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

[Denny]

Still with some krausen/yeast activity on top at 2 weeks (wasn't expecting that!). Hydro sample was great, now I remember what 1450 tastes like again (used it for Yoop's hoppy amber a while back). Unique in such a good way, I describe it as malt-forward. I love the soft malty quality I get. Sitting at 1.022 (68% attenuation) right now, with a first generation pitch of 1450. Yes, I want more attenuation and think I'll get some (at least a few points). Plan right now is to wait it out thru week 3 or 4, then move to secondary where dryhop will take place. Good things come with time!

What temp is it at? You could easily go into the low 70s at this point to finish it.

 

[Malty_Dog]

What temp is it at? You could easily go into the low 70s at this point to finish it.

I'd like to get to those temps Denny, but in PA in winter its tough to do. Its sitting at about 68 and has been for the last week. I will see what I can do to bump it a bit. No matter what, I'm going to be happy though. That sample was tasty.

I really appreciate your input and the fact that you care about how some random homebrewer's 5 gallon batch goes. Says a lot.

 

[benco]

Just finished brewing this bad boy, hit og at 1.072. I went to put it in fermenter and she is toast, I guess the compressor is out. She might be staying in the garage tonight. What a nice day here in Texas! I should have played golf!

This beer turned out really good. Finished at 1.014. One of the best beers I've made. I'm a hoppy kind of guy, but this beer smells and taste great and not overbearing with the hops.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1456197604.325393.jpg

 

[benco]

Thank you Denny! And my fermentor was fine, It was unplugged for some reason!

 

[tgmartin000]

I love this beer! Last batch, I dry hopped with an ounce each of galaxy/amarillo/citra/simcoe/centennial, and it turned into a grapefruit bomb! Love it!

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

This beer turned out really good. Finished at 1.014. One of the best beers I've made. I'm a hoppy kind of guy, but this beer smells and taste great and not overbearing with the hops.View attachment 339348

Did Woody have one too many?

 

[benco]

Did Woody have one too many?

That's funny! We actually just found him, he belongs to my 20 year old son when he was little and his name is still on his boot.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

That's funny! We actually just found him, he belongs to my 20 year old son when he was little and his name is still on his boot.

Haha

 

[Malty_Dog]

Oh man what a difference a week makes. Down to 1.014 at essentially 3 weeks (1.5L starter), hops and rye shining through moreso than before. Plan is 1 week dryhop (2 oz whole leaf Columbus), then bottle. Very, very pleased at this point!

 

[ruascott]

I'm curious if my fav local brewery basically took this grain bill and made it their own. Their's is quite hoppy, I think they use a lot of late addition falconer's flight, but their numbers/ingredients are so close to this.

From their website:

2 Row
Rye
Crystal 60
Carapils
White Wheat

Hops: Falconer's Flight, Columbus, Mt Hood

Yeast: Chico

7.2 ABV
75 IBU
10.2 SRM


So that looks darn close to Denny's. I think they took the grain bill and hopped it up with late addtion FF. It's a delicious beer.


My thought is to do something in between what they have done and Denny's. Use this grain bill. Use Columbus and Mt Hood as stated, but add a big flameout addition of Citra. And up the dry hop to about 3-4oz of Columbus + Citra.

Thoughts?


(BTW this is their flagship IPA, and they now can and sell it in all the local shops).

 

[benco]

Not sure where your going with this, but you can build your on recipe based off of Denny's or your brewery's. I don't think Denny's has falconer flight or citra. To me what makes it is the rye and Denny's yeast. No offense here.

 

[ruascott]

Not sure where your going with this, but you can build your on recipe based off of Denny's or your brewery's. I don't think Denny's has falconer flight or citra. To me what makes it is the rye and Denny's yeast. No offense here.

Not going anywhere....I was just drinking one last night from the brewery, and thought I'd play with recipes and see if I could come close to cloning it, since they publish their ingredients and numbers.

Only then did I stumble upon this recipe, and found it interesting that the grain bill seems identical.

BTW, this is the beer.


http://blackacrebrewing.com/newsite/portfolio/saucy/

Definitely a different hop schedule, as I said, they use FF, along with MT Hood and Columbus. I don't have any FF on hand, so thought of throwing in a Citra/Columbus late addition, beyond what Denny calls for. And a bigger dry hop.

Anyway, just playing with ideas. Haven't used Denny's yeast before, but have read great things. It's on my shopping list.

 

[Denny]

I'm curious if my fav local brewery basically took this grain bill and made it their own. Their's is quite hoppy, I think they use a lot of late addition falconer's flight, but their numbers/ingredients are so close to this.

From their website:

2 Row
Rye
Crystal 60
Carapils
White Wheat

Hops: Falconer's Flight, Columbus, Mt Hood

Yeast: Chico

7.2 ABV
75 IBU
10.2 SRM


So that looks darn close to Denny's. I think they took the grain bill and hopped it up with late addtion FF. It's a delicious beer.


My thought is to do something in between what they have done and Denny's. Use this grain bill. Use Columbus and Mt Hood as stated, but add a big flameout addition of Citra. And up the dry hop to about 3-4oz of Columbus + Citra.

Thoughts?


(BTW this is their flagship IPA, and they now can and sell it in all the local shops).

They wouldn't be the first brewery to do that. And before yiou decide it needs somehting added, why not brew it as is? That way you have a solid baseline to decide on future changes.

