AG#5 - American Red Rye

[ceejam]

Afternoon folks, been a while since I brewed, but got a bit of spare time so getting back to it.

My recipe is based around Clibit's American IRA.
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53561

I've got the mash on and the hops weighed out, ready for the boil.

10 litre batch, I've got 10g of Columbus for the bittering & 5g each of Columbus & Chinook for the late addition.

I also weighed out 20g of Columbus / Chinook before checking the recipe and that's the dry hop - I wonder what would happen if I chucked them in at flameout instead ? [emoji12]

No pics yet, will take some at the next stage!

 

[clibit]

That's going to be a cracker!

 

[ceejam]

Oops, forgot about pictures, as I was Daddy daycare, but it's now cooling in the utility sink.

 

[ceejam]

So, cooled down and yeast pitched.
Into demijohns in my water bath.

OG of 1.050, which is nice!

 

[ceejam]

I decided to rig up a makeshift roof for the water bath to minimise heat loss - the old brewing towel comes in handy again!

 

[ceejam]

So this was down to 1.010 after a week.
I transferred to one bigger FV and added in a bunch of dry hops for another week, cold crashing in the garage floor for the last 3 days before bottling.

Bottled it last night - 16 bottles of quite a pale ale - didn't take any pictures but will do when it's drinking!