Brewday 25/09/17 - Red Rye Ale

It's rye time I did this...

I always enjoy any beer that features rye but I've never brewed with it myself until now. This beer also includes some of my homegrown First Gold hops so it's a double first - I hope it turns out well.

Recipe:

• 3.15kg Irish Ale Malt
• 0.5kg Red X Malt
• 0.5kg Rye Malt
• 0.5kg Munich Malt
• 100g Chocolate Malt
• 25g Northdown (60 min)
• 25g First Gold (15 min)
• 44g First Gold (0 min)
• 50g Cascade (dry hop 4 days)
• 36g Mosiac (dry hop 4 days)
• 1 pk Safale S04 Ale Yeast

OG =1.045 (efficiency 68% - still not very good)

Anyway it's in the fermenter, I plan to bottle it later this week.

Update 06/10/17

I bottled the beer today, FG was 1.010 (exactly as predicted) giving an ABV of 4.57%. A quick taste suggests this beer will be a very pleasant drink once it has finished conditioning.