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November 28, 2012 - Home post toil - HB Say It Loud IPA
My Year in Beer
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Its almost bee the full year! What are you going to do with yourself after?
P.S. I noticed your tree up there. I refuse to let my wife put ours up until the month at least begins wit the letter "D".
P.S. I noticed your tree up there. I refuse to let my wife put ours up until the month at least begins wit the letter "D".
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Hard to believe - this year has flown by. Status quo for my 46th year - only the evidence will be missing (I'm a creature of habit).
Yeah, I'm with you on the tree. Seems to come earlier and earlier each year. Might as well leave it up year-round and just swap out light bulbs (White for Xmas, Red for Valentine's Day, Green for St. Patrick's Day...).
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HA!!! We actually do that. We strip the tree down and put up Mardi gras lights and decorations.
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November 29, 2012 - Making a starter (Irish Ale Yeast) - HB Vanilla Porter
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November 30, 2012 - Buzzy turns 13 (God help 'n save us!) - HB Pumpthin Ale
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December 1, 2012 - Snowy Brew Day in the Third Bay (Irish Blonde Ale) - Hot Scotchy (thanks Don Osborn)
Send some of that snow this way. I went for a hike today and wished I had worn shorts...
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Hot Scotchy's RULE! Particularly on snowy brew days!
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With the weather nowadays you better be careful what you ask for. You might end up needing snowshoes instead of shorts on your next hike.
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It was very nice. A little sweet for my taste but definitely warming (takes the edge of brewing in the garage in winter).
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There is a solution for you if the regular Hot Scotchie is too sweet - wait to drain the wort into your cup until after the first hop addition! Done it, and it wasn't near as repulsive as I thought it might be. I did prefer the non-hopped version though.
I have a friend who's dying to try it with rum, but in my opinion, sweet + more sweet just won't cut if for me. The Scotch provides the balance, and that's why it's one of the bestest things on the planet in my opinion!
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December 2, 2012 - Tree'd Up - HB Fluney Ale
Nice.
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There is a solution for you if the regular Hot Scotchie is too sweet - wait to drain the wort into your cup until after the first hop addition! Done it, and it wasn't near as repulsive as I thought it might be. I did prefer the non-hopped version though.
I have a friend who's dying to try it with rum, but in my opinion, sweet + more sweet just won't cut if for me. The Scotch provides the balance, and that's why it's one of the bestest things on the planet in my opinion!
Great idea, I'l have to try it after the hops - that sounds really interesting.
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December 4, 2012 - Dinner with Maeve, Lombardo's - Peroni
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December 4, 2012 - Carrie Underwear Concert - Long Trail IPA
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December 5, 2012 - Kegging Night (Xmas Ale & House Pale Ale) - HB Pumpthin' Ale (the keg that won't die)
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December 6, 2012 - Xmas shopping with the professor - Sam Adams Winter
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December 6, 2012 - Creo - Pint o' Plain
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December 7, 2012 - Post Lincoln, New World Bistro Bar - NWBB Imperial Double IPA
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December 8, 2012 - Albany Brew Crafters Holiday Party - Winter Ale, Sam Adams
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December 8, 2012 - Stop Off, BEFF's - Old Man Winter, Southern Tier
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December 8, 2012 - An Elf at Pixie's (go figure) - Genny Grenade Bottle
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LOL! Santa sucking down some brew - that puts a smile on my face!
I hope Santa wasn't doing the naughty or nice checklist that night.
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December 9, 2012 - Sunday at Home - Winter Welcome, Samuel Smith
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December 10, 2012 - Lunch with Big Mike, Brown's Brewing - Dunder and Blixem Strong Ale
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December 11, 2012 - My office Japanta Tree - Holiday Porter, Sam Adams
Tried one of those Winter Lagers at a get-together a month or so ago. It was like cough syrup made from concentrated elf **** after they were fed nothing but pure Christmas extract intravenously for 55 weeks of the year starting the previous holiday season.
Nasty.
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Ha - Well that sounds unpleasant!
I must have grabbed one from a constipated elf - it wasn't half bad.
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December 13, 2012 - Annual Xmas Shopping Gauntlet - City Beer Hall, Wolff's Biergarten & The Olde English - Beers, Many and Varied and My Wife in a Giant Wooden Shoe
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Nice! If you need to run errands, you may as well make it an adventure. Right?
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Exactly - that's the beauty of the stop-off.
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December 14, 2012 - TGIF, The Point - Brrr, Widmer Brothers
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December 14, 2012 - Stop-off with the brother-in-law, Swifty's - Pabst Blue Ribbon
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December 15, 2012 - Saturday stop-off with the McGuigans, Swifty's - Centennial Ale, Founders
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December 16, 2012 - Sunday Football - Hopsecutioner IPA, Terrapin Beer Co.
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December 18, 2012 - Post Basketball Practice - HB House Pale Ale
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December 19, 2012 - CommSoft Management Xmas Lunch, Brown's Brewing - Oatmeal Stout, Brown's Brewing
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