Welcome. My name is Will. Tailgate Brewery was founded in January 2007 as a home brewery. My first homebrew, an imperial stout kit to which I added flaked oats, was brewed on the back of my Dodge truck.
Hence the name Tailgate Brewery. Since then, this little 5 gallon system has grown into a ten gallon, all grain, RIMS (recirculating immersion mash system) operation as seen below:
To date I've brewed about 20 beers. My favorite being an American Brown Ale. A well balanced beer using my special ingredient, crystal rye, and a nice amount of hops. Other special brews included a Belgian Pale Ale for which I won a first place in the Star City Brewers Guild quarterly competition, and a pumpkin ale I was quite pleased with.
I am also the treasurer of the Star City Brewers Guild (starcitybrewers.org.). A great group of knowledgable, beer loving, fun men and women whom I came across shortly after moving to Roanoke, VA from Boston, MA.
The final piece to this site will be my love for good bbq and grilling. I have recently acquired a wonderful grill from Char-griller that is 1/2 gas grill, 1/2 charcoal grill, with a smoke box on the side (not shown).
I've only just started working with it smoking a pork butt, some ribs, and even this past Thanksgiving's turkey.
So welcome and enjoy. I'll be posting pics from my brewing experiences and grilling adventures and possibly some recepies, projects and more.
As my logo reads, "sit and have a beer with me and soon you'll see, good friends we'll surely be"
