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Sunday, I brewed my 2012 version of SheppyBrew's X-Mas Ale . Every year since I started home-brewing, I have brewed a special X-Mas al...

Pabst Brewing Company did well at this year's GABF competition. Old Style won a Silver in the "American-Style Specialty Lager...

I didn't brew this past weekend. Last week I thought I would like to, but as you may have heard, there was something going on in Denver...

Of course the best GABF session is the Saturday afternoon members-only session. At least that is my opinion. There are less people so it is ...

Session 2 is now done too, and again, the plan went well. You may recall that yesterday I said we might wait until half an hour after the ...

Well, I survived night one of the GABF. I sort of followed my plan . I got to the convention center right as they were opening the doors a...

One of the pleasant things about this time of year is all the photos of Oktoberfest women circulating the internet. Lots of these pictures ...

If you follow this blog, you may remember that I am lucky enough to have tickets to 3 out of the 4 Great American Beer Festival sessions....

Thursday is the first session of the 2012 Great American Beer Festival .  Does anyone out there know why the GABF waits until Thursday t...

You may remember that a couple weeks ago I asked my blog readers " What should I #HomeBrew Next? " Boo Berry Wheat won the vote, ...

Until last month, I had not heard of  " The Session " (aka Beer Blogging Friday). I only discovered it because I was mentioned o...

Yesterday, I talked about starting the formulation of my 2012 GABF game-plan. Well, after I posted the article , I saw something else I ha...

I cannot believe GABF month is already here. I am excited. Last week, I shared on the SheppyBrew Facebook Page the article The Greenh...

September broke this blog's page view record, previously set in August which was previously set in July which was previously set in Jun...

This past Saturday, the Colorado Shepards drove up to Fort Collins Colorado. We decided to check out "Swetsville Zoo". Bill Swet...

Recently, I asked my blog readers " What should I #HomeBrew Next? ". I did an online poll allowing anyone to vote as many times as...

I was looking through this blog's stats the other day. In the "Search Keywords" section for the day. One of the search entries...

I can't decide what to brew next. From time to time, when I have come across such dilemmas, I've called for votes on facebook and t...

In White House #HomeBrew Recipes , I told you that the White House had emailed me two beer recipes. Of course, they were extract recipes, an...

I would say that there are 3 kinds of people when it comes to sour beers. You love them or you hate them or you have not tried them. Most ...