quick question. I'm entering this into Beersmith and need to know if the 2# of Rye is Rye Malt or Flaked Rye. Thanks!

 

[EdWort]

It's rye malt

 

[dignifiedb]

Thanks Ed...for the quick reply and all the great recipes! Really appreciate it!

 

[Cbaddad]

Ed,

You ever dry hop this with chinook or anything else? I have a batch three weeks into primary and am wondering if I should add an oz of chinook or something else. Any thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[BlackPawn]

I'm brand new brewer. Chose this as my first batch!

Followed the original post, no substitutions. Did everything I could to mess it up, thought it would be rancid b/c I didn't feel like a properly sterilize or add yeast correctly.

Just got done with primary, going to bottle this weekend (put it in a secondary carboy for a short time for various personal reasons, ie no time to bottle, couldn't wait another day to try it) TURNED OUT PERFECT!!!

Org. Spec. Gravity = 1.0635
11 days in Primary Spec. Gravity = 1.0088

Has fantastic flavor even without proper carbonation, I'd say IBUs are right on par with stated original post, really nice spicy & bitter start with a smooth malty (I like to say nut like) finish. LOVE IT!

Thank you

 

[Brickwalker]

I just put this on tap last weekend. Brewed it early Dec. 2011.
All I can say is; this beer is phenomenal! THANKS FOR THE RECIPE!

 

[CoalCracker]

Agreed! This a great recipe and has gotten much praise!!