Dark Rye IPA

What could be better?  Take a great Rye IPA (2/22/2015),  give it some color and tweak the hops.

Grains
     Pale Malt            12 lbs
     Rye Malt              3 lbs
     Special B              1 lbs
     Carapils                      12 oz
     Wheat                   1 lbs

Hops
     Columbus 15.2         0.5  60 min
     Summit 14.2            0.5 30 min
     Summit                    0.5 1 min
     Simcoe 12.2              1    1 min
     Simcoe                      1    secondary

Safale S05

Brewed 6/15/2015  OG  1052
Secondary 6/23/15. 1012  1oz simcoe added

British Bitter

5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)

0.5 lb Simpsons Cara Malt

1 lb Golden Light DME
3.15 lbs Maris Otter LME (late addition; 15 min.)

1 oz UK Kent Goldings @ 6.47% AA (60 min.)
0.5 oz UK Kent Goldings @ 6.47% AA (15 min.)
0.5 oz UK Kent Goldings @ 6.47% AA (1 min.)

WLP005 British Ale Yeast

Pitched: 6/6/15 OG 1.035
Secondary: 6/20/15 SG 1.010
Kegged:

Notes: A very slow start, with barely any action after 48 hours, but then steady fermentation for over a week -- never incredibly vigorous but with regular CO2 bubbling.

Something went wrong along the way with this beer, and it developed a very strong "off" taste like iodine, that did not go away -- indeed it seemed to become stronger in the keg. I ended up getting rid of the entire batch.

Ale or Lager ?

I was going to make a 10 gallons of lager but only had one lager yeast.  I am not sure this recipe would fit lager style anyway, probably too hoppy.

Grain:
     pilsner malt        20 #
     carapils                 8 oz
     caramel pils          8 oz
     munich malt         8 oz

Hops:
     Summit     14.4%     2.5 oz 60 min
     Saaz            6.4%     2.4 oz  5 min
     Pearle          9.0%     1 oz 5 min

     secondary:
          saaz                  1 oz  (lager)
          simcoe             1 oz  (ale)

Yeast:
     Safale       us-05
     Saflager     s-23

IBU 73.29
Boiled 5/19/15     1.062
Secondary 5/29/2015   Ale 1006    preferred by Judy
                                   Lager 1010  clearer, citrus notes, preferred by Brewer Russ
Kegged 6/12/2015   Ale 1006
                                 Lager 1010

Competiton Mild

Competition Mild
(10 gallons)
3/15/2015

15.0 lbs maris otter
10 oz english cryslat
10 oz black

4 oz fuggles

yeast:
wyeast 1028 London ale
wyeast 1968 London esb

1.046 OG on 3/15

Fuggle Extremely Special Bitters

Grains

     Warminster Floor Malted Maris Otter     8 pounds
     Briess Caramel 40L                                 1
     Flaked Barley                                          1
     Belgian Biscuit Malt                                0.5

Hops
     Fuggle (UK)      5.1                                  1 0z 60 min
     Fuggle                                                      1 oz 30 min
     Fuggle                                                      1 oz 10 min
     Fuggle                                                      1 oz after burner off, steep for 15 min

Yeast
     Safale s-04

Calculated IBU 39.92
Calculated OG 1055
(barley for creamy mouth feel and head retention)
(biscuit for bread, nutty biscuit flavor)

Brewed 3/14/2015  OG  1040
Secondary 3/24/2015     1012
Bottled/kegged  4/3/2015  1010  (primed with 3.5 oz corn sugar)

Alcohol  3.94%
Calories per 12 oz  131

Fuggle Fool Ale

12 oz Crystal 80
2 oz Light Chocolate Malt

3 lbs Munton's Light DME
3 lbs Munton's Amber DME

2 oz Fuggles @ 4.5% AA (60 min.)
1 oz Fugges @ 4.5% AA (5 min.)

Whitelabs WLP002 English Ale

Pitched 3/8/15 SG 1.050
Secondary 3/22/15 SG 1.012

Rye IPA

10 gallon all grain

Grains:
     Rahr 2 row                  24
     Weyerman Rye             2
     Rahr WhiteWheat         2
     Belgian Caramel Pils    1

Hops:
     Coumbus   15.2              1 oz 60 min
     Cascade       6.5              1 oz 60 min
     Cascade                          1 oz 30 min
     Simcoe       12.2             1 oz  1 min
     Simcoe                           1 oz secondary

Yeast:
     Safale  us-05
     Safale    s-04

Brewed 2/26/2015  OG  1060