2026 Q3 SheppyBrew Stats

Well ... it is October, putting us past the 3rd Quarter of 2026. We can report on the SheppyBrew Home Brewery "Brewing Stats" for Q3.

If you read the Q1 report, you know 2026 started off very slow. Slow enough that I was on track to brew the least amount of beer EVER.

In the Q2 report, I had brewed a little more, and was no longer on track for the least volume of beer ever, but still probably the lowest since my Mr. Beer days. 

Wild Cow (sort of) Kölsch

This quarter, I actually caught up quite a bit. I'm still on track for way less than 100 gallons, but the past 3 months were actually pretty busy.

I brewed 6 whole batches this quarter:

• Wild Cow (sort of) Kölsch 
• Potato Barley Rye (PBR) 
• GNorthside Gnome Cold IPA 
• Brain Freeze Rauchbier 
• Buckwheat's Belgium Pale Ale 
• Khupacabra Kolorado Kolsch 

This totaled 30 gallons of beer. This puts me on track to finish the year with 88 gallons. Respectable, I think.

Potato Barley Rye (PBR)

Of the 6 batches, 4 were brand-new recipes (PBR, GNorthside, Brain Freeze, Khupacabra). Brain Freeze was the first Roll-a-Style / BJCP Goal beer I brewed in quite awhile ... only my 2nd this year. I believe this means I've brewed 92 of the 108 BJCP Styles.

GNorthside Gnome Cold IPA

PBR, GNorthside, and  Brain Freeze are lagers, bringing my lager total to 8 for the year. I only brewed 5 lagers in 2025. I am planning on brewing more this year.

Brain Freeze Rauchbier

All the beers were "All Grain". All except Buckwheat's were brewed in my Anvil Foundry. Buckwheat's, of course was my "Travel Beer" brewed at "Doc's". 

Buckwheat's BPA Brew Day

The Beer Model helped me brew Buckwheat's and Khupacabra, so even though I won't brew over 100 gallons this year, I would be legal if I did.

I expect the 4th quarter won't be another 6-brew quarter, but I guess we'll see. Stayed tuned here to see how my brewing goes for the rest of the year.

Khupacabra Kolorado Kolsch brew day

As always keep watching the regular SheppyBrew Channels to see what is happening with my BBQ, Beer, Biking: SheppyBrew's Facebook Page; Sheppy's Twitter Feed; SheppyBrew's Instagram Page; and SheppyBrew's Website.Of course, don't forget to visit this blog often as well!

September Update on 2026 Fitness Goals

As you know if you follow this blog, I generally give a monthly update on my fitness / Strava goals. I'm sure no one besides myself really cares, but I figure sharing these publicly give me a little extra motivation because of the extra accountability.

Plus, from time to time I'll look at older updates just to see where I was in the past.

In previous years, my goals have been mostly around cycling, but starting this year, I've started running as well.

If you're interested, You can always track these workouts on Strava. 

So far, I'm tracking pretty well to my 2026 Fitness goals, although a couple of aches and pains (not quite injuries) do seem to be slowing me down a bit (at least on running).

Khupacabra Kolorado Kolsch (Batch #399)

Last Saturday, the Brew Model and I normally would have probably gone on a bike ride.

However, the Denver Century Ride was going on, and we didn't really want to navigate bike paths with potentially hundreds of others.

Originally, Saturday the 26th was going to be "Doc's Quad Brew Day", which meant my buddy Doc would brew a batch. His wife would brew a batch. The Beer Model would brew a batch. I would brew a batch.

Plans changed and we did it the previous Saturday, with Buckwheat's Belgium Pale Ale (Batch 398). And, our hosts decided they would only do one batch that day.

When they were not doing two batches, we decided to "only" do one too.

This meant that we had ingredients ready to brew with. Last Saturday we used them on the "original" planned brew day without Doc and his wife .

Khupacabra Kolorado Kolsch

I finished #GCCUSA2026

Yesterday, I got in an 18 mile ride to finish up my 1000 mile September, raising over $5,300 to help fight Childhood Cancer with my Great Cycle Challenge.

The rider / donation page will remain available for at least another month ... and I'll be signing up for my 12th year in 2027 ... so if you want to donate, you still can:

https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/EricShepard

M is for Mad Macks Brewing

If you're following along on the A to Z series of posts, and/or read K is for Steep Brewing LaKeside TiKi Bar, you know we are up to the letter "M".

If you don't know what that means ... my wife (aka the SheppyBrew Beer Model) and I work our say through the alphabet, visiting a local brewery for each letter.

We've done this 6 full times and are working on #7. At "M", we're basically half-way through round 7!

Considering we only hit A is for Alley Brews Brewery & Coffee Shop this past April, we're flying through this round of the alphabet.

And, as promised ... "M" is one of those letters that we actually had a good choice, and this past Friday, we visited ...

M is for Mad Macks Brewing

#GCCUSA2026 Hero Jersey Shots

In #GCCUSA2026 Jersey Shots, I shared photos of me in GCC Jerseys.

I left out the "Hero Jerseys" that I've earned over the years, so I thought I'd post those.

Here they are:

2020 "Spider Man"

#GCCUSA2026 Jersey Shots

As you know if you've been following along, I'm riding 1000 miles this month as part of the Great Cycle Challenge.

If you'd like to help out with a donation ... here is my rider page:

https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/EricShepard

I've been doing this thing every year for the past 10 years and over that time have collected quite of few GCC Jerseys.

As of a couple days ago, I've taken selfies of all these jerseys (other than 2016, which doesn't fit me and is now in my wife's closet).

Here are those photos:

2017