What are you drinking now?

509inc's black IPA. Pretty tasty $hit too!

Enjoying some HB Apfelwein.

Brown ale. Nice, a little too dark and toasty but pretty good. Will drop the black malt next time and maybe reduce bitterness.

Some more of SN Ruthless Rye

White House Honey Ale.

Swarley88 said:

Some more of SN Ruthless Rye

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hey! me too! but thanks to Qhrumphf, I got a hankerin' for some PBR. that's right, a hankerin'.

Lagunitas Brown Shugga Substitute

Fixed gear clone

Billy-Klubb said:

hey! me too! but thanks to Qhrumphf, I got a hankerin' for some PBR. that's right, a hankerin'.

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Well heck, I got me a hankerin' to have some Odells Mountain Standard while I bottle my brown ale.

Sam Adams Alpine Spring. I remember it being better last year.

Boulder Beer Planet Porter. It's deese.

Mmmmmm.... digging this. Stronger rye presence than other rye ales I've had. Could use more hop aroma, but the flavor and bitterness are definitely there. Nice malt character and I live the strong rye character.

My last one till this fall.

Finally sampling this. Good porter but not really "wowing" me. Although it's cold so maybe it will improve as it warms up.

Having a Fantome Saison Noel, this one is actually taking a bit to "open up"

Nugget Nectar. Been waiting since I ran out last year.

I'm giving a Skull Splitter a whirl, 8.5% from The Orkney Brewery.

My Brett'd citra/Nelson saison. What can I say? It's so good Shaun Hill likes it

TNGabe said:

My Brett'd citra/Nelson saison. What can I say? It's so good Shaun Hill likes it

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Well you can't do that and not share the recipe...

dcHokie said:

Well you can't do that and not share the recipe...

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Quoted for truth. Can't be saying the best brewer in America likes it and not share!!

Giving sucks another try still thinking i got a bad 6er.. id rather a lil sumpin sumpin any day.

mcbaumannerb said:

Finally sampling this. Good porter but not really "wowing" me. Although it's cold so maybe it will improve as it warms up.

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I am chilling down a 4 pack of these right now. Got home late so I am gonna have to play catch up.

You're delicious, and don't let anyone tell you any different. Don't let that mean old LoloMT7 discourage you.

EDIT: I actually made this post before I saw Lolo's post, so this is entirely coincidental

Deschutes Red Chair,still cant get into this one since after a few from before. Im going with: cloying sweetness on this one(too much of a certain crystal malt maybe) real strong sweet toffee/ raison or sumpin,otherwise its a pretty decent one besides that. I like malty beers too,but..

Every time I see a sixer of lagunitas sucks at the store I think of this thread.....still haven't pulled the trigger though!

FermentNEthinG said:

Every time I see a sixer of lagunitas sucks at the store I think of this thread.....still haven't pulled the trigger though!

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It's going to end up being the one that got away.. It'll be gone and they'll never brew it again

FermentNEthinG said:

Every time I see a sixer of lagunitas sucks at the store I think of this thread.....still haven't pulled the trigger though!

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Do it!

cthulu1975 said:

Nugget Nectar. Been waiting since I ran out last year.

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Cyhops Belgian ale 3 of these just before bed and sleep right through the alarm lol

My APA.

nukebrewer said:

You're delicious, and don't let anyone tell you any different. Don't let that mean old LoloMT7 discourage you.

EDIT: I actually made this post before I saw Lolo's post, so this is entirely coincidental

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Lol all i get is a huge hoppy, acid skunk taste. Zero malt and the aftertaste is like a huge mouthful of pennies.

Sauza Gold cheap-a$$ tequila. Later on I think I'll have a Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout.

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Sauza Gold cheap-a$$ tequila. Later on I think I'll have a Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout.

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Just seeing that picture gives me a hangover and makes me want to puke. That's some truly horrible stuff.

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Lol all i get is a huge hoppy, acid skunk taste. Zero malt and the aftertaste is like a huge mouthful of pennies.

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I get no skunk at all, but there's clearly an a$$ ton of Citra in the late hops. I'm also getting quite a bit of malt sweetness, more than you typically find in a Lagunitas brew. I don't know how you're getting a mouthful of pennies, but we all have different palates, so you're clearly getting something I am not.

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Well you can't do that and not share the recipe...

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Gah, I must be getting tipsified if I posted that. Sorry, it's been two weeks since we did the tasting and my head is still so dang big I don't know what to do with myself. On another, smaller, homebrew forum we set up a funky beer swap. I emailed Oldsock aka the Mad Fermentationist seeing if he'd be our 'celeb' taster. He didn't think he fit the bill, but suggested a few pros who might be receptive to participating, Shaun (and Dan, his assistant) included.

But seriously, while I'm bragging, Shaun Hill likes my homebrew saison! Mashed in a cooler and boiled in a keg on my back porch. I even had to entice a couple pigs back into the fence while I was brewing this one, don't get more farmhouse than that. Course they're both sausage and bacon now.

Anywho, sorry for the bragging.

60% pale malt
20% heritage (vienna/municish)
20% red (turkey) wheat
10% Turbinado

(yeah, that's 110%, if it doesn't make sense, malt % is weight and sugar is extract)

1.062 OG, fermented with ECY03, bottled at 1.005

Barley is 6 row, turkey is a heritage wheat. Grown in NC and malted by Brian & Brent at Riverbend in Asheville. Whoops, sub abruzzi rye for turkey wheat- this is a rye saison - I used wheat in the nelson dry hopped version.

90 minute boil. Bittered with a half + an eighth oz citra at 60, qtr + 8th ea citra and nelson at 15 and flameout, dry hopped oz citra 1 week.

It's a freaking good beer. I didn't adjust my water at all and because this is a pale beer, I've been told to make sure kettle pH is 5.2. Did that on the last batch of petite saison with lactic acid. Still in fermenter, but wow! Makes the difference from 'really, really good - did I brew this?' to 'wow, who snuck fancy beer into my fermenter?'

I will grab some good ol'sucks tomorrow for sure. I am a huge fan of the brown shugga so I'm sure this will please the liver.


If you like fruity barely wines....then turn to a blithering idiot.....

My Mild. Damned good.

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Just seeing that picture gives me a hangover and makes me want to puke. That's some truly horrible stuff.

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It's a lot like Buckley's cough syrup: it tastes awful - but it works

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I get no skunk at all, but there's clearly an a$$ ton of Citra in the late hops. I'm also getting quite a bit of malt sweetness, more than you typically find in a Lagunitas brew. I don't know how you're getting a mouthful of pennies, but we all have different palates, so you're clearly getting something I am not.

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Yup just don't dig it but to each there own . I love the lucky 13 and others so don't get me wrong anyone lagunitas makes great beer!! Mouth is watering thinking about the red they make too.... soooooo good.

I actually got the tequila to make margaritas for my wife and it's been sitting around half-full for a long time. Thought I'd finish it off.