Happy Trails Tavern

10/15/2026

Fluffy, vanilla citrus candy 🍭

10/15/2026

Sooooo the weekend I brewed this b**r was a little crazy with a family wedding and trip away. Brewed on October 1, second iteration of my NEIPA, last b**r for Smoke In The Valley. Brewed with Citra, Eldorado and nectarine hops. After about two weeks, dry hopped, crash cooled, and transferring into a keg. Very fresh IPA for the event! Come see us on October 24 at BAD SONS B**r Co. ! Cheers y’all

09/20/2026

Rainy Sunday Brew Day. Getting geared up for Smoke In The Valley! Brewed a Kentucky Commons with Heirloom Jimmy’s Red dent corn. Tough cracking those kernels but was able to break it down and complete a successful cereal mash. Wort was 4 points low pre boil. Decided to do a short 10 minute boil before adding my 60 minute Cluster hop addition. Ended up with an OG of 1.054 (two points higher than my target 😏not bad, since the heirloom corn yielded poor efficiency on our pre-prohibition porter during a prior brew day). Speaking of the pre-prohibition porter, decided to use its yeast for the Kentucky common (Cellar Science Cali ale yeast) Transferred the porter out and did a quick dump of the fermentator to clear out some of the residual trub and dark b**r. Saved the yeast and repitched into the Kentucky Common. Overall great brew day. Can’t wait to share this at Smoke in the Valley.

09/16/2026

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09/12/2026

Amazing what can happen in a two weeks. Mexican l***r cleared up nicely

09/08/2026

NEIPA final hop charge in and yeast/hop dump complete. 2-3 days at 60F then crashing out an transferring on Saturday 😁🤞

09/02/2026

Day 3 on the NEIPA: estimating we are at high Käusen. First dry hop addition. Let’s get some bio transformation going!

08/31/2026

Day 2 of a two part Brew Weekend. Pre-Prohibition porter coming at you! This one was an interesting process. First time using Heirloom Jimmy’s Red Corn, and doing a cereal mash. Thank you to our friend from king brewing for stopping by to help us out. Gravity was a little low going into the boil, but volume was high. Made a split decision to add a small amount of DME and to extend the boil. Worked out well as we hit our gravity target pretty on point. Looking forward to the interesting flavor the corn should impart to this one.

08/30/2026

Day one of a two part Brew Weekend complete.
Trying out a new NEIPA recipe. New hop combo and different hop schedule. Made things a little more simplistic and I’m happy with the results so far. Brew day went smoothly considering we got a little late start. Hit most of my numbers. A couple points shy on the OG but not too shabby. Loving the color and the aroma. Big notes of sweet nectarine and melon with a tropical background. Next step from this one: a healthy dose of dry hops in 2-3 days. Cheers!

08/29/2026