Dry Hop This Rye Ale?

Beer Recipe Design
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I have the following fermenting and am considering doing a dry hop.

Rye Honey Ale – 6.5 gallons

6 pounds 2-row
3 pounds rye
1 pound flaked wheat
.25 pounds golden naked oats
1 pound honey partway into the chilling

1 oz Mount Hood @ 60
0.5 oz Hallertauer Tradition @ 20
0.5 oz Hallertauer Tradition @ 1

US-05 @ 58 degrees

About 20 IBU, 1.046 SG, 4 SRM

So a small dry hop addition or you think I should let it ride?

I have available:

  • Mount Hood
  • Hallertauer Tradition
  • Simcoe
  • Zeus
  • Chinook
  • EKG
  • Crystal
  • Cascade
  • Pearl
  • Willamette
2

If you want to taste the rye, leave it alone. If you don’t care about the rye, then it’s your beer, throw some dry hops in there if you want to. I find that with German-style hops including your Mt. Hood and Hallertau Tradition, you will get plenty of hop flavor without late hopping or dry hopping required. So personally, I wouldn’t. But it’s your beer. Do what makes you happy.

3

I haven’t gone wrong trusting your judgement in the past, so I think I’m going to let it ride as is. Thanks.