Homegrown homebrew

Homegrown hops, and I got to use some this time! Wasn't ready to brew when they needed to be picked, so they were dried (in a dehydrator at 85-90ºF for about 2 days) , vacuum packed, and frozen. Mostly mild Cascade, but some potent Centennial as well. This was the entire harvest, so it's all mixed in together. This is also the last of my base malt, of which there was about 3 pounds less than I had on record...luckily had some rye malt lying around to shore up the grist bill to hit a reasonable gravity. Beautiful copper color, wort tastes great,... hops might have fared better as a 5min addition.

Batch #106

Harvest-ish Rye Pale Ale

5 gallons

8.5 lbs 2-row base malt (mostly Maris Otter with maybe a pound CA Select mixed in)
1 lb Rye Malt

8 oz American Crystal 40L
8 oz American Crystal 90L
8 oz Aromatic

0.8 oz Columbus (14.9%aa), 60 minutes

4 ounces whole Cascade/Centennial (about 3:1), flameout+whirlpool

GigaYeast NorCal #1

Mash in with 16qts to 154F, hold one hour. Collect 7.5 gallons. One hour boil. Just shy of 5.5gal in the fermenter, with trub loss in transfer. Kegged after 4 weeks (because lazy) with 2oz priming sugar. Tastes good, but the hops aren't coming through as much as I'd like.

OG: 1.050

FG: 1.018 (a bit high)

ABV: 4.2% (a bit low)

IBU: ~45-50