Rye Pale Ale Recipe Critique

[DukeAC]

I've been working on a recipe for a hoppy but light/crisp rye pale ale based on Westbrook Brewing Co.'s One Claw. This beer is 5.5% abv. and hopped with Amarillo, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin. The recipe (partial mash) I've come up with so far is below. For the grain bill, I wanted about 10% rye and 10% wheat...I'm not sure about the munich/crystal though and if this belongs here. Any thoughts/suggestions/criticisms would be much appreciated. Thanks!

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Summer RyePA
Brewer: Aaron
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Partial Mash

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 5.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Yeast: San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP090 Yeast) w/starter

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 10.1 %
1 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 2 10.1 %
1 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 3 10.1 %
8.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.1 %
6.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.8 %
2 lbs Ultralight LME (4.0 SRM) Extract 6 20.3 %
4 lbs Ultralight LME [Boil for 15 min](4.0 SRM Extract 7 40.5 %

0.50 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 7.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 10.3 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins) Fining 10 -
0.75 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 4.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 4.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 13 4.1 IBUs
0.75 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Da Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs

Mash grains 4.8 quarts water 150F for 60 min.

Thanks again,
Aaron

 

[redshift76]

My suggestion would be to up the rye amount if you want that flavor to come through. My rye pale recipe is 31.5% rye malt.

The rye/citra combo really works well IMHO.

 

[DukeAC]

Thanks for the reply. I am going for a very subtle rye flavor so I figured I'd start at 10%, but might consider pushing that up higher.

 

[langdonk1]

..I'm not sure about the munich/crystal though and if this belongs here

I got an email from one of the Brewers at westbrook and he said they use a about 10% rye, a little white wheat, a little munich and the rest is 2 row. The hops are Nelson and Citra. And the yeast is standard English ale.