The Story: There are a ton of great beers out there, and good IPAs are pretty easy to come by, on the West Coast especially. For the upcoming Monterey Spring Homebrew Competition and Festival I helped organize, we decided to do a special ingredient showdown. I've been a part of these over the past few years with herbs, spice, fruit, etc. But I wanted to go a little more mainstream to really see where brewers went with a unique but fairly classic ingredient. Rye seemed natural, it's been used in brewing for centuries and contributed a wonderful spicy quality in various styles and intensities... and not just in Roggenbier.The Brew: Leaving Monterey soon, I had a stock pile of wonderful Aroma hops to contribute to this brew. The key was the right balance of malt backbone and character with the rye and hop aspects, I think we hit it on the mark with a bit more malt character than I would call for in a standard IPA.
Ingredients:
Malt: (73%) American 2-Row, (13%) Malted Rye, (3%) Crystal 40, (2%) Crystal 60, (3%) Victory, (2%) Honey Malt
Hops: (First wort hopped and Dry Hoped) Cascade, Columbus, Galaxy, Galena, Palisade
Yeast: California V (WLP051), Cali (WLP001)
Specs: 1.062 OG, 6.7%abv, 70IBU
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