How famous is Denny?

Northern Brewer General
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My brother just informed me that he and his wife are expecting their first child. He asked me if I would be willing to brew a special beer for him. He said that he even had a recipe in mind. I was a little surprised to hear that. He has helped me brew once or twice and he always enjoys what I make but I never thought he would come to me with a recipe.

Then he said that the recipe was kind of famous and that maybe I had heard of it. He said it was a Bourbon Vanilla Porter that was named after some homebrewer but he couldn’t remember the name. So I asked, you mean Denny Conn?

I was really surprised that he was requesting a recipe that I had heard of but since it was one from Denny I guess I shouldn’t have been.

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I think Denny will confirm that his level of famousity is somewhere between Kim Kardashian and Kathy Griffin.

Had to get it in there Denny :cheers:

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he’s pretty famous amongst the brewing community, and probably the most famous homebrewer. His vanilla bourbon porter is a fantastic recipe (as are all of his recipes). He hangs around this forum quite a bit, and im sure we will hear from him soon. He’s taught me a lot over the years via forums.

+1 to the VBIP recipe

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:oops:

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Being a famous homebrewer is great…that and 2 bucks will get you a cup of coffee! :wink:

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Denny who?

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Thanks for the kind words, guys. Being a famous homebrewer is great…that and 2 bucks will get you a cup of coffee! :wink: [/quote]

Not at Starbucks!

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I don’t know how famous Denny is, but I heard that he’s leaving town and the College of Cardinals is waiting for one more in Rome. Coincidence hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Think about it.
He has always been a great source, and very understanding to people just getting started like me. He’s helped my conversion to AG batch sparging, yes I even have a blue cooler,without ever being condescending. Someday I hope to buy him a beer as thanks.

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C’mon, it’s not like the guy has a yeast strain named after him… :roll:

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Thanks for the kind words, guys. Being a famous homebrewer is great…that and 2 bucks will get you a cup of coffee! :wink: [/quote]

Are your recipes up for the public to see and make? I checked your site, didn’t see them. I have been looking for two certain recipes…seeing if you made something similar.

:slight_smile:

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Denny and I went to different schools together

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[quote=“JPR”]Are your recipes up for the public to see and make? I checked your site, didn’t see them. I have been looking for two certain recipes…seeing if you made something similar.[/quote]Here’s a link to some of the more popular ones:

http://beerdujour.com/DennyConnRecipes.html

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[quote=“JPR”][quote=“Denny”]:oops:

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Being a famous homebrewer is great…that and 2 bucks will get you a cup of coffee! :wink: [/quote]

Are your recipes up for the public to see and make? I checked your site, didn’t see them. I have been looking for two certain recipes…seeing if you made something similar.

:slight_smile: [/quote]

Most of his recipes are on here if you search.

Rye Smile IPA

Waldo Lake Amber

Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter

The first two are NB kits

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We will get Denny in the White House come 2016! Besides fixing the mess we are all in,he will show them boys how to brew the true brew!

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Hey, I was gonna say that. :lol:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “When I grow up I wanna be just like Denny”.

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Denny invented batch sparging with a blue cooler. Everyone knows that. Sheesh! Of course he’s a famous dude!

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Thanks for the kind words, guys. Being a famous homebrewer is great…that and 2 bucks will get you a cup of coffee! :wink: [/quote]

Every one can get on cup of coffee of $.05 at Wall Drug (free if you are/were in the military). Don’t let your head get to big. :smiley:

Denny’s has shown many an easy way to make great beer.

I only hope that I can give a little bit of my knowledge (10% of his) to the new brewers.

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More famous then macaulay culkin at a michael jackson slumber party

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I have considered mailing him a beer he dissed the recipe of, because it came out great. I felt he needed to taste it to realize :lol:

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I recommend his Memory Lapse Pale Ale for a quick turn-around spring ale. Mine magically disappeared before I could have more than five of them.

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In all seriousness, how did Denny gain such notoriety?