Full disclosure: I already did this...
I was looking for a new and exciting take on a ryePA so I thought about what rye meant to me. I immediately thought of spice and rye bread and that got the ball rolling on a recipe. Using a basic RyePA recipe with a few substitutions for flavor (MO instead of 2row) and about twice the number of hops (8 oz of palisades when all was said and done) I had a nice generic RyePA.
Now comes the fun part. To differentiate my bear from the rest I put about 2oz fresh cracked multicolor pepper and about an oz of toasted caraway into the secondary in 2 bursts, half at a time and 2 weeks apart so I could judge the flavor.
No realm questions here, just thought I would share. If there is interest I will post the recipe and any tasting notes when the time comes
Mahalo
I was looking for a new and exciting take on a ryePA so I thought about what rye meant to me. I immediately thought of spice and rye bread and that got the ball rolling on a recipe. Using a basic RyePA recipe with a few substitutions for flavor (MO instead of 2row) and about twice the number of hops (8 oz of palisades when all was said and done) I had a nice generic RyePA.
Now comes the fun part. To differentiate my bear from the rest I put about 2oz fresh cracked multicolor pepper and about an oz of toasted caraway into the secondary in 2 bursts, half at a time and 2 weeks apart so I could judge the flavor.
No realm questions here, just thought I would share. If there is interest I will post the recipe and any tasting notes when the time comes
Mahalo