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rye beer

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:25 pm
by Gman20
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have had the chance to try a couple rye beers and gonna make my next batch a rye so i used the base from a beer kit but am going to use different hops

steeping grains 20 mins
8oz honey malt
4oz munch
2oz vienna

3.3# can of rye lme
3#s pilsen dme

have an oz of columbus and an oz of saaz for this, will bitter with columbus while using the saaz for aroma and or flavor.as far as ibus go im thinking low to mids 20s so ill have some hops left over

safale 05 yeast

gonna be brewing this weekend................cant wait!!! its been months since a brewed me some beer :party:

Re: rye beer

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:05 pm
by The_Professor
Gman20 wrote:...3.3# can or rye...
Can of rye?

Something to keep in mind if you're using something like this is that it is only 20% (check the formulation of yours) rye to begin with. Adding the pilsner makes it 10%. Thats fine if that is what you want. Just FYI if you didn't know already.

Re: rye beer

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:42 pm
by Gman20
Oooops meant can of rye lme

And yea realized after i got home the can is only 20% rye when originally i was goin to go as much as 50% but ill see how this goes and maybe make it more rye based next time.......been tryin to go extract latley save time tho