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Fox Sox Knox Rye Pale Ale

  I have been thinking for quite some time that I would like to try rye in a beer.  But, when at the Golden City Brewery, I tried their roggenbier and did not much care for it.  My initial thought was that it reminded me of the funky belgium / trappist wheat beers that I really do not like ... and I have always attributed that taste to overly phenolic yeast flavors.  But, just in case, I figured I better go light on my first rye beer.

I had listened to the "Can You Brew It: Terrapin Rye Pale Ale" podcast  Terrapin Rye Pale Ale uses less rye than a traditional roggenbier would and is hopped up pretty well so that I think this would be a pretty good way to start with a subtle amount of rye to see how it goes.  The recipe I plugged into Beer Smith followed the recipe on the pod cast pretty closely, although, as always, I switched it up to match the SheppyBrew standard processes.

I am not sure what style to call this.  It is not really in the American Rye Beer category (too hoppy), and certainly does not have enough rye to be called a roggenbier.  It technically seems to fit in the APA category, but is lower on the hop bitterness for me to just automatically call it an APA.  Plus, with the Fuggle and EKG hops, you might really consider it more of an English Strong Bitter, although I think the dry-hopped Amarillo might take it out of that style.  In the end, I decided to call it an APA.


Knox Rye Pale Ale --- cost $18.47

Style
American Pale Ale
Batch Size
2.40 gal
Type
Partial Mash
Boil Size   1.92 gal

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity
1.059 SG
Estimated FG
1.015 SG
Recipe Bitterness
30.9 IBU (Rager)
Alcohol by Volume
5.70 %
BU : GU   0.524        
Recipe Color
8.0 SRM
Color
   
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Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
2 lbs 4.0 oz Briess Wheat LME (3.0 SRM) Extract 50.00 %
12.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.67 %
8.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
8.0 oz Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
4.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
4.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
0.13 oz Columbus [14.20 %] (60 min) Hops 14.9 IBU
0.75 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.25 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (30 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (20 min) Hops 6.8 IBU
0.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (10 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80 %] (1 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0.25 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafeAle American Ale (Fermentis #US-05) Yeast-Ale

Mash Profile

Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 2.81 qt of water at 161.4 F 150.0 F

Batch Sparge Round 1: Sparge with 0.58 gal of 168.0 F water
Batch Sparge Round 2: Sparge with 1.01 gal of 168.0 F water

Recipe Notes
Ferment 2 days at 64F in conditioning cooler and then let it warm up to 70 for the remainder of a 2 week fermentation.
http://www.fermentis.com/FO/pdf/HB/EN/Safale_US-05_HB.pdf
Batch prime with 2.25 oz table sugar.
 
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