Turns out I have created a monster. Hubby wasn't a huge beer fan until I started brewing my own. And then getting him involved.And now he's hooked. :twisted: (Yay, may convince him we need a grainfather yet!). Anyways, he loves the Drygate Ax Man Rye IPA. And he wants something like it!
The website says it uses Maris Otter, Rye, Crystal Rye, Carafa for malts and Chinook, Centennial, Mosaic, Nugget hops.
I'm pretty new at playing around with recipes, but I was able to create a good 'Red Macgregor' clone by finding something almost identical malt wise, but playing with hops.
I've not found anything close to the Ax Man malts and all the kind of Rye IPA recipes I have seen are a lot stronger than 5% which the Ax Man is. I'm not sure percentage wise what to play with for the malts. Don't think I would want anything more that 15% rye, but not sure what percentage wise to use Rye versus Crystal Rye versus Carafa.
Will probably have a play around in beer smith to see if I can get anything as well. But just wondering if anyone here as any advice?
Thanks in advance!
PS- I'm happy to have something similar so it does not need to be a clone entirely, but don't want anything more than around 5-5.5% abv.
The website says it uses Maris Otter, Rye, Crystal Rye, Carafa for malts and Chinook, Centennial, Mosaic, Nugget hops.
I'm pretty new at playing around with recipes, but I was able to create a good 'Red Macgregor' clone by finding something almost identical malt wise, but playing with hops.
I've not found anything close to the Ax Man malts and all the kind of Rye IPA recipes I have seen are a lot stronger than 5% which the Ax Man is. I'm not sure percentage wise what to play with for the malts. Don't think I would want anything more that 15% rye, but not sure what percentage wise to use Rye versus Crystal Rye versus Carafa.
Will probably have a play around in beer smith to see if I can get anything as well. But just wondering if anyone here as any advice?
Thanks in advance!
PS- I'm happy to have something similar so it does not need to be a clone entirely, but don't want anything more than around 5-5.5% abv.