Hey everybody. We have made it another 10 episodes, putting us at 380 episodes altogether, which in

addition to being absolutely bonkers means it's time for another Bruin A. I'm your host,

Marshall Shot. Today I'm joined by contributor Alex Shanks Abel to answer a bunch of questions submitted by

listeners of the show. Alex, this is your first time doing a Bruinet. How are you feeling about it?

Yeah, it's that magical 380 episodes.

These episodes are always a blast to listen to, and you guys are always hyping it up as being fun to participate in.

So I'm looking forward to it. It should be fun.

Yeah, I think there's some of the more fun ones we do in part because it requires a little bit less planning. But the types of questions that are, you know, the folks ask us are always, to me,

just so interesting for the most part. Now, you've all heard me talk about Patreon a bunch. And

that's because it's a primary source. It is our absolute primary source of support that we get

for, Bruelosophy. I am not joking when I say that without our patrons, we just wouldn't be here

today. This thing costs a surprising amount of money to keep running. And our patrons are who all

of you listeners have to thank for us being able to bring you the amount of content that we do.

What's cool about Patreon, though, is that it allows us to offer

rewards in exchange for support. And something that we've been doing lately is prioritizing the

questions that are asked by our patrons for these Brew and A episodes, which is exactly what we're

going to be doing today. If you're wondering how to become a patron, you can do so by heading over to

patreon.com slash

brewlossophy, whereby making a small monthly pledge anywhere from one to $15 per month,

you'll receive rewards like access to unpublished contributor recipes, unique discounts at

Yakima Valleyhops.com, and an invitation to a monthly live Q&A session with somebody

in the brewing world. Coming up later this month, that's May of 2025, long-time member of the brewing community

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