For the rye beer, it is very much like Terrapin Rye with a few differences noted below. What catagory would that fit into? Mine turned out a little darker with a little more hoppiness.
I think it is too dark for a 6D. I'm guessing that 23 specialty is a catch-all for anything that is different, so that would work. I was wondering if 15D would be accurate, but I'm not familliar with any of the examples. The description is the closest that I can come up with:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style15.html#1d
OG 1.069 FG 1.02 (6.4% ABV)
IBU estimate: 58 (a little high for the style?)
color: 16.6? (reddish, brown, like a cloady Killians maybe?)
I used 2 lbs or flaked rye with a mix of other grains (no wheat) and 3 oz pearle plus 2 oz Tettnang hops (no dry hop), Nottingham yeast.
Does that help?