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
American brown/amber rye ale?
Black RyePA
German Roggen: 15 D
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
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?
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.