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March has been fairly snowy in Denver.  It is nice to get the snow, but snowy weather makes getting in bike rides a little challenging. I ca...

If you've been following my 6 Pack Project posts, you know that I matched up 6 of my homebrew recipes with my Colorado 6 pack list tha...

In February of 2014, I brewed Arctic Vortex Winter Saison for the first time. Since that day, I've been brewing at least one saison for...

My son is home from college for Spring Break. His favorite thing I smoke is Smoked Mac and Cheese , and so I made a batch this past Saturday...

This past weekend, it snowed a lot in the Denver area. Like a historic amount of snow between late morning Saturday and Sunday night. I don...

It's been awhile since I posted about making Fermented Food or  Sauerkraut  partially because its been quite awhile since I've made...

As I mentioned in   #10Everestsin2021 - February Progress Report , I am on track to climb the elevation of Mt. Everest 10 times in 2021. On ...

I was going to brew Sunday. Then I didn't. I actually had Monday off work, so on Sunday I thought I was going to brew Monday.  Later on ...

Don't forget ... I'm raising money to help fight Childhood Cancer by signing up for the Great Cycle Challenge again this year. My p...

I smoked some spare ribs on my Weber Kettle last Saturday. Last time I posted about spare ribs , I mentioned that I haven't really fig...

Believe it or not, I've been using my Anvil Foundry for almost 4 months.  At the beginning of November of last year, I used it for the ...

A few weeks ago, I made  Kettle Fried Chicken (KFC) for the first time. As I mentioned in that post, I like it, but I wanted to play around...

Last week, while in Sam's Club I saw an 11 lb USDA Prime Brisket.  When I see one around 10 lbs, I am always very tempted to pick it up....

Recently, I turned 40 years of age . Recent is a  relative term. Even more recently, I turned 50. Time flies when you are having fun. To be ...

As I mentioned in 2021 Stouticus American Stout (batch 278) ... I brewed my final beer in my  Homebrew Colorado 6 pack . Stouticus American...

My wife (aka the SheppyBrew  Beer Model ) and I brewed last weekend. We had decided awhile ago that the next beer we would make was going to...

Sometime recently, I came across a Youtube Video from Hey Grill Hey . Grilled Chicken and Waffles?! OH MAN!!! | Backyard Test Kitchen In thi...

So ... I mentioned in  #10Everestsin2021 that one of my goals for 2021 is to log 300,000 feet of climbing over the year. That's basical...

If you follow this blog at all, you know that I love to Barbecue on my trusty Weber Kettle . I do it just about every weekend. For awhile ....

Mardi Gras is less than 3 weeks away! Can you believe it? I am trying to make even more lagers this year, and the realization that Lent was ...