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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

    186
    Recipes
    Public: 54
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    6 Brewing Contributions for "2024"

    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
    12801 4
    brewer logo A Belgian Golden Strong Ale Belgian Golden Strong Ale 5 gal 9.39% 27.99
    2005 3
    brewer logo Irmunder Dortmunder Export 5 gal 5.5% 23.28
    1437 0
    brewer logo 5/17 Copper Ale American Amber Ale 5 gal 5.12% 45.18
    1121 0
    brewer logo Spring Biere de Garde Bière de Garde 5 gal 7.11% 29.98
    1003 0
    brewer logo Thomas Hardly Ale English Barleywine 5 gal 13.78% 67.47
    731 0
    brewer logo Spring American Pale Ale American Pale Ale 10 gal 4.92% 38.83
    724 0
    brewer logo Citra Session IPA American IPA 5 gal 5.1% 19.78
    697 0
    brewer logo A Little Dunkel Do Ya Schwarzbier 5 gal 6.2% 21.81
    674 0
    brewer logo Columbarillo IPA American IPA 10 gal 6.79% 57
    666 0
    brewer logo Spring forth pale ale American Pale Ale 10 gal 6.37% 22.74
    640 0
    brewer logo CryoCitra Session IPA American IPA 10 gal 4.7% 35.02
    631 0
    brewer logo Dubbel 9-2 Belgian Dubbel 5 gal 7.89% 21.75
    626 0
    brewer logo Mexican Chocolate Stout II Sweet Stout 5 gal 5.81% 27.92
    591 0
    brewer logo 9-20 Pale American Pale Ale 10 gal 6.2% 43.08
    574 0
    brewer logo Festbier Festbier 5 gal 6.29% 23.88
    561 0
    brewer logo Maerzen II Märzen 5 gal 6.73% 18.91
    490 0
    brewer logo 424 IPA American IPA 10 gal 6.89% 50.51
    472 0
    brewer logo Octoberfest 2020 Märzen 5 gal 6.4% 22.8
    442 0
    brewer logo Honey Festbier Festbier 5 gal 6.34% 18.86
    403 0
    brewer logo Barley Wine Ale American Barleywine 5 gal 12.25% 60.76
    392 0
    brewer logo American IAL American IPA 5 gal 6.96% 46.89
    385 0
    brewer logo 928 Extra Pale Alke American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.19% 31.89
    383 0
    brewer logo Citra Bomb Clone American IPA 5 gal 6.45% 23.83
    343 0
    brewer logo Maerzen Märzen 5 gal 6.11% 22.06
    335 0
    brewer logo Trappist-style Dubbel Belgian Dubbel 5.5 gal 7.29% 19.98
    334 0
    brewer logo Mild Ale Dark Mild 5 gal 3.9% 23.47
    317 0
    brewer logo Irish Dane Mixed-Style Beer 5 gal 5.57% 19.51
    313 0
    brewer logo Summer Lager American Lager 5 gal 4.53% 17.99
    297 0
    brewer logo Best Bitter 1-17 Best Bitter 5 gal 4.74% 22.73
    292 0
    brewer logo American India Amber Ale American IPA 5 gal 7.04% 49.21
    285 0
    brewer logo Midterm Porter American Porter 5 gal 6.33% 32.87
    277 0
    brewer logo White House Honey Ale American Amber Ale 5 gal 6.42% 20.38
    274 0
    brewer logo Sessionable IPA American IPA 5 gal 4.84% 45.98
    274 0
    brewer logo Dunkels 2/21 Munich Dunkel 5 gal 5.93% 20.74
    266 0
    brewer logo A Rye Smile American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.86% 51.18
    261 0
    brewer logo Rauch 2-23 Classic Style Smoked Beer 5 gal 5.9% 24.84
    249 0
    brewer logo Session 9-15 American Pale Ale 5 gal 4.74% 6.15
    243 0
    brewer logo Wee Heavy 1-29 Wee Heavy 5 gal 8.51% 17.03
    234 0
    brewer logo Czech Mate Czech Amber Lager 5 gal 6.66% 18.49
    232 0
    brewer logo Simcoe Pale Ale American Pale Ale 5 gal 5.68% 13.08
    201 0
    brewer logo 12-5 Mosaic IPA American IPA 5 gal 6.91% 30.81
    197 0
    brewer logo Mexican Chocolate Stout 10-21 Sweet Stout 5 gal 5.98% 24.33
    196 0
    brewer logo Sweet Tater Lager Experimental Beer 5 gal 4.33% 18.95
    191 0
    brewer logo 3-27 Fest Festbier 5 gal 5.89% 18.5
    183 0
    brewer logo IPA 8-16 American IPA 5 gal 6.54% 34.45
    181 0
    brewer logo Maerzen 11-22 Märzen 5 gal 5.71% 23.57
    180 0
    brewer logo Galapagos Club American Light Lager 5 gal 4.25% 22.45
    142 0
    brewer logo Mildly Arrogant Bastard IPA American IPA 5 gal 6.06% 4.95
    124 0
    brewer logo ESB 8-23 Strong Bitter 5 gal 6.05% 23.55
    85 0
    brewer logo Malty Festbier Festbier 5 gal 6.23% 16.77
    81 0
    brewer logo Session IPA American IPA 5 gal 4.22% 27.53
    71 0
    brewer logo To Helle 'N Bock Helles Bock 5.5 gal 7.57% 31.08
    67 0
    brewer logo 1-24 IPA American IPA 5 gal 6.56% 19.48
    50 0