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Not bad. Buttery caramel/ toast,toast dryness, creamy, light fruit/floral. Medium body,mild sweetness. Peppery bittering finish. Not exactly one of my favorites but fantastic for a 4%er. Not that I had a lot of bitters but this is one of the better ones so far. Ive passed this up a few times but glad I got it.

Green Flash IPA.. Pretty good, but it has an astringent bitterness that is unpleasant and I usually blame on Chinook being used as bittering hops. But still really good. Next up - a whole crap load of Lagunitas.

First beer of the night! Homebrew Robust Porter.

bottlebomber said:

Green Flash IPA.. Pretty good, but it has an astringent bitterness that is unpleasant and I usually blame on Chinook being used as bittering hops. But still really good. Next up - a whole crap load of Lagunitas.

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I didn't care for this because of the astringency as well. At least you'll cleanse your palate soon!

NordeastBrewer77 said:

It's an elusive beer. Check out skeezer's clone here, that's pretty much what I'm brewing with an added mash hop addition and a bit more late hopping. I bought a few lbs of citra, so I figured I should do something good with some of 'em.

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I just got my pound of Citra in a couple days ago so I am stoked to use them in something. I've only heard bits and pieces about mash hopping. What does it do for the beer?

Right now I am celebrating the fact that I'm not going to jail.

nukebrewer said:

I just got my pound of Citra in a couple days ago so I am stoked to use them in something. I've only heard bits and pieces about mash hopping. What does it do for the beer?

Right now I am celebrating the fact that I'm not going to jail.

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Last I read up on that,is it just wastes them, John Palmer as well as a few other better known brewers seem to agree after watching a podcast discussion on brewing myths.
I would have to think it would do at least a little in terms of flavor. Cant say for myself,Ive never done it though. I do like FWH so far.

Julius Echter Dunkel



(I can't drink american wheat anymore!!!)

nukebrewer said:

I just got my pound of Citra in a couple days ago so I am stoked to use them in something. I've only heard bits and pieces about mash hopping. What does it do for the beer?

Right now I am celebrating the fact that I'm not going to jail.

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They drop the charges when they realized you weren't ninjan nobody in the airport?

nukebrewer said:

I just got my pound of Citra in a couple days ago so I am stoked to use them in something. I've only heard bits and pieces about mash hopping. What does it do for the beer?

Right now I am celebrating the fact that I'm not going to jail.

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Congrats on not going to jail!

iambeer said:

Julius Echter Dunkel

(I can't drink american wheat anymore!!!)

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There's beer in that picture?

Anti-Hero from Revolution brewing. Pretty darn tasty IPA

nukebrewer said:

Nice! I want to brew myself a Zombie Dust clone. Wouldn't know if I pulled it off since I've never had Zombie Dust, but I figure it would be in the ball park.

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I brewed this about a month ago, and the 3 ounces of Citra have been in there for about a week so far. Bottling half and keging the other half on Sunday. I did all grain and hit my numbers pretty much right on. Ill let you know how it goes!! The hydro sample pretty much gave me partial wood, so I think it will be good

Courtesy of Nukebrewer, Heady Topper
Thanks a bunch Nuke, this is such a great beer!
Oh, and congratulations on not going to jail.

Some people may appreciate this more than I do. I think this would have been better younger possibly(mines about 6+mo).Still good. On the sweet side. Definatley picking up the chili notes/warming cinnamon in the finish as it warms.Maybe I should have drank it almost room temp.Will try the rest tommarrow.

Switching to homebrew IPA

Just drank a Traquair for the first time. I think that might be my next brew attempt.

Had a couple of my Belgian Spiced Ales then a very good Arista Pinot w/ dinner.

iambeer said:

Julius Echter Dunkel

(I can't drink american wheat anymore!!!)

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I'm questioning your, you know, orientation considering that you're surfing the Internet at the moment.

jonmohno said:

Last I read up on that,is it just wastes them, John Palmer as well as a few other better known brewers seem to agree after watching a podcast discussion.
I would have to think it would do at least a little in terms of flavor. Cant say for myself,Ive never done it though. I do like FWH so far.

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I've also enjoyed my tries at FWH. As far as mash hopping, I suppose the only real way to know is to try it for myself.

TNGabe said:

They drop the charges when they realized you weren't ninjan nobody in the airport?

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On the advice of the Navy legal dude I talked to I hired a civilian lawyer (since JAG can't represent me in civilian court) and he ended up getting a deal for me to make a "charitable donation" in exchange for dropping the charges. I didn't even have to set foot in the court room.

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. It's not very good.

MrNic said:

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. It's not very good.

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Boo!

This beer is why Belgian beers are so hyped. Absolutely fantastic

So jealous, I've been wanting to try this for a while now. Thankfully, I can get the ingredient kit from my LHBS, so I can get an idea of what it's like. I wonder if they sell this in Tennessee? I'll be taking a vacation around Nashville this June.....

jerryteague said:

So jealous, I've been wanting to try this for a while now. Thankfully, I can get the ingredient kit from my LHBS, so I can get an idea of what it's like. I wonder if they sell this in Tennessee? I'll be taking a vacation around Nashville this June.....

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Edit: I tried to respond to the post with the Old Rasputin RIS, but it appears that the "quote" function didn't work.

well so far tonight
a boatload of snpa
a home brew irish red
SN stout [its meh]
to come
Breaking into the smuttynose big beer collection
and a belgain dubbel or 5

Waging Jihad on my liver tonight....sufferring beer farts and hangover tomarrow

Hoppy brown ale,kinda on the sweet side,kinda like it. Beer here-Kama Citra. Are the Belgians trying to be too American now??? Guess we kinda americanized (supersized) a lot of Belgian beers....our bad. Gettin it right back at us. Its weird, its an american stlye beer(British malts though) from Belgium. I guess a brown ale is a bit sweet/less bitter.

:d

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Edit: I tried to respond to the post with the Old Rasputin RIS, but it appears that the "quote" function didn't work.

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What awful place do you live where TN is a good state to buy beer in?

Pretty sure I've seen it on draft here. I know I've seen Pranqster so I'm guessing you can get Old Raspy here, too.

Enjoying a couple Lagunitas ipa's after putting the kid and wifey to bed

Caldera Chocolate Coconut Porter. Yummm.

jerryteague said:

So jealous, I've been wanting to try this for a while now. Thankfully, I can get the ingredient kit from my LHBS, so I can get an idea of what it's like. I wonder if they sell this in Tennessee? I'll be taking a vacation around Nashville this June.....

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Try using SeekABrew to find out if a brewer distributes to a particular state. Once you have a hit you can chase down distributors to finda place that carries it.

bottlebomber said:

I'm questioning your, you know, orientation considering that you're surfing the Internet at the moment.

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To be fair, searching "Julius Echter Dunkel BOOBS" doesn't yield many boob images or beer images. I thought I was going to see rows and columns of normal women without huge cleavage drinking but no.

Hop czar with my father. My parents came over and my ipa wasn't ready so I needed to get something for my hophead father

Alesmith IPA

iambeer said:

To be fair, searching "Julius Echter Dunkel BOOBS" doesn't yield many boob images or beer images. I thought I was going to see rows and columns of normal women without huge cleavage drinking but no.

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You've got to be careful with the Googles. That search could easily yield man boobs, the likes of which will scar your permanently. Lil' Sumpin is better than Maximus. Got foam?

Pakos IPA