brewinginct
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I'm planning on brewing an all grain IPA, average grain bill with a 20% mix of rye malt and flaked rye. OG is 1.059, I'm using US-05 for yeast.
I was planning on doing a single infusion at 153 but I've read multiple recipes that either call for a 3 step infusion or ramping up the mash temp from 142 to 153 or so. Is there any benefit to do a more complicated mash schedule, or will mashing in at 153 do the job?
The second question is with the hop schedule. The hops that I'm choosing between for this beer are:
Chinook - Pellet (11%)
Simcoe - Leaf (13.6%) or Pellet (13%)
Amarillo - Leaf(10.5%) or pellet (8.5%)
It seems like Chinook would work well with the spicy rye so I bought 3 ounces of the Chinook, and my plan was something like this:
FWH - .5 Chinook
60m - .25 Chinook
30m - .5 Chinook
10m - .5 Chinook
flameout - 1.25 Chinook
dryhop - 1.5-2 ounces of amarillo
The thing is that I've never really worked with rye before, and I'm not sure which hops would work best at what point. I'd like the beer to be Chinook heavy but I'd also like to use the Amarillo, and maybe even a little Simcoe for the 60 minute addition or something. How and where would you use these hops, keeping in mind I want to go heavy on the Chinook (if that makes sense) and I want to do a fwh addition.
Lastly, I'm considering doing a 90 minute boil. Any pros or cons to doing this as opposed to a standard 60 minute boil.
I'm brewing this tomorrow so any and all advice will be greatly appreciated, thanks
I was planning on doing a single infusion at 153 but I've read multiple recipes that either call for a 3 step infusion or ramping up the mash temp from 142 to 153 or so. Is there any benefit to do a more complicated mash schedule, or will mashing in at 153 do the job?
The second question is with the hop schedule. The hops that I'm choosing between for this beer are:
Chinook - Pellet (11%)
Simcoe - Leaf (13.6%) or Pellet (13%)
Amarillo - Leaf(10.5%) or pellet (8.5%)
It seems like Chinook would work well with the spicy rye so I bought 3 ounces of the Chinook, and my plan was something like this:
FWH - .5 Chinook
60m - .25 Chinook
30m - .5 Chinook
10m - .5 Chinook
flameout - 1.25 Chinook
dryhop - 1.5-2 ounces of amarillo
The thing is that I've never really worked with rye before, and I'm not sure which hops would work best at what point. I'd like the beer to be Chinook heavy but I'd also like to use the Amarillo, and maybe even a little Simcoe for the 60 minute addition or something. How and where would you use these hops, keeping in mind I want to go heavy on the Chinook (if that makes sense) and I want to do a fwh addition.
Lastly, I'm considering doing a 90 minute boil. Any pros or cons to doing this as opposed to a standard 60 minute boil.
I'm brewing this tomorrow so any and all advice will be greatly appreciated, thanks