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This past Thursday was Thanksgiving . Since 2018 ( Cherry Wood Smoked Thanksgiving Turkey ), I've been the one in charge of cooking / sm...

Thanksgiving is here! Merry Thanksgiving from SheppyBrew Brewery . In lots of ways, it honestly feel like 2025 just began and now it's...

I've had a tri-tip in my freezer since sometime in mid-ish October.  Tri-tip s were on sale I guess and I purchased two. One I grilled ...

Style : Cherry Porter Brewer : SheppyBrew ABV : 6.2% IBU : 28 SRM : 40 (shadow-black) Appearance 👀 Pours inky black with a dense tan head t...

As I mentioned in  Learning to Homebrew: 2025 X-Mas Ale (Batch 384) , I was hoping to get together with at least one of my homebrewing buddi...

Style : Belgian Tripel Brewer : SheppyBrew ABV : 8.5% IBU : 24 SRM : 5 (golden brilliance) Appearance 👀 Pours radiant gold with a creamy wh...

I was out running this morning. Yes, running.  Well ... I'm not sure I was going fast enough to really call it "running", but ...

Saturday was Learn to Homebrew Day . Originally I thought maybe I'd be brewing with one or more of my homebrewing buddies, but Doc was ...

I do quite a bit of  cycling  for a middle-aged couch potato. With all the  BBQ  I make and eat, and all the  beer  I brew and drink, biking...

There are quite a few posts on this blog about my Pork Butt cooks. Generally, this is an all-day commitment (or at least a significant port...

Well ... if you follow this blog at all, you are familiar with my BJCP Goal and Roll-a-Style list. Of course, the idea is that I have a li...

I brewed last Friday morning. Friday!??! Yes Friday. As I mentioned on  Gnomeberry Hollow Cherry Porter (Batch 382) , my homebrew inventory ...

So ... remember not too long ago I did "hot and fast"  Individual Spare Ribs  for the first time. I really liked how they turned o...

I brewed Sunday.  I've gotten myself into a situation where I'm running low on beer "inventory". The last time I brewed be...

Every year since I started homebrewing (way back in 2009), I've brewed an X-Mas Ale to have around the holidays. The base beer was alwa...

Here it is October already. We're over three quarters through the year! 2025 is flying by. At the SheppyBrew Brewery, Q3 was another lig...

If you follow this blog or any of my socials, you know that I finished up the 2025 Great Cycle Challenge at the end of September. There is ...

If you follow along on this blog, you know that after my wife and I visited the Seattle area , I brewed a beer that I called Johnny McClure ...

As you know if you've been following along, I'm riding 1200 miles this month as part of the Great Cycle Challenge. If you'd like...

So ... I have not shared any of my BBQ adventures recently. I've been smoking / grilling  every week, but just have not had anything I...