The following beer recipe is featured in the July/August 2012 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Access this issue along with the archives with Zymurgy Online!
Amahl Turczyn, assistant editor of Zymurgy magazine, takes a stab at Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye in the July/August 2012 Zymurgy, which makes use of proprietary experimental hops in the aroma and dry hop charges. Reliable sources have said the brewery’s mystery hops are similar to a blend of Columbus and Amarillo, so those have been used as stand-ins.
With a name like Ruthless Rye, you’re certainly in for something hearty and rustic. You’ll experience strong hop flavors due to dry hopping, which allows the aromatic oils and resins to be absorbed into the beer without an overpowering bitterness. When you add in rye’s spicy, black pepper flavor and dryness with the complex fruity, floral and herbal hop profile, you’ll end up with a balanced beer with incredible flavor, bringing the rye and hops to life finished with a ruthless, hoppy kiss.
Needless to say, even the boldest hop heads will be inspired and impressed. Check it out below and give it a shot!
The following beer recipe is featured in the July/August 2012 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Access this issue along with the archives with Zymurgy Online!
Amahl Turczyn, assistant editor of Zymurgy magazine, takes a stab at Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye in the July/August 2012 Zymurgy, which makes use of proprietary experimental hops in the aroma and dry hop charges. Reliable sources have said the brewery’s mystery hops are similar to a blend of Columbus and Amarillo, so those have been used as stand-ins.
With a name like Ruthless Rye, you’re certainly in for something hearty and rustic. You’ll experience strong hop flavors due to dry hopping, which allows the aromatic oils and resins to be absorbed into the beer without an overpowering bitterness. When you add in rye’s spicy, black pepper flavor and dryness with the complex fruity, floral and herbal hop profile, you’ll end up with a balanced beer with incredible flavor, bringing the rye and hops to life finished with a ruthless, hoppy kiss.
Needless to say, even the boldest hop heads will be inspired and impressed. Check it out below and give it a shot!
Ingredients:
- 9.5 lb (4.31 kg) pale malt
- 1.5 lb (0.68 kg) rye malt
- 12.0 oz (340 g) 80° L crystal malt
- 1.0 oz (28 g) chocolate malt
- 8-16 oz rice hulls (in mash – optional)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) whole Bravo hops, 15% a.a. (first wort hops)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) whole Chinook hops (0 min)
- 0.5 oz (14 g) whole Amarillo hops (0 min)
- 0.5 oz (14 g) whole Columbus hops (0 min)
- 1.5 oz (42 g) whole Citra hops (dry)
- 0.5 oz (14 g) whole Columbus hops (dry)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) whole Chinook hops (dry)
- 0.5 oz (14 g) whole Amarillo hops (dry)
- Chico or California ale yeast
Specifications:
Yield: 5 Gallons (18.93 L)
Original Gravity: 1.064
Final Gravity: 1.015
ABV: 6.43%
IBU: 49
SRM: 21
Directions:
To brew this Ruthless Rye clone, mash grains at 154°F (68°C) for one hour. Mash out at 162°F (72°C) for 10 minutes, then raise to 172°F (78°C) and commence sparge. Boil for 90 minutes. Use rice hulls if a rye-induced stuck sparge is a concern. Steep aroma hops for five minutes at knockout and proceed with wort chilling. Ferment at 68°F (20°C) until finished, rack on to bagged, weighted dry hops and hold for three days. Remove dry hops. Crash cool and condition the beer for at least a week before packaging.
Extract Option
Mini-mash version: Substitute 7 lb (3.18 kg) pale malt extract syrup for the pale malt. Mash rye malt at 154°F (68°C) with crystal and chocolate malts for one hour. Rinse grains, dissolve extract completely and commence boil.
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