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One of my favorite hops. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone about this hop. The price might go up. lol. On second thought. No one should buy this hop. It tastes like a soap bar pulled from an outhouse. Lol In all seriousness, fantastic hop. I love it.

It’s my Friday! Repacked one set of bearings on the camper tonight. Finish the others tomorrow.

I call this mystery ale!!!!! Grabbed what I thought was my last bottle of a brut brewed a few months back. I start that pour and think Amber ale? Wait!!!! I’ve never brewed an amber. Smells good! First taste impression is a watered down scotch type ale. Hold on a minute, my scotch type ale is...

My brew partner and I love brut IPAs. We mash low 140s and add 1 pack to the fermenter when yeast is pitched. We use 1 pack of glucoamylase per 5-6 gallons of wort. This gives us a FG near 1.00.

HB strawberry rhubarb brut IPA. Not my best work but decent.

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.