Rough Ryder RyePA

I thought I give another shot at a RyePA. The last one didn't quite come out as strong and hoppy as I had hoped for, so I upped the ante a little by getting some extra DME for body, and used pure Chinook for hopping. That should give it a grand, piney underswell of hoppiness. For dry hopping, I double the dose to 2oz and switched to Citra, which gives great citrusy head flavors. Let's see! A RyePA can take quite some hops flavors without risking to overdo it since the Rye malt adds such a strong, bready malt flavor that it is very hard to push into the background making the beer unbalanced. So, full blast ahead! Here's to West Coast happy hoppiness!

Grain bill and hops. Notice the darker color of the Rye Malt in the middle

BREW DATE: 06/25/2017

BOTTLING DATE: about 6 weeks later

GRAIN BILL: 12lbs total

-6lbs Rahr 2-row Malt

-3lbs Weyermann Light Rye Malt

-3lbs Weyermann Vienna Malt
-2lbs Briess Sparkling Amber DME 

MASH-IN: 1 hr at 165F, Batch/Fly sparked with 170F water.

HOP SCHEDULE:

-60min 1oz Chinook leaf hops

-30min 1oz Chinook leaf hops

-10min 1oz Chinook leaf hops
-dry hopped w/ 2oz Citra leaf hops

OG:27.1 brix for 9l wort filled up to 23l => alcohol content should come out at 5.9%.

YEAST: Wyeast American Ale 1056

TASTE NOTES: Nice IPA with some bready untertones thanks to the Rye Malt. Citra is a little bit overhyped I have to say, it tends to be on the light side unless you use tons of it. I thought 2oz would really get some citrus flavors going but it is still quite benign. Anyways, good beer, no complaints!