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IF YOU LIKE TO EACH HIS/HER OWN Since 2010, paid membership in the Lagers Homebrew Club has exploded from about 40 to more than 100. "Everyone brews," says Leah Dienes, the club president who, along with two partners, is opening a Mellwood Avenue microbrewery later this month called Apocalypse Brew Works. Homebrew operations are as unique as the individuals running them. One local homebrewer even concocted a "Franken-fermenter." Our recommendation for newbies: Get in touch with the Lagers or Paul Young, who runs My Old Kentucky Homebrew. They'll brew you right. Clockwise from top left: Christopher Owen's mash tun (left) and boil kettle; Tim Rosenberger's Cards-logoed conical fermenter; Dennis Stockslager's all-grain brewing equip- ment; Jason Rosenberger and his "brew-in-a-bag" tech- nique; Owen's mash tun; Craig Gardone's all-electric brew- ing system, which includes an ice chest. [48] LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 2.12 Eiderdown and Nachbar owner James Gunnoe likes Old Rasputin Imperial Stout and Left Hand Milk Stout because they both come in a keg pressurized with nitrogen like Guinness does. (Nitrogen gives the beer its creamy mouthfeel and thick head.) (Also recommended: BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout, Bell's Kalamazoo Stout, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Stout) Zach Buckley, beer manager at Old Town Wine and Spirits, recommends Ellie's Brown Ale from Avery Brewing Co. "It's a really easy drinking, smooth brown ale," he says. Bonus feature: it comes in a can, so you can take it to events where glass bottles aren't allowed. (Also recommended: Brooklyn Brewery's Brooklyn Brown Ale, BBC Nut Brown, Founder's Dirty Bastard) Ashley Isaacs, beer buyer for Flanagan's, recommends Unibroue Blanch de Chambly, a Belgian-style white ale from Canada which has the same hints of coriander and citrus as Blue Moon. (Hoegaarten, Goose Island 312, Ommegang Witte) He doesn't want to brag, but Bluegrass Brewing Co.'s new brewmaster, Jeremy Hunt, recommends his brewery's hoppy American Pale Ale. "It's one of the few beers I'm not making changes to," he says. (Also recommended: Bell's Two Hearted, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Three Floyds Pride and Joy) Smitty Smith, owner of Four Pegs Beer Lounge, recommends Franziskaner Hefe-Wiesse, a light German hefeweissen. "It's a good alternative for people who normally drink Bud Light or don't drink beer," he says. (Also recommended: Left Hand Pole Star Pilsner, Stella Artois, Spaten Pilsner) — AT YOU WILL LOVE