It's pretty solid. I haven't had very many Belgian IPAs, but this one is pretty damn good.
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It's pretty solid. I haven't had very many Belgian IPAs, but this one is pretty damn good.
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More brown than black IPA homebrew
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Personal favoritenukebrewer said:
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It really is. It's the only beer I like from them and it's damn good. The large dose of Simcoe plays nice with the Belgian yeast phenolics. You will like.
Well, I guess I'll have to grab a bottle of it then.
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Welcome down. Spec's is a adult Disneyland. Wait till you go down to the downtown one. It's 10x bigger than the one in the woodlands. Lots of goodies there.
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First one. Really an amazing stout
Very good Belgian IPA. One of my faves.
Got to partake is a Westy XII this evening at a home brew club meeting. Pretty good stuff, I don't get the hype though. It's a great quad, but just that, nothing else.
Now I'm cleaning out the fridge of the beers that'd made it to the back row. Love Torpedo, but this time of year, it's an easy one to overlook. Luckily I have a few more to remind me how much I like it.
As a DIPA this is pretty disappointing, which sucks double because Hopadillo (they're IPA) is so good. There's virtually no hop aroma even after a good swirling. The bitterness is there, but it's not very strong and I am not getting any hop flavor. Maybe I'm just stressed out from being arrested this morning, but I don't think so.
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nukebrewer said:
I must have missed something.. Say what now?
I've never tried it, but I don't understand the hype either. I mean, I'm sure it's good and all but for $85 a sixer it better perform favors of an unmentionable nature after I drink each bottle.
this:
Blank white snow stuff, its the end of the world drink and all that. Supercheezy too. Youll never be able to obtain it,ever. Its like whitewash in your face and will never be choked down. Just all over your face and not in your mouth,slightly gaging maybe,never down the gullet. +1 your mom.
Blank white snow stuff, its the end of the world drink and all that. Supercheezy too. Youll never be able to obtain it,ever. Its like whitewash in your face and will never be choked down. Just all over your face and not in your mouth,slightly gaging maybe,never down the gullet. +1 your mom.
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If I had a nickel for everytime I said that...
I'm drinking a winter brew from Petrus. It's pretty good. Although I don't really know why I bought it. Don't care for the style all too much.
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I'm going to be brewing a clone in a few days. It will be like the real Westy, except better and mine will cost about $50 for a 6 gallon batch.NordeastBrewer77 said:
Yeah, I got arrested this morning! I'm a hardened criminal now. Apparently it's not cool to try and get a throwing star through a TSA security checkpoint. Thing is, I completely forgot it was in my backpack and what usually happens in this situation is you say, "hey, my bad, keep the throwing star" and go about your business. But noooooooo. The TSA agent called the state police and after they interviewed me they determined I posed zero threat, which they relayed to their superiors and they were ready to let me go about my business. But apparently while this interview was going on the TSA dick who found it took a picture of the throwing star and sent it to mother f***ing Washington, D.C. so the head of TSA could look at it and give his opinion. So this prick says that something must be done which forces the cops' collective hand into arresting me as a formality and charging me with 'Tampering with airport security.' According to the arresting officer most cases like this get thrown out, so fingers crossed. Anyway, that's that story, back to drinking beer!
mammothkraken
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You should've just gotten naked then and there like the guy here in Portland that TSA was messing with.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/travel/oregon-airport-naked-protest/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/travel/oregon-airport-naked-protest/index.html
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It really is. I have one more left after this, I'm gonna save it. I want to find a clone recipe.WesleyS said:
No siree, my homebrew tastes like it was brewed by the Son of Man.WesleyS said:
Man Nuke that sucks. Hopefully you can get it taken care of quickly and there won't be some obnoxious fine they pack you with.
Yeah, I got arrested this morning! I'm a hardened criminal now. Apparently it's not cool to try and get a throwing star through a TSA security checkpoint. Thing is, I completely forgot it was in my backpack and what usually happens in this situation is you say, "hey, my bad, keep the throwing star" and go about your business. But noooooooo. The TSA agent called the state police and after they interviewed me they determined I posed zero threat, which they relayed to their superiors and they were ready to let me go about my business. But apparently while this interview was going on the TSA dick who found it took a picture of the throwing star and sent it to mother f***ing Washington, D.C. so the head of TSA could look at it and give his opinion. So this prick says that something must be done which forces the cops' collective hand into arresting me as a formality and charging me with 'Tampering with airport security.' According to the arresting officer most cases like this get thrown out, so fingers crossed. Anyway, that's that story, back to drinking beer!
after reading this, my only woe was it was too cold to brew and use my new belma hops, so all in all, i have no room to complain at all
Somehow I don't think that would have helped things, haha. Thanks for the link, though. It's kinda funny, but I get where he's coming from.
