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I really like the taste of rye beers. I was thinking of doing a rye session beer. The BJCP style guidelines lists an American Rye Beer along with American Wheat. Does anyone have any experience doing a Rye beer similar to an American Wheat? I'm wondering what % of rye should be included...

It's in a closet in my house which gets down to about 60 during the day.

I brewed my first batch of apfelwein on 2/4/2012. I basically brewed it exactly according to instructions, with 2# of corn sugar and the montrachet wine yeast. I still have intermittent airlock activity (~1/min). Is this normal? I plan on letting it sit for a while anyway, but I was just...

Is there a particular type of foam that I should use? Or would any rigid foam insulation work?

So, it looks like I might be able to get away with the 70 quart as long as I batch sparge. I may also want to get a piece of foam and cut it to fit the cooler to reduce that massive head space. Is that about right?

For Christmas, I asked for and received a cooler that I hope to convert into a mash tun for my foray into all-grain brewing. Anyway, the cooler I received is the Coleman 70-Quart Xtreme Cooler. I got it and I'm thinking that it is WAY too big for me. I'm currently brewing 5 gallon batches...

Cool. Thanks for the feedback. I was pulling guidelines from beer calculus - it is a bit under OG - i could add some light DME to make up for that - but I'm not sure how important that is really. The IBUs were in range according to that site and I do like me some hops, but maybe I'll tone it...

I've really been enjoying reading the forums and finally found a reason to post. I'm trying to put together an American IPA and here's what I came up with for a recipe: Malts: 6lbs 10oz Light LME 1lb crystal malt (52-72L) -steeped at 150F for 30min Hops: 1 oz Chinook - 12% AA -...