@Alastair70 can confirm but I believe they are open to anyone provided they are in the UK (otherwise postage costs can become challenging).
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Yes, it’s open to all and the more the merrier. It’s proven popular amongst participants so far, with people brewing styles that otherwise they wouldn’t have considered.
Excellent. I will start thinking on a Rye IPA recipe to brew in Jan
I'm doing a 24L batch and splitting over two FV's. Bottling one batch and kegging the other to see which works best.
Just ordered my stuff from Get er Brewed for the first time. Picked and packed within the hour, that is fantastic, hopefully get it brewed 7/8th
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I have also ordered from MM and CML today. I want to get brewed 7th. Need to make final recipe tweaks
My ingredients arrived today. Gonna brew it on Saturday. I'm allowing myself plenty of time for the bottle conditioning part of my brew.
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Is the style open to as long as you include rye. What's the guidelines
I’ve finalised my recipe, I’ve still to sort out my next couple of brews then I’m getting the order in.
Style guidelines here, no indication of expected proportion of rye. I’m going big on this one, but I’m expecting to be the outlier.
https://www.bjcp.org/style/2015/21/21B/specialty-ipa-rye-ipa/
Style guidelines here, no indication of expected proportion of rye. I’m going big on this one, but I’m expecting to be the outlier.
https://www.bjcp.org/style/2015/21/21B/specialty-ipa-rye-ipa/
I am also going heavy on the Rye - I have rice hulls at the ready! Bit concerned that I will be pushing the malt flavour guidelines as well; but they are only guidelines. Fantastic service by MM - ingredients arrived already (I only ordered yesterday). Just waiting on some hops from CML now. If they arrive tomorrow, I might try to get brewing this weekend (Santa gifted me COVID so I am house bound).
Just ordered my ingredients - planning on brewing next weekend (7th/8th) assuming everything turns up on time.
Not included any rice hulls as I'm 'only' using 15% rye so hopefully can avoid a stuck mash just by doing a protein rest.
Not included any rice hulls as I'm 'only' using 15% rye so hopefully can avoid a stuck mash just by doing a protein rest.
Think I have my recipe sorted, and have ordered grain from cml. Hopefully brewing 7/8th as well. Thinking of around 20% rye - as doing BIAB without a sparge I'm presuming I'll get away without rice hulls. Looking forward to this one 
I’m sitting just north of 40% rye malt and rye based specialty malts. I’m step mashing, starting off with a solid protein rest and adding a couple of handfuls of rice hulls. What could possibly go wrong!
I will rephrase my comment about going heavy on the Rye. I am going light on rye at just over 20%.
I’ve never used Rice Hulls before, do you just mix it in with the grains?
Yep. Some people put a handful in the bottom and a handful when you have half the grain in.
Yes, I’m not that methodical. I usually chuck a handful in 2/3 of the way through mashing in. Or 2 handfuls for a wheat beer. I’m of the view that a good protein rest is essential for wheat beers, most of mine are around the 55% mark. I’m applying that to the rye on this one
So far this is just mental the amount of work is involved it’s by far the most complicated brew I’ve done.
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