Wednesday, July 09, 2025
4th of July Paddle on Chatfield
Monday, July 07, 2025
Roll-a-Style 2: 3C. Czech Amber Lager
If you follow this blog at all, you probably have read that I want to concentrate more on my BJCP Goal this year.
As of the time of this post, if I'm counting correctly, I've brewed 84 of the 108 styles in the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines. Since the beginning of the year, I've already brewed 7 new BJCP styles (8 if you include Tasman Pilsner).
I have my Roll-a-Style list, which helps me keep track of styles that I still need to brew.
The idea is that I use a 20-sided online die to decide which style to brew next.
In early July, I was running sort of low on inventory, and needed to brew to get the pipeline going.
I rolled my 20-sided online die, and rolled a 2 ...
Friday, July 04, 2025
2025 Q2 SheppyBrew Stats
It's July, which means that we've made it through the second quarter of 2025. It is time to "report" on the 2025 Q2 SheppyBrew Stats.
Q1 was pretty busy, and I was on track for 120 gallons of beer in 2025.
Q2, on the other hand wasn't nearly as busy. I only brewed 4 batches of beer totaling 20 gallons, putting my projected 2025 volume right at 100 gallons.
The Q2 batches were:
- Melting Stream Spring Saison
- Halfway to Helles Leichtbier
- Summer Lovin' American Wheat
- Gob Stopper Grape Ale
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Melting Stream Spring Saison |
Wednesday, July 02, 2025
June Update on 2025 Cycling Goals
Monday, June 30, 2025
Gob Stopper Grape Ale (Batch 377)
Friday, June 27, 2025
Halfway to Helles vs Astrosuds Lager
So, part of the logic around brewing Halfway to Helles Leichtbier in May had to do with my May "Seasonal" Helles in a Hand Bock-sket.
Last year, while drinking Hand Bock-sket, I made the comment:
#WillDrinkInJune. Great bready malt character. Loving this beer. I think the only improvement I can think of is making it lower ABV ... But it wouldn't be a Maibock then 😎
I believe this was shortly after drinking a beer at Green Mountain Brewing Company that really reminded me of Hand Bock-sket, but was lower in ABV. It's name was "AstroSuds Lager".
While a 5A. German Leichtbier isn't really anything like a lower ABV Maibock, it is sort of similar in that they are both German lagers.
Before my latest camping trip, I saw cans of AstroSuds Lager in Green Mountain's beer cooler, and I decided to pick up a four pack.
Around that time, I poured the Halfway to Helles Leichtbier and AstroSuds to compare side-by-side.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
2025 Fathers' Day Photos (Part 3)
So ... as you know if you've been following along on this blog, I've been posting Fathers' Day photos recently.
If you have not been following along and are interested, check out 2025 Fathers' Day Photos (Part 1) and 2025 Fathers' Day Photos (Part 2).
Now, I'm posting the finale, Part 3.
We got up Sunday morning and the boys made me pancakes for breakfast. Then we packed up the camp.