As for the beer. I was brewing a Rye-IPA partial mash kit from Northern brewer. The only modification I made was to throw the full oz of Palisades in at 15 mins instead of 0.5 oz and dry hopping on the rest. I'll buy a nice whole leaf to dry hop on. Target gravity was 1.065, I managed to hit 1.057, so I missed a little but not a huge amount. I lost a lot of sugar to my colander setup, the top grains were definitely depleted, but if you dug down you could still taste a little sweetness. I'm working on a way to improve this, and the 1.5 lbs of rye in this kit probably backed it up a little bit. Rye malt is significantly smaller than barley and has plagued homebrewers and brewers in general for centuries. The unique flavor is very worth it though, which is why we voluntarily shoot ourselves in the foot over and over again with this awful yet tasty malt.
Thanks to all who showed, 'twas a great night.
-James
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