First blogged recipe

Posted by | Uncategorized | Posted on May 21st, 2006

I just ordered the materials for a batch of Rye IPA, which will be the
next all-grain batch that we work on.  This is a slightly modified
recipe of one that we’ve done before that was EXTREMELY good.  The
final product ended up a rich amber color, slightly sweet, with an
awesome hop character.  The rye added a different flavor than I’ve
had before in an IPA … potentially a little of the sweetness and then
some great spicy flavors.

This is not a beer for those that don’t like hops.

All
in all, I think this is probably the best of any beer that I’ve had a
hand in making.  Others have been good, but this one … well, if
you make it you can judge for yourself.

Rye
IPA
10 gallon batch

22 lbs 2-row pale malt (2.0 SRM)

6 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM)

2.5 lbs Crystal Malt (60L)

1 lb Cara-Pils (2.0 SRM)

2 lbs Flaked wheat (2.0 SRM)

4 oz Chinook hops (15% AA)

2 oz (60 minutes)

2 oz (Dry hop, secondary fermentation)

6 oz Cascade hops (6.7% AA)

2 oz (60 minutes)

2 oz (30 minutes)

2 oz (5 minutes)

White labs California Ale Yeast
(WPL001) (2 tubes)

Here’s the recipe in a PDF document.

Rye_IPA.pdf

Fridge setup

Posted by | Uncategorized | Posted on May 21st, 2006

Here are a couple of picutres from the setup process of my kegerator at home.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/leftshue/sets/72057594141144525/

It doesn’t look like Flickr and GoDaddy’s weblog stuff currently play
well together, so no direct feed for me… ah well.  Getting this
set up was a lot easier than I’d imagined, and I’m very pleased with
the results… it’s a great thing to be able to come home from work and
have a draft beer without having to step foot out of the house again.

Trying things out…

Posted by | Uncategorized | Posted on May 21st, 2006

Just testing things out… this thing on?