IPA On Tour #13: Ryeville

It’s a super exciting time for Colonial Brewing Co. Having finally settled into our new digs in Port Melbourne, the time has come to brew our first IPA on the East Coast!
We took the tour to Ryeville, a little town where the people live a simple life, filled with the deliciousness of Rye at every opportunity.
Luck would have it that this beer is also the birth of an immense battle between our newest RIVAL… get it? With a brewery on each coast, it’s only natural to embark on a journey to outdo each other in the name of IPA.
The Ryeville IPA originates from a 12.5% rye malt grist with a pale base and a bit of marris otter thrown in for body. The big bitterness comes exclusively from first wort hop additions, (bittering hops added to the kettle right as the first wort was being lautered instead of at the beginning of boil) In a complementary fashion, the aroma is exclusively from whirlpool and dry hopping, yielding a brew that actually had no hops added at all during the boil! Brewed with all American hops like any self-respecting rye IPA should be this features a large proportion of Simcoe, dominating over Cascade, Centennial and a smattering of Australian grown Galaxy. A lovely denseness and spice from the rye is the final kicker in a brew we hope you won’t be able to put down!
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