Recent content by Ogre

It's not necessarily beer, but Olde E and OJ mixed are a Brass Monkey (or Ghetto Mimosa), and that happens to be my favorite low-budget beverage....

Nothing like having the end of the world at the end of the night.:tank:

Had it yesterday....Seemed like an overly dry Belgian ale. I didn't really care for it.

Top 5 is sooooo hard....in no order except #1... 1)Great Lakes Bourbon Barrel Aged Rackhouse Ale (this also qualifies in the "Top 3 Things in my mouth evar!) 2)Three Floyd's Alpha King 3)Founder's Breakfast Stout 4)Stone 10th 5)Great Lakes Conway Irish Ale The list of runner-ups...

Not bad. Makes me think of this... Which is a pretty good beer.

Thanks guys. I figured it'd be fine; Ya just get kinda antsy when it's your first batch evar.

I made a yeast starter this past Friday morning. Meant to brew over the weekend, but ended up not being able to. Should it still be good to go tonight, or is there something I should do to kick start it?

Easy there, tiger...Here they are, east to west Willoughby Brewing Co. Best on the east side of Cleveland with lots of brews on tap. http://www.willoughbybrewing.com/ Rock Bottom Brewery It's a chain, but it's still good food and beer brewed on-site...

I'm not from D.C., but I'm pretty sure Dogfish Head brews aren't available on the west coast. I'd try and snag something from them. Stone and Dogfish are like the Tupac and Biggie of craft beer. You know, without all the killing.

I-90 is going to literally take you through downtown Cleveland. There are 4 great brewpubs in northern Ohio that are just minutes of the highway. Now I may be biased (I can actually walk to 2 of them...), but any of them would be a good idea to stop and grab a bite to eat and maybe pick up a...

NFG here. I'm waiting for my kit and ingredients to get here, then I'll be a homebrewin' monkey. Didn't really need a new hobby, but anything that flusters the wife gets considered....:rockin: