I started with A ... A is for Alpine Dog Brewing Company
Next up was B ... B is for Baere Brewing Company
And now for C. My List actually has 5 breweries whose names began with the letter C, but to be honest, I always was leaning toward one of them:
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
C is for Comrade Brewing Company
You may remember that as I was composing the list of Denver breweries
that I had not visited, it struck me that most of the letters of the
alphabet were covered by the beginning letters of the brewery names.
I started with A ... A is for Alpine Dog Brewing Company
Next up was B ... B is for Baere Brewing Company
And now for C. My List actually has 5 breweries whose names began with the letter C, but to be honest, I always was leaning toward one of them:
I started with A ... A is for Alpine Dog Brewing Company
Next up was B ... B is for Baere Brewing Company
And now for C. My List actually has 5 breweries whose names began with the letter C, but to be honest, I always was leaning toward one of them:
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Gzombie Gnome Gapocalypse
His name is Gzombie Gnome. He certainly does not look like either of the other SheppyBrew Brewing Gnomes. He is, in fact, pretty unique looking among all Gnomes.
This is because Gzombie is a Zombie Gnome. Zombie Gnomes are pretty rare.
You may not know this, but beer geeks love zombies. Don't believe me? Do a search on untappd for "Zombie Apocalypse" or just simply "Zombie". There are TONS of beers named after zombies.
As one of my brewers is a Zombie, of course I needed to add to the Zombie theme.
So, together, Gzombie and I designed a beer worthy of the Zombie Apocalypse genre. The underlying design question was ...
What would Sheppy Brew in the (likely) event of a Zombie Apocalypse?
We came up with:
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Searching Guacamole
I introduced a new Travel Bug to the world yesterday:
I know my obsession with Travel Bugs is childish and/or nerdy. I don't care. The whole concept fascinates me. In a weird sort of way, I live vicariously through these little travelers.
On Searching Guacamole's Profile, I introduced him very similarly like I did Search & Rescue. Both list their "mission" to find and hopefully rescue my first travel bug Guacamole.
I know my obsession with Travel Bugs is childish and/or nerdy. I don't care. The whole concept fascinates me. In a weird sort of way, I live vicariously through these little travelers.
On Searching Guacamole's Profile, I introduced him very similarly like I did Search & Rescue. Both list their "mission" to find and hopefully rescue my first travel bug Guacamole.
Monday, May 18, 2015
6 Pack for American Craft Beer Week 2015
Well, I did it last year. Seemed like a good idea. So, I am doing it again.
This year, May 11 - 17 was American Craft Beer Week (#ACBW).
If you follow SheppyBrew on Facebook (if you don't, please go like us). You might have seen my pictures every day. In case you didn't see them, here is my 2015 ACBW 6-Pack:
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Biodegradable K-Cups
This past Christmas, I received a Keurig coffee machine as a gift.
It is nice to have. Being able to make myself a cup of coffee at a time is really more in-line with how I generally drink coffee from home. Usually, I only need one cup on my way out for work.
Awesome.
I was talking with a co-worker about my new toy.
He mentioned that he also had one. He loves his. He lamented the fact that all the single serving "K-Cups" were made of non-degradable plastic and ending up in land fills.
Quite honestly, until this guy mentioned the land-fills, I had not even thought of that issue. But once he mentioned it, I could not stop thinking about my K-Cups sitting around for millions of years.
Turns out I was correct. My co-worker found San Francisco Bay "OneCup" biodegradable single serve coffee cups that work in our Keurig machines.
It is nice to have. Being able to make myself a cup of coffee at a time is really more in-line with how I generally drink coffee from home. Usually, I only need one cup on my way out for work.
Awesome.
I was talking with a co-worker about my new toy.
He mentioned that he also had one. He loves his. He lamented the fact that all the single serving "K-Cups" were made of non-degradable plastic and ending up in land fills.
Quite honestly, until this guy mentioned the land-fills, I had not even thought of that issue. But once he mentioned it, I could not stop thinking about my K-Cups sitting around for millions of years.
"Surely," I said, "someone has thought to make something bio-degradable."
Turns out I was correct. My co-worker found San Francisco Bay "OneCup" biodegradable single serve coffee cups that work in our Keurig machines.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Return of Taco Pterodactyl
Back in January, I reported that my Travel Bug, Taco Pterodactyl had gone missing.
If you want, go back and see Missing Taco Pterodactyl?
On December 31th, this geo-cacher said "good-bye" to my little Taco Pterodactyl and dropped him off at "Want a Steak, Want a Shake, or will you get Gas?".
On January 5, a log on this cache says, "Nice cache no trackable inside tho".
I contacted all the people who had logged visits to that cache between the time Taco entered the cache and the time he was reported missing. I got answers from 4 out of the 6 saying they had not seen the poor little guy. The other 2 never answered.
I had no choice but to consider Taco MIA.
If you want, go back and see Missing Taco Pterodactyl?
On December 31th, this geo-cacher said "good-bye" to my little Taco Pterodactyl and dropped him off at "Want a Steak, Want a Shake, or will you get Gas?".
On January 5, a log on this cache says, "Nice cache no trackable inside tho".
I contacted all the people who had logged visits to that cache between the time Taco entered the cache and the time he was reported missing. I got answers from 4 out of the 6 saying they had not seen the poor little guy. The other 2 never answered.
I had no choice but to consider Taco MIA.
Saturday, May 09, 2015
2015 Style Guidelines
If you are a brewer, you probably know that the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) has finally updated its Style Guide.
Of course, in 2013, I made the effort to brew the at least one beer in all the BJCP categories that I had not brewed up until that point in time. See SheppyBrew Styles if you need a refresher.
On almost the last day of 2013, I brewed Schnockered to Comfortably Numb in my last category (Category 19 Strong Ale) to fulfill my goal. At that point, I had brewed at least one all-grain batch in every one of the 23 BJCP Beer Categories.
And now, they have changed things all up.
As I write this, they have not updated their web version, but you can go out and download a pdf of the 2015 Style Guidelines from http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.php.
Of course, in 2013, I made the effort to brew the at least one beer in all the BJCP categories that I had not brewed up until that point in time. See SheppyBrew Styles if you need a refresher.
On almost the last day of 2013, I brewed Schnockered to Comfortably Numb in my last category (Category 19 Strong Ale) to fulfill my goal. At that point, I had brewed at least one all-grain batch in every one of the 23 BJCP Beer Categories.
And now, they have changed things all up.
As I write this, they have not updated their web version, but you can go out and download a pdf of the 2015 Style Guidelines from http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.php.
Monday, May 04, 2015
Bad Lands Kölsch
A couple years ago I visited South Dakota with my family, and I have fond memories of visiting my Badlands National Park.
For various reasons, I decided to go with a Kölsch. See the recipe at:
I brewed it yesterday.
Recently, we were talking about the possibility of going to South Dakota again, possibly meeting more family who live in another part of the country.
I thought that, just for the fun of out, I'd brew a beer that would be appropriate to bring to the Bad Lands.
For various reasons, I decided to go with a Kölsch. See the recipe at:
I brewed it yesterday.