What are you drinking now?

On my 4th round of Bitter of the night. Exactly 4 bottles left. Think I'll go ahead and polish the rest off tonight. Glad it's only 3.8%

 

Just got home from Against The Grain Brewery and Smokehouse. Had their IPA and IIPA and both were pretty good. Drinking a SN Torpedo at the moment.

 

On to round number 5.

 

Belma/2-row SMaSH

 

Just finished a Westy 12°, and now hitting a dram of JW Double Black... I know what most (okay, all) of you think about JW Black but the Double Black is nothing like the regular.

 

Two Hearted from Bell's.

 

It's sour, and it is a pleasant way to start my week. I have off on Friday, so I might be getting more of that Citra Bomb, more of that Lakefront Luther-Brewed-This-Rauchbier Rauchbier, and maybe something a little more porter-y, like a creamy porter.

 

Founder's Centennial IPA. I think this is my new favorite brew, and it sure doesn't hurt that I can use their bottles for my own beer after I'm done enjoying their deliciousness. Lots of good beer in Michigan.

 

Enjoying a 12oz pour of my mango wine to mourn the loss of my IIPA. Yeehaw! At 15% abv I won't care about much in about 30 mins

 

More Jack's Abby! I'm a new fan.

 

Round 6. Last of the Briess Pale Ale malt version of my Bitter.

 

Bells Black Note Stout!

 

Gonna definately be trying it this week, im very fond of New Belgium and Vivant

 

Sweetwater IPA bar hoppin with my old man

 

So that collab is good? I've been tempted to buy it

 

I think it's more of a Biere de Mars than BdG, not very malty. I didn't find it sour, the orange peel is noticeable, but it's also been a few months since I drank it and it was after a few La Folie. It was good enough that I went and bought a 22 after I had a few on draft. Bottle art is cool. I'd put it in the top 20% of lips of faith releases.

 

Bitter round 7. Round 8 soon to follow. Bye Bye Bitter.

 

This is decent, I love Duvel for it's dryness but this honestly needs to be a little sweeter. It's like Duvel with hops, but maybe even a little less estery. Basically, it is the driest IPA you will ever have. And I simply can't believe that it is 9.5%

 

Hirsch 21 year rye whiskey.

 

Flat Earth's Belgian Pale Ale. I don't know what I like about Flat Earth so much. Maybe it's the atmosphere of the brewery, but these guys are on top of my list these days. They don't make the best brews on the market, but they have something that catches my eye.

 

My Rose Hip Saison.

 

Odell's Lugene Milk Chocolate Stout - It is seasonal and it tastes fantastic!

 

HB Apple cinnamon cider, pretty tasty

 

Good recommendation? I am enjoying their Mountain Standard now, loving it. But I've had my eye on the Lugene.

 

I've heard that they only had 2 left so i bought both

 

Which version? Haven't had the Citra, but had the older version (amarillo, saaz, dry hopped with sytrian?) recently and didn't like it at all. Duvel + Citra dryhop has been on my to brew list since batch 1, though!

Clone of / inspired by Anchorage Love Buzz or your own recipe / idea?

 

Coffee. I gotta leave for work in a little while. I have to go to work to get a break from the honey-do list

 

My own version.

 

Mmmm. So smooth. I was expecting it to be a lot more estery, but it's really malty and probably one of my new favorite Belgians

 

Well if you don't like the first one I will take the second one off your hands.

 

did you get it finished, or just leaving us in suspense?

 

Nah, it's gone. Really glad I left the Maris Otter ones til last.

 

I think they make some damn solid brews. NW Passage is a great west coast IPA and I like that Belgian pale ale a lot. Cygnus X-1 is a great porter too. FE is no Steel Toe, but definitely one of the better bottled nanos around here.

 

This was the Citra one.

 

Cygnus X-1 is a good porter. I like the winter warlock. The black helicopter coffee stout is coming soon, I haven't had that one yet. I agree definitely no Steel Toe. Flat Earth is a little bit more accessible though. I love me some Steel Toe, just wish I didn't have to travel at least 30 minutes to get some.

 

Half cycle IPA from Flat 12 brewery

 

Homebrewed dubbel with home made invert sugar (took a couple of hours!)

Pretty good apart from a bit hot after a slight underpitch with rochefort yeast

 

More Bells Smitten while racking MO/Falconers Flight SMaSH to secondary and starting batch of rice wine.

 

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