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It's been five years since my last blog post. I had no idea so much time had passed. It's almost shocking that this site hasn't been turned off by Google to free up server space. 

Being laid up at home with a certain thing that made 2020 pretty much the worst year ever is what inspired me to hit the restart button and bring this blog back to life. It's time for more brewing articles that people will hopefully find interesting, helpful, or both. Plus the occasional article that has nothing to do with beer.

A lot has changed in five years. 

I moved from the mountains to the city, which caused me to drop my old tagline about brewing at 7,734 feet. One kid is in college and the other will be soon, meaning my wife and I are about to become empty nesters. There's also an '81 Chrysler project car in the garage that has a very interesting backstory. My brewing setup also got a bit fancier, although not too fancy. This blog did start out focused on brewing without a huge investment in equipment. I didn't want to go too far off the rails from that.

My actual inspiration; however, was the desire to share some successes from the last five years, while also brewing outside my comfort zone.

Going forward, I might brew beers that are awful. Others might be awesome. Yet others might be perfectly acceptable representations of their style, as defined by the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines. I'll even post a couple of beers that won awards and stuff, as well as two that were brewed and served by an actual brewery. 

Since I don't like being stuck at home, I figured my first post should be about a style I don't particularly like. They seem to go hand-in-hand. 

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