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    Brews Brother

    Join Date: 08/12/13
    Location: Orange County, NC
    My Brewing:

    I've been brewing since 1977 and a lot has changed in the industry over these decades. For one thing, there's so much greater variety in everything around ingredients and technological know-how.

    For newbies: some of my best beers have been extract recipes. I got a Best of Show in 1983 with a strong ale that started out with hopped extract, so don't be afraid!
    These days, I largely do all-grain brewing, with my stock beers being varients of pale ales and IPAs. I'm always looking to experiment, but don't like to get too far out on the fringe; after all, if you make 5 or 10 gallons, you gotta drink it!

    My Beers:

    Mexican Chocolate Stout
    Dopplebock
    Belgian style dubbels and tripels
    Munich-style lagers and festbiers
    IPAs, both British and American style
    Pale Ales
    Bitters
    French country ales and Saisons

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    Recipes
    Public: 64
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    10 Brewing Contributions for "2025"

    Includes Recipes, Brew Sessions, Inventory, Brew Logs and Tank Logs

    Shared Recipes
      Title Style Size ABV IBU Color Views Brewed
    brewer logo blonde stout Sweet Stout 5 gal 8.01% 31.1
    13949 4
    brewer logo A Belgian Golden Strong Ale Belgian Golden Strong Ale 5 gal 9.39% 27.99
    2363 3
    brewer logo Irmunder Dortmunder Export 5 gal 5.5% 23.28
    2003 0
    brewer logo 5/17 Copper Ale American Amber Ale 5 gal 5.12% 45.18
    1274 0
    brewer logo Spring Biere de Garde Bière de Garde 5 gal 7.11% 29.98
    1105 0
    brewer logo Thomas Hardly Ale English Barleywine 5 gal 13.78% 67.47
    1006 0
    brewer logo Dubbel 9-2 Belgian Dubbel 5 gal 7.89% 21.75
    945 0
    brewer logo Citra Session IPA American IPA 5 gal 5.1% 19.78
    837 0
    brewer logo Spring forth pale ale American Pale Ale 10 gal 6.37% 22.74
    828 0
    brewer logo Spring American Pale Ale American Pale Ale 10 gal 4.92% 38.83
    805 0
    brewer logo A Little Dunkel Do Ya Schwarzbier 5 gal 6.2% 21.81
    790 0
    brewer logo Maerzen II Märzen 5 gal 6.73% 18.91
    781 0
    brewer logo Columbarillo IPA American IPA 10 gal 6.79% 57
    770 0
    brewer logo CryoCitra Session IPA American IPA 10 gal 4.7% 35.02
    745 0
    brewer logo 9-20 Pale American Pale Ale 10 gal 6.2% 43.08
    692 0
    brewer logo Mexican Chocolate Stout II Sweet Stout 5 gal 5.81% 27.92
    674 0
    brewer logo Barley Wine Ale American Barleywine 5 gal 12.25% 60.76
    672 0
    brewer logo Maerzen Märzen 5 gal 6.11% 22.06
    664 0
    brewer logo Festbier Festbier 5 gal 6.29% 23.88
    649 0
    brewer logo Octoberfest 2020 Märzen 5 gal 6.4% 22.8
    626 0
    brewer logo Mild Ale Dark Mild 5 gal 3.9% 23.47
    607 0
    brewer logo 424 IPA American IPA 10 gal 6.89% 50.51
    581 0
    brewer logo American IAL American IPA 5 gal 6.96% 46.89
    558 0
    brewer logo Summer Lager American Lager 5 gal 4.53% 17.99
    554 0
    brewer logo Honey Festbier Festbier 5 gal 6.34% 18.86
    544 0
    brewer logo 928 Extra Pale Alke American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.19% 31.89
    487 0
    brewer logo Citra Bomb Clone American IPA 5 gal 6.45% 23.83
    480 0
    brewer logo Trappist-style Dubbel Belgian Dubbel 5.5 gal 7.29% 19.98
    466 0
    brewer logo Irish Dane Mixed-Style Beer 5 gal 5.57% 19.51
    430 0
    brewer logo Best Bitter 1-17 Best Bitter 5 gal 4.74% 22.73
    411 0
    brewer logo Sessionable IPA American IPA 5 gal 4.84% 45.98
    392 0
    brewer logo Galapagos Club American Light Lager 5 gal 4.25% 22.45
    390 0
    brewer logo Session 9-15 American Pale Ale 5 gal 4.74% 6.15
    383 0
    brewer logo American India Amber Ale American IPA 5 gal 7.04% 49.21
    383 0
    brewer logo White House Honey Ale American Amber Ale 5 gal 6.42% 20.38
    380 0
    brewer logo Dunkels 2/21 Munich Dunkel 5 gal 5.93% 20.74
    379 0
    brewer logo Midterm Porter American Porter 5 gal 6.33% 32.87
    370 0
    brewer logo Rauch 2-23 Classic Style Smoked Beer 5 gal 5.9% 24.84
    367 0
    brewer logo Czech Mate Czech Amber Lager 5 gal 6.66% 18.49
    361 0
    brewer logo A Rye Smile American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.86% 51.18
    361 0
    brewer logo Wee Heavy 1-29 Wee Heavy 5 gal 8.51% 17.03
    348 0
    brewer logo IPA 8-16 American IPA 5 gal 6.54% 34.45
    340 0
    brewer logo Simcoe Pale Ale American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.68% 13.08
    339 0
    brewer logo Sweet Tater Lager Experimental Beer 5 gal 4.33% 18.95
    318 0
    brewer logo Maerzen 11-22 Märzen 5 gal 5.71% 23.57
    306 0
    brewer logo 3-27 Fest Festbier 5 gal 5.89% 18.5
    304 0
    brewer logo Mexican Chocolate Stout 10-21 Sweet Stout 5 gal 5.98% 24.33
    303 0
    brewer logo 12-5 Mosaic IPA American IPA 5 gal 6.91% 30.81
    283 0
    brewer logo To Helle 'N Bock Helles Bock 5.5 gal 7.57% 31.08
    268 0
    brewer logo ESB 8-23 Strong Bitter 5 gal 6.05% 23.55
    239 0
    brewer logo Session IPA American IPA 5 gal 4.22% 27.53
    236 0
    brewer logo Mildly Arrogant Bastard IPA American IPA 5 gal 6.06% 4.95
    231 0
    brewer logo Mexican Chocolate Stout 5/24 Sweet Stout 5 gal 6.27% 22.25
    206 0
    brewer logo Malty Festbier Festbier 5 gal 6.23% 16.77
    201 0
    brewer logo First Ultralow IPA Experimental Beer 5 gal 1.3% 11.9
    193 0
    brewer logo Landbier Munich Helles 5 gal 5.18% 20.6
    190 0
    brewer logo 1-24 IPA American IPA 5 gal 6.56% 19.48
    152 0
    brewer logo West Coast Cold IPA American IPA 5 gal 7.45% 59.33
    148 0
    brewer logo Higher Calling Specialty IPA: New England IPA 5 gal 6.23% 30.92
    125 0
    brewer logo Session Pale - May25 American Pale Ale 5 gal 4.49% 30.95
    96 0
    brewer logo Little Blimp Barley Wine American Barleywine 2.5 gal 12.71% 93.71
    57 0
    brewer logo Sharon's brown ale British Brown Ale 5 gal 4.97% 26.46
    50 0
    brewer logo Pale Ale 6-10 American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.21% 32.65
    42 0
    brewer logo New England IPA 7-25 American IPA 5 gal 6.79% 25.32
    19 0