Specialty IPA: Rye IPA Denny Conn's Wry Smile Rye IPA

[Denny]

A lot of coolers list the volume under the concave top as part of the total volume. Of course, you can't use that for mashing. I can get about 9.5 gal. in my 48 qt. cooler.

 

[phoenixs4r]

Brewing this now. Used a keg as a mash tun for the first time. Wrapped it in a moving blanket, lost 4 degrees over an hour. Can RDWHAHB cause I'm on call. I'm sure it'll be fine.

 

[forcabrew]

Hi everyone I will be brewing this tomorrow. I have a 2L starter that i put on the stir plate monday night and this morning i began to cold crashing in my fridge. But I have read a lot of people having difficulty getting their FG inline with Denny's 1.013. My question is do you all think the 2l starter would be enough? What is the best temp to ferment this fav 50 yeast?

First time using this yeast strain and I want to ensure my fermentation goes well. I also use yeast nutrient in the boil and aerate with O2 to help my fermentations.

 

[Denny]

I ferment in the low 60s. If you're concerned about your FG being high, drop the mash temp to 150 and let it go for 90n min. instead of 60. Plan on 3 weeks in primary.

 

[phoenixs4r]

I'll be putting this on tap Friday I think. Hyrdometer taste from primary was excellent, very very hoppy. Hoping it has a strong nose when it pours from the tap as well after the dryhop

Thanks again for an excellent recipe.

 

[bknifefight]

I've got this all kegged up now. It's not totally carbed but getting there. We ended up doing 10 gallons and the last hop addition (1.5 oz Mt Hood) I wrote as 0.5 so we ended up just DHing the extra hops. They were whole leaf and I ended up clogging my siphon and the keg dip tube. Ugh. All said and done, it is a very delicious beer. The hop combination is very interesting and not like any other IPAs I have had, but not in a bad way. I will definitely be brewing this again.

 

[TrubHead]

Questions: 1) Thinking of lowering the % of rye malt. It seems a bit high but then I've never used it. Is it very spicy like rye bread?
2) If I can't get Mt Hood hops from the LHBS, are there acceptable substitutes?

Thanks for responses.

 

[Clifton]

Brew as is then make changes. If you must, use Hallertau in place of Mt. Hood.

 

[TrubHead]

OK. I'm up for experimenting. Thanks.

 

[Denny]

Questions: 1) Thinking of lowering the % of rye malt. It seems a bit high but then I've never used it. Is it very spicy like rye bread?
2) If I can't get Mt Hood hops from the LHBS, are there acceptable substitutes?

Thanks for responses.

1.) don't do it. How do you know it's too much until you try it? I made many test batches of the beer and if less rye made it better, the recipe would have less rye! At least try it as is before you change anything.

2.) Hallertauer

 

[phoenixs4r]

This beer will be coming out of our taps tonight. Can't wait.

 

[TrubHead]

1.) don't do it. How do you know it's too much until you try it? I made many test batches of the beer and if less rye made it better, the recipe would have less rye! At least try it as is before you change anything.

2.) Hallertauer

Thanks I'll stick to the recipe. This one won't be cooking for a few weeks since it's now #2 in the brew queue.

 

[phoenixs4r]

This is the least amount of hops I've used in any IPA, and it's so hoppy we are nicknaming it jop juice.

 

[reverendnathan]

Denny, or whoever, obviously it's been a few years and the hop yields are different now. How many IBUs should I be shooting for this recipe -- ~65 IBUs?

 

[phoenixs4r]

63.7 per recipe.

 

[Clifton]

I use Tinseth for my hop calcs. It seems to be the most accurate for full boils and when I've had beers analyzed for IBU they've been very close to what I calced using Tinseth in Promash.

The recipe on the very first page of this thread is accurate for 5 gal., although the stuff in bold at the top mis-estimates the OG and IBU. Just use the rest of it and remember 1.073 and 75 IBU.

From the horse's mouth... no offense Denny.

 

[Denny]

denny, or whoever, obviously it's been a few years and the hop yields are different now. How many ibus should i be shooting for this recipe -- ~65 ibus?

1.073 og
75 ibu

 

[bknifefight]

Dont listen to Denny, he knows nothing about this beer or this recipe.

 

[TrubHead]

Is it ok to do a sparge (2nd running) with this recipe? First page shows single infusion.

 

[Denny]

Is it ok to do a sparge (2nd running) with this recipe? First page shows single infusion.

Single infusion mash, one batch sparge is what I do. It's not a no sparge recipe.

 

[TrubHead]

Single infusion mash, one batch sparge is what I do. It's not a no sparge recipe.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[14er]

Brewed this about 3 weeks ago and poured my first pint tonight. All I can say is...Well done Denny, well done!

 

[Denny]

Thank you!

 

[bknifefight]

I took a few bottles of this to a homebrew club meeting. The recipe was instantly recognized by a club member who happens to brew for Lavery Brewing out of Erie, PA.

 

[TrubHead]

Ingredients in hand and brewing this week. Hopefully without incident.

 

[laserghost]

Sorry if this has been covered already, but is the 21 days in primary and 21 days in secondary the suggested aging for this brew?

How long does Denny usually dry hop this?

LHBS was out of Denny's yeast, unfortunately, so I used 2 packs of American Ale II in a 1L starter and pitched the whole thing. It's been raging for a day now at about 64 F.

EDIT: I found the answers to this on page 22, thanks search function!

 

[TrubHead]

Brewing today and got a major stuck sparge. Wow the rye malt is really gelatinous. Not sure what the solution would be rice hulls, pump (gravity drain now), thinner mash or maybe all of the above. Anyway got what wort I could retrieve using a cup and strainer and boiling now. I'm sure the efficiency took a hit but hopefully not too severe.

 

[Denny]

That's weird...there's not that much rye in there and in all the batches I've made I've never had a stuck run off.

 

[TrubHead]

I used a 5 gallon circular cooler/mash tun with a cpvc manifold for a 3.5 gallon batch. Never had a stuck sparge before so I'm thinking rice hulls might help with the stickier grains. Do you know if rice hulls detract from efficiency?

 

[Denny]

I used a 5 gallon circular cooler/mash tun with a cpvc manifold for a 3.5 gallon batch. Never had a stuck sparge before so I'm thinking rice hulls might help with the stickier grains. Do you know if rice hulls detract from efficiency?

Nope, they don't.