 

[ruascott]

They wouldn't be the first brewery to do that. And before yiou decide it needs somehting added, why not brew it as is? That way you have a solid baseline to decide on future changes.

Good point. Not really sure...as I said above, I stumbled upon your recipe while fooling around trying to clone theirs. But all the positive reviews here, I may just do it as-is. Thx.

 

[Denny]

Good point. Not really sure...as I said above, I stumbled upon your recipe while fooling around trying to clone theirs. But all the positive reviews here, I may just do it as-is. Thx.

If you don't do that, you really don't know what you want to change.

 

[ruascott]

If you don't do that, you really don't know what you want to change.

Going to brew it this weekend.

What's the recommend schedule with this? I typically do 3 weeks in primary, then keg, for most of my beers.

 

[benco]

That's how I do mine.

 

[Denny]

Going to brew it this weekend.

What's the recommend schedule with this? I typically do 3 weeks in primary, then keg, for most of my beers.

In the old days, I'd do 2 weeks or so in primary, then xfer to secondary and dry hop for a week or so. Then I went from 2 week primary to keg and dry hopping in the keg. Theses days, I do maybe 3-4 days at 63, then up to 70 for a day or two, then crash to 33 for a few days before kegging. Still dry hop in the keg and they stay in til the keg is gone. All of those schedules work fine, so take yer pick!

 

[theprofessor22]

I just brewed this recipe for the 2nd time and did a 6oz dry hop of Columbus for 3 days. Wow is this beer amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world.

 

[Malty_Dog]

Fantastic Denny, just a delicious brew. I only have one major problem with this beer...I'm drinking it too quickly!!

 

[ruascott]

Finally brewed this up yesterday. Used 1272, as LHBS was out of Dennys. Came in at 1.070...all went well. However it did blow off overnight, first blowoff I've ever had. I cleaned up and headed to work with krausen on my sleeve!

 

[ruascott]

Man, this became the messiest, most intense fermentation I've done. First time using 1272. Made a big 2L starter.

Sadly I've lost a good bit of beer, probably 1/2 g, in blowoff. Need a bigger tube next time?

 

[BeardedBrews]

Brewed this one last night, overall very smooth brew day. Subbed C40 for C60 and used WLP028 instead of Denny's yeast, hopefully the rye character will come through. About an inch of krausen after just 10 hours so I'm pretty hopeful for the batch.

 

[Denny]

Brewed this one last night, overall very smooth brew day. Subbed C40 for C60 and used WLP028 instead of Denny's yeast, hopefully the rye character will come through. About an inch of krausen after just 10 hours so I'm pretty hopeful for the batch.

With all due respect, you actually brewed a different beer, not mine.

 

[BeardedBrews]

With all due respect, you actually brewed a different beer, not mine.

Very true, I should have said that I made a beer in the spirit of Denny's Wry Smile. My view is that the 60->40 substitution will be a minor variation and potentially undetectable given the variability I have in my process. The more significant deviation is the scotch ale yeast which I admit could substantially change the final beer character.

 

[Shenanigans]

I usually brew two beers in one day. I had already decided for this weekend that one would be a Fresh Squeezed IPA clone. Now after finding this recipe I finally know what the 2nd one will be. I have a load of Mt. Hood and Columbus I want to use up and I love Rye IPAs. So perfect!

I just need to decide on the yeast:

US-05
BRY-97
Mangrove Jack's M42 (like a dry version of Wlp007).

 

[tim-c-barnes]

Hey folks,
So I just brewed this recipe about 8 days ago following the instructions pretty closely with some minor changes in hop additions etc.
Landed my OG at 1.073 and pitched a 1.8 liter starter I made from a 40ish day old smack pack of Denny's Favorite.

Everything was great for the first 5 or so days, tons of activity in the fermenter made me happy I rigged up a blow off setup. On the 6th day it really calmed down to almost no action in the airlock over the course of a few minutes so I took a small sample and measured the gravity at 1.035. I then waited 2 more days to take another reading and it had not visibly changed at all.

Now I'm left wondering if I'll get those last ~20 points out of it very slowly over the next few weeks, or if my yeast petered out prematurely due to age/viability and I should consider pitching another pack?

Any advice would be great! I want to get this sorted before I transfer to secondary.
Cheers!

 

[Denny]

Hey folks,
So I just brewed this recipe about 8 days ago following the instructions pretty closely with some minor changes in hope additions etc.
Landed my OG at 1.073 and pitched a 1.8 liter starter I made from a 40ish day old smack pack of Denny's Favorite.

Everything was great for the first 5 or so days, tons of activity in the fermenter made me happy I rigged up a blow off setup. On the 6th day it really calmed down to almost no action in the airlock over the course of a few minutes so I took a small sample and measured the gravity at 1.035. I then waited 2 more days to take another reading and it had not visibly changed at all.

Now I'm left wondering if I'll get those last ~20 points out of it very slowly over the next few weeks, or if my yeast petered out prematurely due to age/viability and I should consider pitching another pack?

Any advice would be great! I want to get this sorted before I transfer to secondary.
Cheers!

What temp are you at?

 

[tim-c-barnes]

What temp are you at?

It's been going up and down between 64 and 68 over the course of each day.

 

[Denny]

It's been going up and down between 64 and 68 over the course of each day.

Close enough. At this point, try going to the low 70s and see if that helps.