Rye Recipe

[phillc]

I went and bought 5KG of Rye malt. I have never drunk a Rye beer. I was feeling somewhat adventurous at the shop. I like Rye whisky so figured it was a good idea....

What I would like to know is if anyone has a decent tried and tested recipe or two they could point me towards. There's too much info out there and after a week of research I still don't really know where to dive in with it.

What about trying an all grain kvass? Traditionally kvass is made with toasted rye bread, but a quick internet search for "all grain kvass" turns up a few ideas. Such as:

Randy Mosher ("Radical Brewing", Brewers Publications) gives this for an all-grain recipe:

1.75 lb rye flour
1 lb 6-row malt
1 lb rye malt
9 oz. toasted buckwheat (kasha)

Mash at 150 degrees for one hour.

To the mash add: .12oz fresh peppermint (beware that grocery store fresh mint is often actually spearmint), and the juice and zest of one lemon. The wort is traditionally unboiled.

Ferment with 1/4 cake of compressed bread yeast or an ale yeast (I'm thinking maybe European or German Ale might work here?).

Target starting gravity 1.024.

 

[Hop_on_the_good_foot]

What about trying an all grain kvass? Traditionally kvass is made with toasted rye bread, but a quick internet search for "all grain kvass" turns up a few ideas. Such as:

Randy Mosher ("Radical Brewing", Brewers Publications) gives this for an all-grain recipe:

1.75 lb rye flour
1 lb 6-row malt
1 lb rye malt
9 oz. toasted buckwheat (kasha)

Mash at 150 degrees for one hour.

To the mash add: .12oz fresh peppermint (beware that grocery store fresh mint is often actually spearmint), and the juice and zest of one lemon. The wort is traditionally unboiled.

Ferment with 1/4 cake of compressed bread yeast or an ale yeast (I'm thinking maybe European or German Ale might work here?).

Target starting gravity 1.024.

That is quite a recipe. And something very much worth trying, cheers. I've got Randy moshers 'Tasting Beer' book in front of me on the coffee table right now strangely enough!