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New Game - Name that style!

Started by Metattron, September 29, 2013, 10:32:10 PM

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Metattron

I'm pretty fond of adding grains, hops and yeasts to my beers, without any more than a vague knowledge of beer styles.  I just do it to try out new things, and for the most part, it works out well.  Every now and again I come across a brew that is very good and I'd like to know more about it.  So, anyone care to put a style to this recipe.  It's a dark rye ale, very malty and very hoppy, very well balanced.  It's dark, a very deep red, with creamy head that dissipates in a few minutes, but leaves lacing right down the glass.  Almost treacle like flavour but with enough bitterness to cut through it.  Any ideas:

Recipe: Something, Something, Something Dark Rye

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 24.77 l
Post Boil Volume: 22.88 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 20.00 l   
Estimated OG: 1.041 SG
Estimated Color: 43.1 EBC
Estimated IBU: 30.9 IBUs
#Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                       
2.00 kg               Pale Malt, Maris Otter
1.00 kg               Rye Malt
0.50 kg               Carapils
0.50 kg               Chocolate Rye
10.00 g               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60.
10.00 g               Galaxy [12.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min         
1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)       
10.00 g               Cascade [6.80 %] - Boil 10.0 min       
1.0 pkg               California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)
20.00 g               Amarillo [10.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days
20.00 g               Cascade [6.80 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days
20.00 g               Galaxy [12.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 4.00 kg
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Name              Description                             Step Temperature Step Time         
Mash In           Add 10.43 l of water at 73.1 C          66.7 C           60 min             
Mash Out          Add 5.84 l of water at 93.7 C           75.6 C           10 min             

Sparge: Fly sparge with 12.50 l water at 75.6 C
In primary:
In secondary: Wine, Melomel
In keg: Teddy Hopper, Coconut stout, 4 Cs, Buzz bomb, Never Sierra, Bock, OD
In the fridge: Helles Lager, Hob Gob

irish_goat


Hop Bomb

On tap: Flanders, Gose,
Fermenting: Oatmeal Brown, 200ish Fathoms,
Ageing: bretted 1890 export stout.
To brew:  2015 RIS, Kellerbier, Altbier.

Will_D

Remember: The Nationals are just round the corner - time to get brewing

irish_goat

Quote from: Will_D on September 30, 2013, 09:36:19 AM
German Roggen: 15 D

I'd say Mettatron's beer wouldn't be yeasty enough to qualify as a roggenbier. Plus there's too much hops for a German to be happy about it.  :P

UpsidedownA (Andrew)

The brewpal brewing software I used to use had a neat feature in that it would try to put your recipes into a style based on various key paramters like bitterness and colour. No idea what it would say about your recipe though. Does your software offer a similar feature?
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Metattron

I use Beersmith and you could change the style and see how yours matches up, but its a bit clunky and would take a while to go through.
It's a tricky one alright as it is highly hopped and very malty.  Black RyePA may be close, it's not a yeasty brew at all, very clean.  Must have a look at that brewpal.
In primary:
In secondary: Wine, Melomel
In keg: Teddy Hopper, Coconut stout, 4 Cs, Buzz bomb, Never Sierra, Bock, OD
In the fridge: Helles Lager, Hob Gob