Rikkert Biemans non-hockey passion is craft beer. Every time during the off season he and some of his friends brew beer in the barn of his parents place. Everyone has to come up with a recipe of a brew they have never done before. Rikkert Biemans decided it was time to brew a nice fresh double dry hopped New England IPA this time. One of his friends came up with a stout recipe and another with a Berliner Weisse. With all the cleaning in between it takes about a day for each batch to brew and then each batch needs to ferment for a couple weeks. On brew days they also bring some craft beer with them to hold tastings during the day. At the end of the day everybody is pretty hammered and then it starts all over again the next day with a fresh batch to brew. As always, a shared beer always tastes better!