The Brewery

Welcome to The Brewery, the living brew board for Make Beer Easy.

This is where I keep track of what’s brewing, fermenting, cold crashing, on tap, and coming soon.

Some batches turn out awesome.

Some go sideways.

Some turn into full-blown disasters.

Either way, we’re going to follow the process.

June 2, 2026 Brewery Update

Here’s what’s happening right now at Make Beer Easy.

On Tap Now 🍺

Thomas Coopers Innkeeper’s Daughter Sparkling Ale

Status: On tap
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Style: Sparkling Ale / Pale Ale
Current Stage: Drinking

This beer fought me every step of the way.

We had expired yeast, stalled fermentation, flat beer, and even a leaking regulator. But somehow, we managed to save the bad boy and get it on tap.

It’s been a good reminder that most brewing problems can be fixed if you know what to do.

Watch the series:

Cold Crashing / Conditioning ❄️

1) Prison Hooch

Status: Cold crashing
Batch Size: 1 gallon
Style: Prison Wine / Hooch Experiment
Current Stage: Cold crashing in the kegerator
Next Step: Taste test this weekend

This is part of the prison wine experiment series.

It’s weird, questionable, and probably exactly the kind of thing we should be taste testing on camera.

Watch the series:

2) Prison Merlot

Status: Cold crashing
Batch Size: 1 gallon
Style: Prison Wine / Merlot Experiment
Current Stage: Cold crashing in the kegerator
Next Step: Taste test this weekend

The slightly classier cousin of the prison hooch.

Maybe it’ll taste like wine.

Maybe it’ll taste like bad decisions.

We’ll find out soon.

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Fermenting Now 🫧

1) Craft A Brew Mead Kit

Status: Fermenting
Batch Size: 1 gallon
Style: Mead / Honey Wine
Current Stage: Primary fermentation
Next Step: Let it finish, clear, and condition before tasting

This is a 1 gallon mead kit from Craft A Brew.

Mead sounds simple, but patience is a huge part of the process. We’ll see how this one develops.

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2) Mud Monster IPA

Status: Fermenting
Batch Size: 1 gallon
Style: Brewer’s Best Partial Mash IPA
Current Stage: Primary fermentation
Next Step: Let fermentation finish, then decide if this muddy little creature can be saved

This is a 1 gallon Brewer’s Best partial mash IPA kit.

Right now, it looks like mud water, so we’re calling it the Mud Monster IPA.

Maybe it clears up.

Maybe it stays ugly.

Either way, we’re letting that bad boy ride.

Watch the series:

  • Brewer’s Best Partial Mash IPA Brew Day: (Video Scheduled for June 22nd)
  • Blow Off Tube / Fermentation Mess Prevention: (Video Scheduled for June 29th)
  • Mud Monster IPA Taste Test: Coming Soon

Ingredients Ready / Coming Soon 🍻

1) Tropical Thunder Blonde Ale

Status: Ingredients ready
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Style: Tropical Blonde Ale
Current Stage: Recipe designed, ingredients on hand
Next Step: Brew day

This is a summer beer we designed on Big Robb Builds.

The goal is a crisp, refreshing, tropical blonde ale with plenty of hop character without turning it into an IPA bomb.

Planned Ingredients:

  •  2-row
  • Vienna malt
  • Mosaic hops
  • Verdant IPA yeast

Follow the build:

2) West Coast IPA

Status: Ingredients ready
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Style: West Coast IPA
Current Stage: Ingredients on hand
Next Step: Brew day to be scheduled

A clean, hoppy, bitter West Coast IPA is on deck.

More details coming once we finalize the recipe and brew day.

Follow the build:

  • West Coast IPA Recipe Design: Coming Soon
  • West Coast IPA Brew Day: Coming Soon
  • West Coast IPA Taste Test: Coming Soon

3) 1 Gallon Cider

Status: Planned
Batch Size: 1 gallon
Style: Hard Cider
Current Stage: Ingredients ready
Next Step: Brew day with Carla this Friday

This is planned as a 1 gallon cider project.

Simple, fun, and perfect for the Beyond Beer side of Make Beer Easy.

Follow the build:

  • 1 Gallon Cider Brew Day With Carla: Coming Soon
  • Cider Taste Test: Coming Soon

4) 1 Gallon White Wine

Status: Planned
Batch Size: 1 gallon
Style: White Wine
Current Stage: Ingredients ready
Next Step: Brew day with Carla this Friday

Carla and I are planning to make a 1 gallon white wine.

This should be a fun Beyond Beer project, and we’ll see if it turns out classy or questionable.

Follow the build:

  • 1 Gallon White Wine Brew Day With Carla: Coming Soon
  • White Wine Taste Test: Coming Soon

5) 5 Gallon Hard Seltzer

Status: Ingredients ready
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Style: Hard Seltzer
Current Stage: Ingredients ready
Next Step: Brew day to be scheduled

We’ve already played around with small batch seltzer experiments.

Now we have the ingredients ready for a full 5 gallon hard seltzer batch.

Watch the series:

  • Hard Seltzer Brew Day / Small Batch Test: [Insert YouTube Link]
  • Hard Seltzer Bottling: [Insert YouTube Link]
  • Homemade Hard Seltzer Taste Test: [Insert YouTube Link]
  • 5 Gallon Hard Seltzer Brew Day: Coming Soon

Wacky Wednesday Ideas 🧪🍻

These are the weird beer experiments coming down the road.

Back when I owned my brew pub, we used to do Wacky Wednesdays, where we brewed one keg of something crazy.

Now we’re bringing that idea back with small batch 1-gallon BIAB brewing.

Possible Future Experiments:

  • Fruity Pebbles Beer
  • Sour Patch Kids Beer
  • Mountain Dew Seltzer
  • Weird one gallon BIAB beers
  • Strange beer cocktails
  • Other questionable ideas

Current Brewery Board

On Tap: Thomas Coopers Innkeeper’s Daughter Sparkling Ale

Cold Crashing: Prison Hooch and Prison Merlot

Fermenting: Craft A Brew Mead and Mud Monster IPA

Ingredients Ready: Tropical Thunder Blonde Ale, West Coast IPA, 1 gallon cider, 1 gallon white wine, and 5 gallon hard seltzer

Coming Soon: Prison wine taste tests, cider and white wine brew day with Carla, more BIAB experiments, and Wacky Wednesday beers

Follow Along 🍻

If you want to see how these batches turn out, follow Make Beer Easy on YouTube.

Some of these beers will be winners.

Some might be disasters.

Either way, we’re going to learn something.

Cheers,

Big Robb