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I didn't brew last weekend, but I did Barbecue. Last time I got Pork Butt , they were on sale for 99 cents per pound. I got two and ...

As a general rule, I don't brew clone beers. However, late in the year, the "Camp Fire" devastated Northern California and...

Well ... Damn. I was so close to finishing up my little A to Z Breweries project. After  V is for Vine Street Pub and Brewery , I che...

Well ... as you know if you've been following this blog, I've taken up barbecue as a hobby. My wife bought me a smoker as a gift...

So ... Saturday, November 3 was the AHA's Learn to Homebrew Day . My homebrewing friend, "Doc" invited me to his house to ...

So, I brewed my 2018 X-Mas Ale a couple Sundays ago. As you may remember, every year I brew a different X-Mas Ale. You can read about m...

The 3rd quarter is done. As you may know, the Brewery likes to post quarterly updates on how much we have brewed. You can see all these u...

On the last day of September, I brewed my 2018 version of Falling Leaves Autumn Saison . Falling Leaves is, of course, the Autumn versi...

Well, as you probably know, the SheppyBrew Beer Model and I go to the Great American Beer Festival almost every year. Like last year , si...

Barbecue and Homebrew. Can you think of a better combination on a beautiful September afternoon? I can't think of one. Add in some...

Ok. This is embarrassing. We are only just now getting around to posting our 2nd quarter results. As I start to type this, the 3rd quarter...

I have gotten bad at getting my blog posts out. This post should have been published at least 2 weeks ago. But ... oh well ... Here we...

The Colorado Rockies are in the hunt for the playoffs this year. As I type ... they are 1.5 games out of the 2nd wildcard spot, but only...

I don't make a lot of IPA's, but the other day I started thinking I really should get one brewed. Quite awhile ago I brewed an I...

Summer time. Hooray for summer. It is going too fast. Of course, with the change of seasons, I am required to make another Seasonal Sais...

At work the other day people were talking about cauliflower. Weird thing to talk about at work ... right? Lately, I've seen quite a f...

We went camping again this Fathers' Day Weekend. Here are some pictures:

Over the years, I've experimented quite a bit with grilling or smoking whole chicken s. I've tried Beer Can Chicken . I've...

Remember that a couple weeks ago, I smoked a port shoulder and had pulled pork sandwiches? Well, if not feel free to check out  Smoked P...

You may remember that back in January, I smoked a pork butt for pulled pork sandwiches. See  Hickory Smoked Pulled Pork  if you need a rem...