When is there too much Rye?

sneezles61 2019-02-02 00:08:02 UTC #1

Mia Bock brew day Sunday... I have 10 lbs of rye... Heres my grain bill idea... keep in mind, I'm a BIAB so I shouldn't need to worry about a stuck sparge...
8 lbs pils
8 lbs MO
5 lbs Rye
See I really like Rye crips crackers... If I can have a brew enhanced to that level I'd be a happy camper... Can you tell me if I'm a wack a doodle for upping the specialty rye that much? I should be in the 1.053 OG.. not that that matters that much.. Sneezles61

porkchop 2019-02-02 00:21:54 UTC #2

No way, that sounds awesome! Never can have too much rye. As long as you can run off the wort.

voodoo_donut 2019-02-02 00:43:09 UTC #3

Go for it. Love rye. Time to brew a Rye Pale Ale again.

brew_cat 2019-02-02 01:29:34 UTC #4

That's about 20% should work well. What hops?

dmtaylo2 2019-02-02 11:21:21 UTC #5

You could use at least twice as much. Rye is good.

sneezles61 2019-02-02 14:43:05 UTC #6

Did some research.. Rye will give about 27 points per pound... I'm now thinking to up the amount of rye... Just go 8 straight across the board...?
Hops...? I'll use Northern brewer for bittering... Not sure I need much else... I really want to see how this large amount of Rye in the brew, tastes... Thats what it'll be called.. Rye in the brew! Sneezles61

TomW 2019-02-02 15:58:42 UTC #7

I use 20% in my Rye IPA..

sneezles61 2019-02-03 14:36:11 UTC #8

I'm going to crush my rye separately from the other grains... I think they're a bit smaller and may not be getting a good crush. I can always have my wife put it through her food processor to get it a bit finer...
On the hops, I'll put 2 oz at 30 minutes... Northern brewer... Wonder if the Calcium Chloride will accentuate the rye too? Sneezles61

sneezles61 2019-02-03 17:42:24 UTC #9

The rye crushed just fine... I have an unadjustable JSP malt mill... Sneezles61

sneezles61 2019-02-03 18:57:03 UTC #10

pH before mashing in was 5.8... After mash in 5.4... Pre boil gravity is at 1.052... I should easily hit a SG of 1.058. Sneezles61

brew_cat 2019-02-03 19:00:14 UTC #11

How much you end up using

sneezles61 2019-02-03 19:20:58 UTC #12

I used 8 lbs of MO, Pils and Rye each... Then, knowing the conundrum of 33.333 doesnt make 100... I threw one extra kernel of Rye in! Now it makes 100%!! Sneezles61

brew_cat 2019-02-03 19:39:01 UTC #13

That extra kernel is going to be noticeable. You probably should have only used 1/3 of each.

sneezles61 2019-02-03 19:44:36 UTC #14

I wouldn't want to tell anyone my grist bill 99.99%... You'd thought I was nuts or something... Sneezles61

sneezles61 2019-02-03 20:06:30 UTC #15

I can't help myself... Almost down to 160*... gonna throw in 2 oz Saaz... WP.. Sneezles61

sneezles61 2019-02-03 22:22:30 UTC #16

WOW... my heating element is pitch black... Like you'd dipped it in tar...I didn't change my control of the element... From the Rye? Or Calcium Chloride? Giving PBW a run for its worth...Gravity was right on, and volume was too.. Sneezles61

loopie_beer 2019-02-04 00:56:56 UTC #17

Must be from the rye. CaCl2 shouldn’t turn your element tar like.

sneezles61 2019-02-04 12:01:25 UTC #18

After night night long soaking... won't even touch that stuff... Gee whiz, looks like I don't care enough to clean my equipment... I'm going to do a short boil next W/E to see if it might leach off into the water... That would mean it could change my next brew...? Sneezles61

brew_cat 2019-02-04 12:04:57 UTC #19

Did you scorch the wort? Does it taste burnt?

sneezles61 2019-02-04 23:31:37 UTC #20

My small sample didn't taste scorched... again, I didn't DV8 from my normal practices for brewing the other brews I do... I'm really wondering about the Rye having a lower.... Malliard temp? Once I get to a boil temp, I can get down to 40% power and maintain... sometimes a little bit higher... a nice roiling boil.... I'm going to have to get a straight edge and scape this stuff off... I'm not really excited about getting another heating element... See if I can get a picture... Sneezles61