I have never brewed with rye before. I haven't drank a lot of rye beers, but have had several recently that I really enjoy. The two I really like are the wonderfully hoppy Red's Rye PA from Founder's and the very unique Cane and Ebel from Two Brothers. Northern Brewer recently released a rye malt extract that is a combination of rye malt, caramel malt and 2-row. I thought that would be a nice way to ease into the rye world, and planned on brewing a rye IPA. As the weather has been getting colder however, I found myself wanting a darker beer. I have had a rye porter from Iowa's Peace Tree Brewing Company which was quite good as well. So I decided to brew up a nice porter and use 3.15 lbs of the rye malt extract. I'm excited to see how it turns out. Normally I have an idea in my head of what I think the beer will taste like, but I have to admit I'm not quite sure what I will get with this one.I had read in a BYO article about the idea of building complexity in a porter through layering dark grains. So I decided to use a variety of dark grains, in addition to some crystal malt to give it some sweetness. At the last minute, I was a little worried about the rye adding a bit too much bitterness, so I threw in a small amount of dark belgian candi syprup for balance.
Here's what I went with for my partial mash recipe:
Steep overnight in 4 qts of water (extract liquid added at 10 minutes left in boil)
8 oz Organic Carafa 2
4 oz Organic Roasted Barley
6 oz Organic Black Malt
8 oz Organic Chocolate Malt
Mash @ 151
3 lbs Org. 2-Row
1 lb Org Munich
1 lb Org Crystal 60
Extract @ 20
3.15 Rye Malt LME
3.15 Organic Light LME
2 oz Dark Belgian Candy Sugar @ 10
Hops:
1.5 oz Fuggles @ 60
.5 oz Fuggles @ 20
Yeast: White Labs 02 English Ale Yeast
I am curious to see how it turns out.
Salud!
Bearded Brewer
2 comments:
Where do you get your organic supplies, especially hops?
Thanks,
Chris,
Duluth
Chris,
I get most of my organic supplies at Northern Brewer. Some specialty malts I get from www.breworganic.com (Seven Bridges Co-op). It's in California, so the shipping costs are pretty high, I only order from there once in awhile. The hops are grown by a buddy. Organic hops are harder to come by. Seven Bridges does sell quite a few though.
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