{"id":647,"date":"2010-06-01T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beerbarons.org\/?p=647"},"modified":"2016-04-03T20:46:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T20:46:00","slug":"meet-the-baron-david-skreczko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/647\/meet-the-baron-david-skreczko\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Baron: David Skreczko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Age:<\/strong> 36\"daveskreczko\"<\/p>\n

How long have you been a Baron?<\/strong> 2 years.<\/p>\n

How long have you been brewing?<\/strong> 8 years (1 year Extract) (7 years All-grain).<\/p>\n

What style do you brew most often?<\/strong> I brew a lot of IPA\u2019s and Belgian Style beers.<\/p>\n

What got you into brewing?<\/strong> I love to cook. I think that brewing is a natural extension of cooking. I also grew up in a familywhere we made a lot of homemade wines and spirits.<\/p>\n

How often do you brew?<\/strong> I try to brew 10 gallons a month.<\/p>\n

Do you brew solo or with other people?<\/strong> I\u2019m a better brewer when I brew solo, but I usually have people over.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite style and why?<\/strong> Wow that\u2019s a tough one. It\u2019s like asking who your favorite child is. Belgian Dark Strong and American IPA\u2019s are my favorite. For IPA\u2019s, I love the citrus aroma backed up with a nice malty background. For Belgian Dark Strong\u2019s, I love the caramel\/malty\/ melanoiden taste with a bone dry finish.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite beer?<\/strong> Russian River\u2019s Pliney the Elder double IPA is the best beer I have ever had. Bar none.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite brewery and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. New Glarus unplugged beers because of the varieties they produce.<\/li>\n
  2. Russian River because of their Double IPA and sour beers. If you\u2019re ever in San Francisco you have to visit the brewery.<\/li>\n
  3. Unibroue because all their beer are great and under $8.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is your commercial to homebrew consumption ratio?<\/strong> 80% homebrew 20% Commercial.<\/p>\n

    What has been your favorite Baron meeting?<\/strong> The Lakefront Brewing Company meetings. It\u2019s fun to walk around the brew house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Age: 36 How long have you been a Baron? 2 years. How long have you been brewing? 8 years (1 year Extract) (7 years All-grain). What style do you brew most often? I brew a lot of IPA\u2019s and Belgian Style beers. What got you into brewing? I love to cook. I think that brewing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54],"tags":[56,55],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meet-the-baron","tag-56","tag-meet-the-baron"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7FhiK-ar","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beerbarons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}