East Coast Brewery Tours
I just got back from Washington D.C. and a quick trip up to Harrisburg, PA, where I visited Troegs Brewery and Appalachian Brewing Co. Troegs Brewery was a fairly small operation, a lot like Rogue Brewery, but the tour was a blast. I really liked John, one of the brothers that started the brewery, and his tour. Had a great tasting and lots of fun.
- posted by Jeff @ 4:37 PM

 
Ventamatic Beer Faucets
I have a 4-faucet beer fridge that one person (well, one working person...) simply can not keep used enough for conventional faucets to not get sticky and freeze up with old, dry, sticky beer. Except for this new faucet, called the Ventamatic Beer Faucets. It is basically the same as the perlick faucets and they close from the back where the beer is. So, nothing should stick and get gummed up. After using two of these for a couple months now, I can say, these things are awesome and if you have sticky faucets, I would heartily recommend you try some of these. I think Santa is bringing me two more for Xmas!
- posted by Jeff @ 9:08 PM

 
New update
I know it has been a long time since much has been put on this page, but I have still been busy brewing. I'm going to try to get some of my latest batches up on the site soon. I just got done fermenting 10 gallons of fresh cider (it tastes like crap and smelled REALLY bad, so I hope it turns out...I doubt it will...bummer).

I just got back from a trip to Moab, UT. I tried some of the Derailleur Red Ale from The Moab Brewery, and I'm in love. I have to find a way to clone some of this!
- posted by Jeff @ 5:35 PM

 
How I Brew
Finally got a section detailing How I Brew put up. It has details about all my proceedures for brewing and even has a sample data sheet for recording all my critical numbers. Hope this helps a lot of you out. I've had a LOT of questions and requests for something like this.

- posted by Jeff @ 2:15 PM

 
Rogue Brewery Visit
I just spent some time with my wife, Sarah, on the Oregon Coast for our 5th wedding anniversary. Much to my surprise, we were staying in Newport, Oregon. Yes, the SAME Newport that is home to Rogue Breweries!!!

You can swing by my brewery tours page and check out the pictures.

Anyway, we stopped by for lunch and a tour, but the tours didn't start until 4PM, so we just had lunch. Still, it was VERY cool. You have to walk THROUGH the brewery to get to the gift shop and the bar area upstairs, where they have a good pub and some great tastings of the Rogue labels.

You would NEVER know it, driving by, but nestled in the old run-down building on the warf, is a great pub/eatery and some very good brew. The tastings were great. Can't say I particularly liked the chamomellow (made with chamomile flavoring) or the chipotle flavored brew, but Dead Guy is always good, and I really liked the flavor of the Shakespear Stout.
- posted by Jeff @ 8:08 PM