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- A "kitchen sink" NEIPA, using up all my old hops. I had a bunch of bags of hops with like an oz left. Figured I'd brew something to get rid of them. It's carbing right now, excited to try it.

I've got pounds of hops i need to do this with.

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- A bohemian pilsner which will be my generic crowd pleaser for those who just like light beers.

German and czech lagers are becoming my favorite styles to drink and brew. I was supposed to brew a Munich helles this past weekend but my grains won't be delivered until today, so i'm brewing next weekend.

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I'll probably also put the rest of my Imperial stout on tap, although I don't expect anyone to go for it. I had brewed it last summer, let it age for 6 months, with high hopes of bottling it with some adjuncts and waxing the bottles... Turned out really dry for an imperial stout. Since I didn't love it, I didn't go through the hassle of the rest of the process. I'll just try that again next year.

Had similar results with my Hazy IPA i just brewed. I was going to submit it into Boot Brewfest along with my czech amber lager, but it did not turn out as expected. The recipe was initially for a west coast ipa, but somewhere along the way of recipe building i confused it with a hazy. So the malt bill is darker than what i wanted, and i also suffered hop creep for teh first time. Finished way too dry (1.010) for a hazy. I'm forcing my way through it but as soon as my czech lager and helles is ready, i'll dump it pretty quickly and get something else on.

I started studying for the BJCP exam. I know they always need help judging and it's a good way to help improve my beer. I attempted to judge Agile's Vienna Lager, and self-judge my czech amber lager. I'm just starting out on my reading material, but it's sort of fun evaluating beers. I self-judged my czech amber lager at a 41, but then knocked off 3 points for inexperience at judging. So if i score around a 38 i'll be happy. The difference, however, between the bottle submitted, and what i poured may subtract some points. My new CM Becker faucet makes any beer taste great. The foaming action on that thing is unbelievable and gives beers a perfect creaminess to it.