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Odd man out here; favorite style is a brut. Absolutely love the dryness and pucker effect they give. Although, I also make a wicked nasty high ABV bourbon stout.

If you have ever been awake at 2 am wondering what 10.5 gallons of brut rye in 12, 16, 20, 22 ounce bottles would look like!!!! Wonder no more. Lol 😂

Raspberry ale with a mushroom, smoked oyster, blue cheese burger.

2 Docs Red Rye with Grains of Paradise, a nice cigar and UFC301 preliminaries.

Added dry hops to my brut rye IPA tonight. Decided to take a gravity sample which I rarely do. Man does it taste fantastic already.

Blue berry mead.

Strawberry Rhubarb brut IPA HB while in the man cave watching Netflix.

Citra black IPA HB.

11 gallons brut rye IPA 5 gallons Red’s Rye clone 1075.75

After 6-1/2 years of brewing I finally built a shelving unit for grain and empty bottles.

I did this a few years ago by accident. After bottling, the beer had a very bitter tannic flavor. A few months later it was better but still tannic. By 6 months it was drinkable and by 8 months it was fantastic. I always let my bourbon oak chips sit in the secondary for 4-6 weeks as I enjoy an...

I’ve used the Brewer’s Best extract with mixed results. Their pineapple in a citrus forward IPA is excellent. The strawberry goes from not flavorful enough to tasting like medicine. Yet my brew partner loved it. I’ve also had good results with a combination of peach and mango. I believe if you...

10 gallons Brut IPA with mostly Zappa hops. 743 gallons

Between my brew partner and I. 16 gallons black IPA 2 gallons SMASH mosaic 2 gallons SMASH simcoe 680 gallons total.

This was to be an M43 strawberry IPA clone. I’m now calling it Strawberry Gremlin IPA. List of problems I experienced with this batch is, well, not worth typing. All in all, it’s finally bottled and tastes ok. Hoping the next batch goes like normal. 🍻