Recent content by ryno84

Just wanted to say thanks for this recipe. I brewed it pretty much exactly as is, and after bottle conditioning for 7 weeks, it is by far the best beer I've brewed yet.

I wish I had a basement. I still haven't gotten the wife to agree to letting me have the guest bedroom as my brew facility. Never mind that it is upstairs, I just would like my own space. :)

My taste for beer didn't open up until I got stationed in Germany. I forced myself to try the different beers. The first was Weizen, then Pils, then the Bocks. They sold BMC on base, but they also sold a good assortment of local German beers. They sold a local Pils in a plastic crate with...

+5 Red Ale 1730 gallons

Bier-cola or Cola-Bier was pretty popular in Germany when I was there in 1999-2001. A lot of the younger crowd liked it in the various hip bars around town. I bet it is still popular. I tried it and it was...OK, but not as bad as I thought it would be.

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One more try.

I initially read this as "Santa", which I think is even funnier.

In it to win it!

There is a really cool place right by my work that sounds somewhat similar to what you are envisioning. They have some snack foods and are conveniently located next to a pizza place. They have worked out a deal with the pizza place to offer small pizzas. Here is their site...

I've been drinking He Said/He Said from 21st Amendment/Elysium lately. I like both of them very much.

This sounds like my costco too. Do you go to the Danville store? I just picked up the Karmeliet and the Ommegang Quad. Haven't had them yet, but I love the selection.

I say it does a bit. And I don't tend to drink my beer blindfolded.

Your story reminds me of a time when I was posted on the main dispatch desk at Travis AFB when President Bush stopped by for a fairly quick speech on base. Secret Service gave us a heads up that we would get weird phone calls. They were right too. The one that I really remember well was some...

My thing is the constant bumbling of "lose" and "loose" on the internet. It is funniest when somebody tries to call somebody else a "looser!"