For this brew we looked at the BJCP guidelines and decided we wanted to do a recipe that had approx 80% 2-Row and 20% Rye. We strayed away a bit from the percentages to add in some caramel malt to add some color to meet the desired SRM per the BJCP guidelines. For the hops, we decided to use Chinook for both the bittering and aroma hop because it is a higher alpha acid hop that provides the desired piney/spicy characteristics we are looking for in a rye IPA. We decided to use the San Diego super strain from White Labs because it is a high attenuating yeast that is clean and offers a neutral flavor and aroma profile that is also desirable for the style of beer we are brewing. Our mash PH was originally 5.66 so to get it under the desired target of 5.6 we added 8g of lactic acid into the mash to get a mash PH of 5.46