What are you drinking now?

chuckstout said:

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Love this beer. I've got a bottle of it that I've been waiting to drink. Also, a bottle from last year that I want to try. I wonder how it has changed in a year.

Ostomo517 said:

That looks awesome!!

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Thanks it has cleared a ton in the keg.. tastes great too. Now I need to find and try the real thing someday.

Chinook Vienna SMaSH

Stuffed with ham and au gratin potatoes so this will probably be it for today. And a good one at that!

A 2001 Gran Riserva Temptanillo w/ a rare standing rib roast

Terrapin Mosaic single-hop Red Rye. Well made, but smells better than the taste (which is still tasty!). Now I know what's "wrong" about my 2nd keg of Sculpin clone: dry-hopped with my first oz of Mosaic.

Bazaar said:

Love this beer. I've got a bottle of it that I've been waiting to drink. Also, a bottle from last year that I want to try. I wonder how it has changed in a year.

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Its awesome now just wish I would have been selfish and drank the whole bottle myself

Polishing off a couple bottles of my Berry Rice Wine with my dad. Now I need to make some more.

WesleyS said:

Polishing off a couple bottles of my Berry Rice Wine. Now I need to make some more.

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What does rice wine taste like?

xMalachi said:

What does rice wine taste like?

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It's pretty good. A little sweet, tart and strong. There's a thread on here about this particular rice wine. It's almost too easy to make.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/making-traditional-rice-wine-cheap-fun-different-361095/

Double chocolate milk stout I made a little while ago. Did a partial mash using a Coopers OS Stout kit as a base. Used a whole bar of unsweetened baker's chocolate and a pound of lactose. There is a skim of what I think is fat on the top of each bottle so I poured the beer into the glass through a strainer. The stout tastes fine but I don't think I'll be able to offer it to anyon e else.

I've got a bottle of Rhizing Bines and a bottle of Sour in the Rye well on their way to serving temperature and having a glass of apple cider from a local orchard to pass the time

WesleyS said:

It's pretty good. A little sweet, tart and strong. There's a thread on here about this particular rice wine. It's almost too easy to make.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/making-traditional-rice-wine-cheap-fun-different-361095/

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Yup! A great beverage I always have a batch fermenting

Its also going well with these!

I'm out of town for work, so I thought I'd try a sixer of Henry Weinhard's Woodland Pass IPA. Not bad, but definitely not an IPA. Maybe an under-hopped Pale ale. It's better than the stuff I've been getting here though. I can actually taste the hops, yay!

Ghost face Killah. I like it, would go good witha burger. Nice burn.

My brother just gave me a big bottle of ska brewing's Decadent IPA. 10% abv...Probably shouldn't drink it now. I'll wait until next weekend. (I've had and enjoyed their Modus Hoperandi)

Bazaar said:

Love this beer. I've got a bottle of it that I've been waiting to drink. Also, a bottle from last year that I want to try. I wonder how it has changed in a year.

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It's pasteurized so it probably hasn't changed at all and if it has, not for the better. A good excuse to drink up!

A nice 2009 cab with my ribeye dinner. Happy zombie Jesus day!

WesleyS said:

It's pretty good. A little sweet, tart and strong. There's a thread on here about this particular rice wine. It's almost too easy to make.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/making-traditional-rice-wine-cheap-fun-different-361095/

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Awesome, I'm going to have to give that a try.

I got bored after the fun, food, family, and friends had come and gone. So, I decided to bottle my spring honey ale, while enjoying quite a few HB cream ales.

Arrogant Bastard. So good when it's so fresh.

The Hole in Hadrian's Wall. Brewed with heather tips. Woody/Belgiany tangy/citrus for a scottish ale. Not the malty scottish ale I was expecting. Not bad though,its different for shure. Dry and overcarbnated also giving it that bite.

Bíere de garde grav sample. Third try on this one and it getting much closer. Mashed higher and used less sugar to keep it from thinning out as much. Instead of all base malt, added oats to try and get better head retention, some 120 for more caramel and dark fruit, and a little debittered black for color.

A locally made Belgian made from a yeast only produced every three years, and although I could not brew with it and give it any justice (yet), it is definitely a treat on a warm spring day!

A short pour of my Double Rye IPA.

Sour porter #2. Need to brew more of this. Not terribly complex, but quick and very sour.

My Irish red that I made too late for st Patricks day

A Leffe Blond here in Bocas del Toro, Panama where there is a surprisingly good selection of Beligian brews available.

Good call

Despite all reviews I read of this saying it didn't even come close to the hype I had to try it anyway. Unfortunately the reviews were accurate. Now, to be fair, it's a good IPA, it's just nothing special. Not much in the way of aroma, but what's there is slightly fruity and a little dank. The hop flavor is kind of muddled, but it's prominent and if you're not looking for anything in particular it's pleasant. The bitterness is good, not too harsh and is the strongest portion of the hop character. Overall, it's good but at $14 for a bomber it's simply not worth it.

nukebrewer said:

Despite all reviews I read of this saying it didn't even come close to the hype I had to try it anyway. Unfortunately the reviews were accurate. Now, to be fair, it's a good IPA, it's just nothing special. Not much in the way of aroma, but what's there is slightly fruity and a little dank. The hop flavor is kind of muddled, but it's prominent and if you're not looking for anything in particular it's pleasant. The bitterness is good, not too harsh and is the strongest portion of the hop character. Overall, it's good but at $14 for a bomber it's simply not worth it.

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Love the glass.

Bigfoot 2013- pretty intense finish.

jonmohno said:

Bigfoot 2013- pretty intense finish.

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I picked up a case of this pretty cheaply. I'm going to drink one every 3-6 months.

Bazaar said:

I picked up a case of this pretty cheaply. I'm going to drink one every 3-6 months.

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Nice I remember last year they didnt have a price on it when just released and I got a steal of a regular craft beer price for it from unknowing employees. I notice a fruity/english carmel aroma and taste more noticable than I realized from before.Has a very robust rich finish. Im going to compare last years to this years one of these weeks. I think Im actually going to age this one more appropriatley as well maybe every six months-thats pretty patient for myself. I give myself credit for saving one from last year though. Need to get some 2013 ruthless- think I actually have a bottle or two of that from last year as well.

Thanks Wes! Happy easter y'all

Delicious!