What are you drinking now?

Green Flash Hop Head Red. Local liquor store just started carrying it, I'm impressed.



(LBK in the background is the latest batch of apfelwein, had to pull it out of the fermentation chamber to cold crash a beer)

Caribou Slobber. It's almost a meal in a glass.

My Black IPA. It got considerably more dry with some age.Its black but ruby/mahogony up to the light and you can tell its crystal clear,has better head/head retention than most commercial craft(not that it matters that much) ,taste is pretty good but nothing on a Stone Sublimley Self Righetous. I steeped some black malt and boiled it with my priming sugar for bottleing because I didnt think it was black enough, but dont think Im going to do that again.I was naming it a Not so black IPa, and recently I found out Lagunitas( I think)maybe DFH-not shure or someone had named this name for their black IPA.Thought that was neat-0.

Boulevard Smokestack Series Dark Truth Stout

My banana split stout. It just keeps getting better with age. The banana isn't as in your face as before and generally the banana character has melded very nicely with the other flavors.

nukebrewer said:

My banana split stout. It just keeps getting better with age. The banana isn't as in your face as before and generally the banana character has melded very nicely with the other flavors.

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Sounds great. Did you post the recipe

speedyG said:

Sounds great. Did you post the recipe

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Not yet. When I first tried it I didn't think it was worth posting, but now that it's been in bottles a couple months and come together, I can post it if you'd like.

Gulden Draak 9000 quad. Oh my. Oh wow. Now I remember why I use to like Belgians because I was drinking real belgians and not the American belgians. I dont know what it is but almost every american belgian style has been unispiring to the point that if they offer one its last on the list for me per brewery.
I only liked one of the SN series but havent tried their quad yet,guess I should or maybe I should have just aged them because Ive only tried them upon release,now that I think of it. Im shure there is certainly some good ones here but seems the bar is pretty high. Im kinda re-inspired to start dabbeling in these again.

nukebrewer said:

Not yet. When I first tried it I didn't think it was worth posting, but now that it's been in bottles a couple months and come together, I can post it if you'd like.

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I'm interested as well. I've seen you mention that one before. Sounds like a good beer.

nukebrewer said:

Not yet. When I first tried it I didn't think it was worth posting, but now that it's been in bottles a couple months and come together, I can post it if you'd like.

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Yes, I'd like.

WesleyS said:

I'm interested as well. I've seen you mention that one before. Sounds like a good beer.

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speedyG said:

Yes, I'd like.

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10 lbs Pale 2-row
1 lb Biscuit malt
1 lb Crystal 80L
1 lb Cara-pils
1 lb Chocolate malt
1 lb Flaked Oats
1 lb Lactose @ 5min

1.25 oz Apollo (18%) @ 60 min

1 L starter of WLP300

Secondary for two weeks:
4 oz Cacao nibs
2 vanilla beans gutted and soaked in vodka

Mash @ 154 F for 60 min

OG: 1.070
FG: 1.016
IBU: 57.6
ABV: 7.1%
SRM: 28.4

Put PUmkin in a lager call it yum and name it Lakefront PUmpkin Lager! . You like lager? you like spice? you like pumpkin? YOu like! Way to go Milwaukee-IM basically not talking about Miller Lite.
For some reason now I think of it it remindes me of how a Stone Ipa is but without the bitter hoppiness. The bubblegummy cleanness is what remindes me of that. Thats not really one of my favorate ipa's either but havent had that for some time either.

nukebrewer said:

10 lbs Pale 2-row
1 lb Biscuit malt
1 lb Crystal 80L
1 lb Cara-pils
1 lb Chocolate malt
1 lb Flaked Oats
1 lb Lactose @ 5min

1.25 oz Apollo (18%) @ 60 min

1 L starter of WLP300

Secondary for two weeks:
4 oz Cacao nibs
2 vanilla beans gutted and soaked in vodka

Mash @ 154 F for 60 min

OG: 1.070
FG: 1.016
IBU: 57.6
ABV: 7.1%
SRM: 28.4

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Thanks for sharing!

Did a quick midday tasting at Societe Brewing in San Diego today. Only open 6 mos. very nice facility. Tasted 3 IPAs, one Belgian pale, one Belgian dark strong and a Russian imperial stout. All the lights were good. I preferred The Pupil IPA and the Belgian pale. Both were refreshing, distinctive and true to style although the pale had an appreciated Hoppiness. The darks were less appealing to me because the nature of the roastiness was not to my liking. Nevertheless, well crafted beers.

A Surly Coffee Bender courtesy of NordeastBrewer77...

Another from NordeastBrewer77...a Scottish 80/- on nitro--very enjoyable

Southern Tier Pumking. I don't know... I just don't think it's really a pumpkin beer. Sure, the pumpkin is there, but it's way overshadowed by the ginger. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a really good beer, just not what it claims to be.

weirdboy said:

Another from NordeastBrewer77...a Scottish 80/- on nitro--very enjoyable

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Nice! I'm enjoying an English brewed, 80/- ish ale from Daleside. Haven't had this one before. Pretty nice, very malty, some dark fruit-y esters. I like.



Goes very well with a cigar, as do most good British ales.

got the mix pack with kona pipeline porter, redhook winter hook and widmer brr...., had 1 of each tonight, and they were all pretty darn good

also has some homemade kriek and IPA to top it off

NordeastBrewer77 said:

Nice! I'm enjoying an English brewed, 80/- ish ale from Daleside. Haven't had this one before. Pretty nice, very malty, some dark fruit-y esters. I like.

Goes very well with a cigar, as do most good British ales.

