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Craft Brew Series Kicks Off With a Small Batch | Grilladelic

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Craft Brew Series Kicks Off With a Small Batch

Grilladelic kicks off it’s craft brew series in style. Today, we will be at a local brewery making a small batch of beer. After we’re done, we’ll head over to a family barbecue. It will be an epic day. The entries below flow in throughout the brewing cycle. Keep the page up and it will poll new entries on the fly.

Today was an attempt to live blog while brewing beer. That proved to be difficult at times during the hurry up and wait game. Have a look and let me know what you think.

Support Your Local Brewery

The bumper sticker is from Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, near my hometown. If I could buy it out here, I would. It's always a nice treat to drink it when I go back home. My favorite local brews in Arizona are from Four Peaks Brewing Company out of Tempe. I just replaced the kegs at home last Friday. An empty 8th Street Pale and Hefeweizen were swapped out for their Sunbru Kölsch (style) and Hopknot IPA. I think the Sunbru is a great summertime ale and Hopknot was started from a bet and has turned out to be one of their best sellers. It's a great story.

 My fridge is a bit small so I fill it with two torpedoes instead of one half barrel. A half barrel will fit but it required a hacksaw modification to the door. Plus, having two different styles on hand at once is always nice. If one runs out, there is a backup and more time to plan your next beer run. There is less waste without the bottles and cans and with better quality brews, you get more for your money.

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