Yeah, I got arrested this morning! I'm a hardened criminal now. Apparently it's not cool to try and get a throwing star through a TSA security checkpoint. Thing is, I completely forgot it was in my backpack and what usually happens in this situation is you say, "hey, my bad, keep the throwing star" and go about your business. But noooooooo. The TSA agent called the state police and after they interviewed me they determined I posed zero threat, which they relayed to their superiors and they were ready to let me go about my business. But apparently while this interview was going on the TSA dick who found it took a picture of the throwing star and sent it to mother f***ing Washington, D.C. so the head of TSA could look at it and give his opinion. So this prick says that something must be done which forces the cops' collective hand into arresting me as a formality and charging me with 'Tampering with airport security.' According to the arresting officer most cases like this get thrown out, so fingers crossed. Anyway, that's that story, back to drinking beer!
My wife has a bad habit doing that. Fortunately she always notices while in line, surrenders ahead of time, and never been an issue beyond that. But we've lost a handful of really nice knives that way. And a couple cans of mace.
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Yeah, I got arrested this morning! I'm a hardened criminal now. Apparently it's not cool to try and get a throwing star through a TSA security checkpoint. Thing is, I completely forgot it was in my backpack and what usually happens in this situation is you say, "hey, my bad, keep the throwing star" and go about your business. But noooooooo. The TSA agent called the state police and after they interviewed me they determined I posed zero threat, which they relayed to their superiors and they were ready to let me go about my business. But apparently while this interview was going on the TSA dick who found it took a picture of the throwing star and sent it to mother f***ing Washington, D.C. so the head of TSA could look at it and give his opinion. So this prick says that something must be done which forces the cops' collective hand into arresting me as a formality and charging me with 'Tampering with airport security.' According to the arresting officer most cases like this get thrown out, so fingers crossed. Anyway, that's that story, back to drinking beer!
Saw a guy get the Full On Shakedown after the explosive swab hit on his backpack. Dude was like "I use it as a range bag." Oh **** they think, now he's got explosive residue (gunpowder) and talking about guns." He was abruptly taken to a undisclosed room where it got real stupid I'm sure.
Saw some one-tooth overall wearing bumpkin get tossed for the same thing. He was a farmer. The guy tried to explain it was fertilizer that tripped the machine but no avail. I'm sure they threw his bags out on the tarmac and let the dogs chew them to pieces.
I hate flying.
Well it made me miss my flight, so that was $700 that could have been better spent on brewing equipment/ingredients. If the charge sticks, I'm not sure what the maximum penalty is, but based on the circumstances I doubt I'll feel the full force of the law.
after reading this, my only woe was it was too cold to brew and use my new belma hops, so all in all, i have no room to complain at all
It's never too cold to brew, especially when you live in Texas.
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NB Caribou Slobber out of keg ( first time kegging) while racking to secondary and dry hopping. Not a bad night!
Damn, that sucks. I hate giving up nice knives. I've had to do it before and it never feels good.
I could go on a long rant about what I went through and the absurdity of it all, but perhaps in another thread. I'm on vacation so I just want to go back to drinking beer.
Better than forking out $700 for a missed flight though. So i feel you.
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Well the farmer dude didnt smell like he ever wore deodorant. A touch "horsey". So that was one plus.
True. Who needs money anyway? The world's ending tomorrow. Drink up!
Isn't "horsey" a word we sometimes use to describe saisons and other sour type beers? Seems like it would be a good thing for some.
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A nice single malt Irish whiskey my parents bought for me. Super tasty. Neat with a splash of cool water to bring out some flavors.
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you're ready. la fin du monde: the end of the world
Yeah, I got arrested this morning! I'm a hardened criminal now. Apparently it's not cool to try and get a throwing star through a TSA security checkpoint. Thing is, I completely forgot it was in my backpack and what usually happens in this situation is you say, "hey, my bad, keep the throwing star" and go about your business. But noooooooo. The TSA agent called the state police and after they interviewed me they determined I posed zero threat, which they relayed to their superiors and they were ready to let me go about my business. But apparently while this interview was going on the TSA dick who found it took a picture of the throwing star and sent it to mother f***ing Washington, D.C. so the head of TSA could look at it and give his opinion. So this prick says that something must be done which forces the cops' collective hand into arresting me as a formality and charging me with 'Tampering with airport security.' According to the arresting officer most cases like this get thrown out, so fingers crossed. Anyway, that's that story, back to drinking beer!
So.... are you now like on a "watch out for this guy who thinks he's a ninja" list or something? That's nuts, glad they figured out that you're just a harmless drunk..... er beer geek. Enjoy Tejas, great place to visit, I have fam in Houston and Dallas. Make sure to check out any Southern Star and Jester King brews you find, I've heard that (512) is great as well. Oh and St. Arnold's.... PM me, I can probably give you a list of must trys.
I hope you choked on it.
Dunno how da fuq this thing has been hiding in my kegerator for a year.
Going by the BB date, this is last year's bottle. Faded but still very good. Dark fruits and mocha like flavors with a firm bitterness that really lingers. Surprisingly there's still citrus and pine like aroma and flavors too. Still pretty nice, I suspect being cold (~40F) all this time helped.
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