Batch #006 - Crisp Rye Ale - Austin Homebrew

Recipe: Crisp Rye Ale (Austin Home Brew)

Style: 14B-India Pale Ale(IPA)-American IPA

Recipe Overview

 

Wort Volume Before Boil: 4.00 US gals

Wort Volume After Boil: 3.00 US gals

Volume Transferred: 3.00 US gals

Water Added: 2.25 US gals

Volume At Pitching: 5.25 US gals

Final Batch Volume: 5.00 US gals

Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.025 SG

Expected OG: 1.062 SG

Expected FG: 1.017 SG

Expected ABV: 6.1 %

Expected ABW: 4.8 %

Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 26.4

Expected Color: 5.1 SRM

Apparent Attenuation: 72.5 %

Mash Efficiency: 75.0 %

Boil Duration: 60.0 mins

Fermentation Temperature: 64 degF

Fermentables

German Rye Malt 2.00 lb (21.1 %) In Mash/Steeped

US 2-Row Malt 1.00 lb (10.5 %) In Mash/Steeped

German Munich Malt 0.50 lb (5.3 %) In Mash/Steeped

Extract - Light Liquid Malt Extract 6.00 lb (63.2 %) Start Of Boil

Hops

US Mount Hood (5.2 % alpha) 2.00 oz Bagged Pellet Hops used 60 Min From End

German Hallertauer Hersbrucker (1.5 % alpha) 1.00 oz Bagged Pellet Hops used 5 Min From End

UK Golding (5.0 % alpha) 1.75 oz Bagged Pellet Hops used Dry-Hopped

German Perle (8.2 % alpha) 0.50 oz Bagged Pellet Hops used Dry-Hopped

US Ahtanum (5.5 % alpha) 0.50 oz Bagged Pellet Hops used Dry-Hopped

Other Ingredients

Irish Moss 0.05 oz used In Mash

Yeast: White Labs WLP008-East Coast Ale

Mash Schedule

Mash Type: Extract with Steeped Grains

Schedule Name: No Chosen Schedule

This is the Crisp Rye Ale kit from Austin Homebrew except I dry hopped it. The beer was really bitter during racking to the secondary and it made me nervous. I figured throwing in some hops for aroma would balance it out. It came out tasting amazing.