Rye Saisonby Steve Fletty,St. Paul, Minnesota
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.056 FG = 1.008
IBU = 31 SRM = 5 ABV = 6.3%
Ingredients
9 lb. 11 oz. (4.4 kg) US 6-row malt1 lb. 11 oz (765 g) flaked rye
9 oz. (0.26 kg) Turbinado sugar
7.3 AAU Nugget hops
(0.56 oz./16 g of 13% alpha acids)
(60 min.)
2.2 AAU Amarillo® hops
(0.25 oz./7 g of 8.9% alpha acids)
(15 min.)
2.4 AAU Centennial hops
(0.25 oz./7 g of 9.5% alpha acids)
(15 min.)
0.5 oz. (14 g) Amarillo® hops (0 min.)
0.5 oz. (14 g) Centennial hops (0 min.)
Wyeast 3726 (Farmhouse Ale) yeast
(1-qt./1-L yeast starter)
1 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
Two or three days before brew day, make the yeast starter, aerating the wort thoroughly (preferably with oxygen) before pitching the yeast. On brew day, mash in the malt and rye at 149 °F (65 °C) in 15 qts. (14 L) of water. Hold at this temperature for 60 minutes. Raise the mash temperature to 170 °F (77 °C), hold for 5 minutes then recirculate. Run off the wort and sparge with water hot enough to keep the grain bed around 170 °F (77 °C). Collect 6.5 gallons (25 L) of wort. (Check that final runnings do not drop below SG 1.010.) Boil the wort for 90 minutes, adding hops at times indicated in the ingredients list. Add the sugar at the end of the boil, stirring to dissolve.
Chill the wort, transfer it to a fermenter and pitch the yeast. Ferment at 85 °F (29 °C). Bottle condition.
Variation: Substitute flaked wheat for rye; substitute Styrian Goldings for Amarillo® and Centennial.