I am CuTRis

"16 oz. or 5 gallon?" "Well... I am pretty thirsty..."

I did the "Dry January" thing. This was the second year I did it. The biggest benefit to me, is just knowing I can do it.

After the bike ride, I opened a beer I made 12 years ago. It was very refreshing!

It was really good!

This was a beer I made in December of 2004. I drank it tonight and it was excellent. But don't think a pasteurized beer will last over 15 years.

Step 1: Locate the beer drinking guys.  Step 2: Stay near the coolers until someone offers you a beer. Step 3: Do important man stuff (i.e. drinking beer) Step 4: Repeat

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This home-brew was almost 10 years old and it tasted like a '10.' It was just right...

Oops! Ruined the label when rinsing the bottle! This beer, "Captain Picard's Lager" (made with Earl Grey Tea) was excellent after only 14 years in the bottle!

While finishing the recording of a song I wrote in 2014; called, "Away, Far Away," me and Dave enjoyed a beer we made in 2004. It was excellent and in no way worse for the 11+ years in the bottle. It was carbonated, had a head and tasted great. Of course, had it been pasteurized (which it wasn't), it probably would have spoiled.

No man! Don't drink the green beer! It is an abomination . I know a little about beer and it should not be green !

When you are lost and driving in a snowstorm, stay calm and follow that beer truck. Whatever happens, only beer can keep you hydrated, fed and happy until warmer weather comes.

Not having brewed for some time… for lack of some time, I have been rather conservative with my back stock of homemade beer. None-the-less, I indulged in one of my "Baby’s First Lager" beers during a lasagna dinner yesterday. I was rather happy with the look, taste and carbonation of this lager that had "been in the tank" for 363 days before it was bottled. I’m quite sure I did “everything wrong,” by hauling it to three different cities as we moved twice before landing in our new house. Likely the experts would tell me it tastes awful by now! Yet I thoroughly enjoyed it; cretin that I am...

Remember everyone, don't drink the green beer ! Beer should never be green! If you know about beer , it should not be green! If it is green, it probably has gone bad!

I finally bottled my lager Friday after Thanksgiving that I brewed last year the Friday after Thanksgiving. It's been a busy year and I had to make time to bottle even then. I drank that odd half a beer that was at the bottom of the carboy--and though it was flat and not yet bottle conditioned, it was remarkably tasty. Don't tell the "experts," because they will likely tell us that the beer will be spoiled after sitting in the carboy for a year. That was the first time it took me a whole year to make a beer! Having a baby and moving twice and switching jobs made me a little bit busy this year... -KJC