Rye IPA with Falconer's Flight hops?

Beer Recipe Design
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I am formulating a recipe through BeerSmith, I am using NB’s all-grain RyePA grain bill but using different hops. I really want to try Zythos and Falconer’s Flight in a beer so I wanted to know if Falconer’s Flight would make a good flavor/aroma hop for a rye beer?

I am using Warrior for bittering but adding Falconer’s Flight at 20, 15, 10, 5, and 0 min (Flame out).

Also I was considering using a little Warrior at 30 min but have only used it for a bittering hop. Has anyone used it later as a flavor or aroma hop?

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated; cheers!

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Warrior is a beast of a bittering hop. If you’re adding some at 60 I doubt you’ll need more at 30 without way overshooting your target IBUs. I’ve never used Falconer’s Flight (although I want to as well) but this description sounds good for a Rye:

Description: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, floral, lemon and Grapefruit character (the best of the best)
Typical Beer Styles: American pale, amber, American IPA, IBA, Black IPA etc. (pretty much anything you want awesome hop character in)

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Yes, FF should be good in late additions to an IPA, rye or not. I would skip the 30-min Warrior addition and go heavy on the late FF additions.

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+1.

1 ounce Warrior @ 60, then FF bombs @ 20, 15, 10, 5, FO. For an added bonus, add a bit of FF @ FWH.

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Thanks everyone for the advice, I really appreciate it! I will ditch the Warrior 30 min addition and just do a ton of late additions with the FF. I am a fan of FWH so I just may add a little FF as a first wort addition.

Cheers!

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The Rye Ale I made with FF hops came out great. I really like these hops and will use them again!

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Good deal! Glad to hear it. I love it when people come back with updates. I love to rock the rye so I may have to try these out. Got a Red rye coming up, a rye pilsner (ryesner?) lagering, and a rye stout I just fermented

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Yeah I really enjoy the taste of rye beers too. I have wanted to make a rye stout but have yet to make one. I pretty much used NB RyePA all grain recipe but converted the OG to 1.050 for my Falconer’s Golden Rye Ale.

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just curious, what percentage of rye do you use in your grain bill? My latest RIPA is finishing up and it is extremely tasty, but I only used about 30% rye and am not sure if I get a whole lot of spice/richness from it.

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I only used 22% rye malt in my recipe but for my tastes, I will use more next time.

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[quote=“inhousebrew”]

Description: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, floral, lemon and Grapefruit character (the best of the best)
Typical Beer Styles: American pale, amber, American IPA, IBA, Black IPA etc. (pretty much anything you want awesome hop character in)[/quote]

I had a 6.5% wheat beer with F F hops at 30 IBUs or so that was really good.