#30 Citra Rye
| Brewed: | Oct 2015 |
| Style: | IPA |
| ABV: | 7.8% |
| Original Gravity: | 1.071 |
| Final Gravity: | 1.012 |
| Bitterness: | 71 IBUs |
| IBU/OG: | 1.006 |
| Batch Size: | 23 ltr |
| Method: | Batch Sparge |
| Mash Temp: | 64.4°C |
| Mash Volume: | 23.3 ltr |
| Sparge Volume: | 0.6 + 15.5 ltr |
| Mash Time: | 75 min |
| Boil Time: | 90 min |
| 6.2kg | Gladfield American Ale Malt | |
| 1.15kg | Rye Malt | |
| 500g | Gladfield Biscuit Malt | |
| 250g | Gladfield Light Crystal Malt | |
| 200g | Carapils | |
| 50g | Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt | |
| 35g | Centennial 8.7% | Boil 60 min |
| 20g | Centennial 8.7% | Boil 50 min |
| 15g | Centennial 8.7% | Boil 30 min |
| 15g | Citra 13.2% | Boil 20 min |
| 15g | Cascade 5.5% | Boil 15 min |
| 10g | Citra 13.2% | Boil 10 min |
| 10g | Cascade 5.5% | Boil 5 min |
| 35g | Citra 13.2% | Dry Hop 16 Days |
| 15g | Cascade 5.5% | Dry Hop 16 Days |
| 40g | Citra 13.2% | Dry Hop 6 Days |
| 10g | Cascade 5.5% | Dry Hop 6 Days |
| 100g | Citra 13.2% | Dry Hop 3 Days |
| Safale US-05 Dry Ale Yeast | ||
| 1 Carbonation drop per 500ml bottle | ||
Again I was after something a little different, I was keen for another IPA or PA, but something to change it a little. I came across this http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/81377/caipa-citra-rye and so I went to the local supply store to see what I could get.
Notes
25/10 Wow I am rusty – that was not as smooth as it should have been. Numbers are a little lower than targeted which is a little disappointing. I should have used the hop bag too – that was a lot of gunk that went into the fermenter. But I am not going to use bags for the dry hopping so it will not matter much.
12/11 The triple dry hopped profile I was wanting to try went out the window – a last minute work trip meant I missed the slots for dry hopping and temperature change. Today I added 140g Citra and 20g Cascade and set the temp to 10deg.
13/11 Dropped the temp to 3deg and cleaned all the bottles ready for bottling tomorrow.
14/11 It is not a clear beer (both the boil and dry hops were added straight in) but it tasted nice. Definitely a Citra beer, but not a full on Citra only beer. I think the hop combination was good. 1064 to 1012 so around that 6.8% abv mark (ignoring bottle conditioning adding a little).