It's been a while between posts, especially between brewing posts!





The Queensland Amateur Brewing Championships have come and gone, I entered a lot of beers this year and managed to grab a 1st in the Wheat and Rye category, a 3rd in Pilsener and 6 other highly commended entries.





Not a bad effort, though I did feel that I rushed it towards the end and my IPA and IIPA were definitely not as good as last year.





The stand out was my American Rye Ale, this managed a 1st in a category dominated by Weizens, Weizenbocks and American Wheats.





My little session American Rye ale stood out and triumphed, I knew this was a great beer when i brewed it, it tastes and looks great, I was just worried (unjustly) about the amount of rye spiciness that was showing in the finished beer.





Anyway onto the recipe and the Nationals which are held in a few days, fingers crossed my Rye and pilsner do well!









Lady Ahtanum (Rye Pale Ale)





Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer









Recipe Specifications

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Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 L

Bottling Volume: 21.00 L





OG: 1.048

FG: 1.010

Color: 13.2 EBC

IBU: 29.3 IBUs





Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %





Mash Temp 67 C

Boil Time: 60 Minutes









Ingredients:

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Amt Name

5.00 g Calcium Chloride

1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer





4.50 kg Pale Malt, Ale

0.70 kg Rye Malt (9.3 EBC)

0.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L





13.00 g Apollo [18.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min





0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins)





20.00 g Ahtanum [5.20 %] - Boil 0.0 min

20.00 g Cascade [6.20 %] - Boil 0.0 min





1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)





28.00 g Ahtanum [5.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days

28.00 g Cascade [6.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days





Notes:

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Took 1st Place in the 2013 QABC in the Wheat and Rye Category









Let me know if you brew it and how it goes.





Cheers

David