What are you drinking now?

Having a little bit of Almanacs new Bourbon Sour Porter to celebrate the end of finals.





Also stumbled on these beauties, any takers?

Gigantic Brewing- The Future is Now

Worker's Comp Saison



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It doesn't exactly suck, but I may not finish the bottle.

Just took my first sip and must say damn! :-D

I've been drinking in the weekend since I got off work at 10:30 this morning. and coffee. I've been consuming coffee.

Homebrew: Maybe Next Year Brown Ale. It's not great but I keep drinking it.

This is on deck, a little apple jack now.

Got my two growlers from Beer'd Brewing ready gor the ride home. One of Vegemite Sandwich for me and one of Whisker'd Wit for the wife. I will be breaking into mine very shortly.

Gabe, yes. I like to pitch starters shortly after or right at high kreusen.

Wes, I'll be brewing an all Citra DIPA tomorrow.

I lied. That last beer sucked, and I dumped it.

This one is much better:

Leubega said:

Having a little bit of Almanacs new Bourbon Sour Porter to celebrate the end of finals.



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Also stumbled on these beauties, any takers?


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Any Anchorage other than Galaxy there? Oh wait, I'm supposed to quit trading. I think I already warned my wife I was going to have to try for Deal with the Devil & Between the Staves though….

nukebrewer said:

Gabe, yes. I like to pitch starters shortly after or right at high kreusen.

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I've heard that is a better way to go than cold crashing, but I haven't tried it yet. I've wondered about the starter wort affecting the final beer.

Research....

TNGabe said:

I've heard that is a better way to go than cold crashing, but I haven't tried it yet. I've wondered about the starter wort affecting the final beer.

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I've done both. I haven't noticed much difference from the starter wort. I have noticed very short lag time & healthier fermentation.

TNGabe said:

I've heard that is a better way to go than cold crashing, but I haven't tried it yet. I've wondered about the starter wort affecting the final beer.

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I've done it many times with 1L starters with no noticable flavors from the starter wort, I am personally hesitant to do that on anything with a higher ratio than 1L starter per 5gal batch though.

Starting the weekend off with this.





It's not the vanilla, but it is tasty. I'll have to try the vanilla some day.

TNGabe said:

Any Anchorage other than Galaxy there? Oh wait, I'm supposed to quit trading. I think I already warned my wife I was going to have to try for Deal with the Devil & Between the Staves though….

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Just that and some bottles of Anadromous. This shop hasn't had much Anchorage lately and the Whole Foods that has Anad recently changed liquor managers and he's taken them in a more... generic...direction

Cue the Wookey sound

MrNickVT said:

Cue the Wookey sound

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Woooookkkkkeeeeeyyyyy!!!!!
Love that beer.

my Meh Pils to get the party started.

Billy-Klubb said:

my Meh Pils to get the party started.

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Well, when you start off the party with meh, it can only get better.

Fire in the Rye PA - apparently single-hopped with Centennial. Looking forward to doing a side by side tasting later with my own Rye PA

Billy-Klubb said:

my Meh Pils to get the party started.

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Where's the party? Never mind I probably don't want to know where!

WesleyS said:

Woooookkkkkeeeeeyyyyy!!!!! Love that beer.

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Me to, this bottle is almost 3 months old though

WesleyS said:

Starting the weekend off with this.

It's not the vanilla, but it is tasty. I'll have to try the vanilla some day.

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Definitely try the vanilla! Got one from finsfan and freaking loved it!!

Just got back to our apartment after a disappointing day on the AFB. We're wrapping up the project and will be leaving next Wednesday, but there's still stuff that needs tested and bugs to work out. I'm nervous. Plus the bleeding users manual still needs written. Which blows. Monkey balls. I think I'm going to enjoy a couple fingers of Makers while my boss is out grocery shopping.

MrNickVT said:

Me to, this bottle is almost 3 months old though

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That's a shame. I'm glad FW finally came to Houston this year.

Leubega said:

Just that and some bottles of Anadromous. This shop hasn't had much Anchorage lately and the Whole Foods that has Anad recently changed liquor managers and he's taken them in a more... generic...direction

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Yeah, I think those two will be hard to find and I might not have the ammo. I think something like 150 and 250 cases.

DisturbChemist's sour saison. Did you use dregs for this? Very tasty. Thanks!

WesleyS said:

Well, when you start off the party with meh, it can only get better.

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was thinking about breaking the top off my '08 BCBS. then again I do have some Merlot Pyment getting rather tasty!

MrNickVT said:

Where's the party? Never mind I probably don't want to know where!

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in the basement... where no one can hear you scream.




uuuhhhhmmmm.... from... uhh.. the excitement!

WesleyS said:

That's a shame. I'm glad FW finally came to Houston this year.

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I take for granted that I can get FW anywhere around here... Sometimes it can be hard to find things fresh though, but even a few months old it is amazing stuff.

Drinking water tonight to hydrate for tomorrow, have a full day of drinking ahead of me tomorrow

Billy-Klubb said:

in the basement... where no one can hear you scream.

uuuhhhhmmmm.... from... uhh.. the excitement!

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Is that what it's called these days?

Definitely killed my bottle of Makers.



This is rather disappointing. It's been there to keep me company through all the hard times! So many good memories we've had together!

tyzippers said:

Definitely killed my bottle of Makers. This is rather disappointing. It's been there to keep me company through all the hard times! So many good memories we've had together!

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I do believe it is time for you to get home and spend time with your family!

mcbaumannerb said:

I do believe it is time for you to get home and spend time with your family!

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I agree!

tyzippers said:

Is that what it's called these days?

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"It puts the lotion in the basket."

OK serious question. A friend says he can get Goose Island Bourbon County. Lots of it. $25 per 4 pack, $135 per case and $38 growler fills. Question is, what and how much do I buy from him? HELP!!!

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Ewww! Haven't had that one in at least 5 years, but last time I did it was naaaaaaasty! I hope it's gotten better and not your palate that's gotten worse.

TNGabe said:

I've heard that is a better way to go than cold crashing, but I haven't tried it yet. I've wondered about the starter wort affecting the final beer.

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I have had very good results from it. Last time I did it the fermentation was incredibly vigorous. Clogged up my airlock a couple times bad enough I needed to clean it out.

New DIPA from Beer'd Brewing called Vegemite Sandwich. Galaxy hops are the star here with some Motueka for support. Really love southern hemisphere hops and I think I might use my 8 oz of Galaxy for my next single hop.


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jak1010 said:

OK serious question. A friend says he can get Goose Island Bourbon County. Lots of it. $25 per 4 pack, $135 per case and $38 growler fills. Question is, what and how much do I buy from him? HELP!!!

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Slightly overpriced