This was my second brewing of a Roggenbier.  The first was wildly successful, in my humble opinion and I wanted to do another one.  I had a couple things I wanted to do with the last version of the Roggenbier, increase the rye and make it a bit darker, more of a traditional Dunkel. With this recipe I jumped up considerably in the rye, but because of the nature of the grain it is necessary to also add something like rice hulls to it to help prevent it all turning to a thick mush during the mash.

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My latest find on the Brooklyn Brewmasters series is the Manhattan Project.  Like, the Sorachi Ace, I found it on draft at the Cloverleaf tavern in Cardwell NJ (you can only get the Brewmasters series on Draft).  I think of all the Brewmaster beers I’ve had this one has a very cool back story. (more…)