How much Rye is too much...

[1971hemicuda]

I'm doing 50/50 Pale malt to rye...some malted, some flaked and some chocolate. I've never done a rye before...is this too much?

Cheers!

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 10.50 gal
Boil Size: 12.72 gal
Bottling Volume: 10.35 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 12.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 41.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs 12.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 50.0 %
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Da Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
2.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 -
2.10 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Other 11 -
5 lbs Rye, Flaked (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 23.3 %
5 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 2 23.3 %
12.0 oz Chocolate Rye Malt (250.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.5 %
2.1 pkg American Ale Yeast Blend (White Labs #WL Yeast 10 -
0.75 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - First Wort 75.0 m Hop 5 15.8 IBUs
0.75 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 10.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - First Wort 75.0 Hop 6 9.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 6.0 IBUs
2.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Temperature Mash, 2 Step, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 21 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Dough In Heat to 104.0 F over 2 min 104.0 F 15 min
Protein Rest Add 0.00 qt of water and heat to 122.0 122.0 F 20 min
Saccharification Add 0.00 qt of water and heat to 151.0 151.0 F 75 min
Mash Out Add 0.00 qt of water and heat to 168.0 168.0 F 10 min

 

[sagnew440]

You can definetly do those proportions of malt/rye. I'm getting ready to brew a rye barleywine with 4.5lb rye in the 5 gal batch. I would use lots of rice hulls because its going to be a sticky mash with that much rye.

 

[1971hemicuda]

Excellent! I really like the hop combo and I love the big rye flavor I was hoping this wouldn't be too much. I'll make sure I use a crap ton of rice hulls...don't need no stuck sparges!

 

[DarkBrood]

DEFINITELY add the rice hulls - my RYpalE Ale was only 20% rye and the mash ran off all of 10 or 12 ounces before total stuck-iness! Had to give up on my cooler-braid-filter-MLT and quickly drill out a spare bucket for a zatapap mlt (and still drained awfully slowly). At 50% with no rice, I'd guess you'd get basically zero flow.

 

[eastoak]

malt conditioning keeps the husks intact to act as a good filter like rice hull do.