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Dude that reminds me...if we do another trade, remind me and I'll send you a Firestone pint glass.

humann_brewing said:

got the mix pack with kona pipeline porter, redhook winter hook and widmer brr...., had 1 of each tonight, and they were all pretty darn good

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Pipeline Porter is damn good. I used to live in Hawaii so I got it ultra fresh. Usually had at least one whenever SWMBO and I went to the restaurant on Oahu.

Welcome to Ohio, Oskar Blues

One more from NordeastBrewer77...another canned nitro beer! I thought Guiness had a patent on this design, but maybe they licensed it?

Still drinking black butte clone.
Due to piss poor logistics on my part, that is all I've got on tap right now, all I've got in a secondary ready to go, my next beer wont be ready for a week and it's pumpkin ale so I probably won't be drinking it as regular as my other beers and it's going to be at least a couple weeks until I've got another beer ready!

Not that I'm bitching about my Black Butte. Consensus is that it's better than the original. Yumm.

weirdboy said:

Another from NordeastBrewer77...a Scottish 80/- on nitro--very enjoyable

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I need to keep my eyes open for this in cans. I only ever see it in the clear glass bottles. It's a fantastic beer, but it's very rare I can get a bottle that's not skunked.

Drinking DuClaw's Mad Bishop Oktoberfest. Not particularly thrilled with it.

Punk ass Nordeast and his amazing beer choices...

grimstuff said:

This stuff is the s***. best "Imperial Porter" I've had.

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It's near the top of my favorite beers ever list.

Earlier I had some Deschutes Jubelale. Absolutely delicious!

bottlebomber said:

Punk ass Nordeast and his amazing beer choices...

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Beer's good, dude!! :rockin: :rockin:

weirdboy said:

Dude that reminds me...if we do another trade, remind me and I'll send you a Firestone pint glass.

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That'd be awesome! I collect glassware, and would gladly get you a Surly, Summit, Schell's, etc. pint along with some more beers.

weirdboy said:

One more from NordeastBrewer77...another canned nitro beer! I thought Guiness had a patent on this design, but maybe they licensed it?

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I'm not sure, but I think it may be an InBev Diagio thing. If my memory serves right (and it may not at this point), I remember Boddington's and Caffrey's being in nitro cans not long after Guinny, if not at the same time.

Qhrumphf said:

I need to keep my eyes open for this in cans. I only ever see it in the clear glass bottles. It's a fantastic beer, but it's very rare I can get a bottle that's not skunked.

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I know whatcha mean... Bellhaven and Old Speckled in cans, amazing. In the clear bottles, almost always skunk city. I'd love to find them non-skunk, non-nitro, to see what they're like. Nitro is so smoothing to the hops, it makes for a great drink, but it leaves questions about the real deal back in Britain.

Enough rambling, time for beer porn:


Very quickly becoming my favorite locally available IPA. Really solid, über hoppy. Brickhouse cigar, amazingly aromatic but 'meh' on flavor/body.

Check out the floaties!! Blurry pic, my camera's balls and I've got a beer buzz, but I love seeing swimmers in my IPAs!!

NordeastBrewer77 said:

I know whatcha mean... Bellhaven and Old Speckled in cans, amazing. In the clear bottles, almost always skunk city. I'd love to find them non-skunk, non-nitro, to see what they're like. Nitro is so smoothing to the hops, it makes for a great drink, but it leaves questions about the real deal back in Britain.

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Once Old Speckled Hen showed up in cans around here, I've refused to get a bottle since. Can or draft only. If only I could find the Belhaven...

Yeah Epic makes some excellent beers. I haven't seen that one here, but I'll keep on the lookout for it.

Qhrumphf said:

If only I could find the Belhaven...

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I can (haha).... I'm tapped 'til next payday, but I'll gladly do a trade after that. There's plenty of things in VA that we can't get here. And if you're into English/British beers, we get a great selection here. Some, like the Morocco Ale are new to me.

weirdboy said:

Yeah Epic makes some excellent beers. I haven't seen that one here, but I'll keep on the lookout for it.

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Epic's name says it all. Everything I've tried from them is gold. Hopulent is a stellar IPA, as is their Imperial IPA. The Imperial Red is very good too. They have a golden strong and a wine barrel aged version that I'm looking forward to trying. Great brewery, I'm glad we get them here.


In honor of the hometown team, I'm finishing the night with a hometown favorite.....

Thanks to the Vikes stellar performance this evening, the Bears are in first place and looking good. And this beer is looking nice next to a pipe full of stinky English tobacco.

Sierra Nevada Hoptimum.. I don't care for it!!

NordeastBrewer77 said:

I know whatcha mean... Bellhaven and Old Speckled in cans, amazing. In the clear bottles, almost always skunk city. I'd love to find them non-skunk, non-nitro, to see what they're like. Nitro is so smoothing to the hops, it makes for a great drink, but it leaves questions about the real deal back in Britain.

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I've always had good experiences with Bellhaven, even in the clear bottles. Never had a skunked beer from them. It's probably the handling by the distributor, but it sucks you can't get beer you like more readily because someone else doesn't know how to handle it.

Drinking a Deschutes Twilight summer ale. I got two 12-packs for $12 from the store I work at. Woo!

A pint of my mild to go with a very late lunch, while I continue working on engineering stuff...

Iron Hill Brewery Chocolate Stout. Excellent RIS.

Iron Hill Brewery Chocolate Stout. Excellent RIS.






*edit* sorry about the double post - the app is acting wonky again.

Because it's only 4:30, and I just finished a great bike ride, I'm not drinking anything right now. Last night, I went to a concert, and the local brew pub (the Great Dane, for those who live in or near Madison, WI) had something called Abrikoos. It was fantastic. So was the IPA I had, which they called Texas Speed Bump. No idea why, but it was nice and hoppy.