What are you drinking now?

Having some harpoon ipa at my local 99. The best they have.

 

Some Hell while I bottle my kolsch ...

 

Brand new beer from big sky brewing here in missoula. Should be in stores in 2 or 3 weeks. Pretty good (not as good as my homebrew saison though

 

Glad you like it. I need to get one for myself sometime still haven't had one yet.

 

Makers with a splash of coke. Paired with an Oliva V Melanio.

 

Trying a Mild Winter

 

Chasing a WH Honey Porter with an Irish Red

 

Hop Wallop. Much better this time around. My first taste was right after finishing some Abrasive. This time it is the first of the night and is tasting much different. For some reason the other night it was really bready to me and not very DIPA like.

 

SCULPIN on draft...

 

And this is my nightcap.

 

Oddside Ales Beanflicker Blonde. Think of a vanilla iced coffee.....in beer. Delicious!

 

Sample of my kolsch. Very happy with color and clarity. Needs to age in the cellar for a bit, but I think it's going to turn out nicely.

 

House brewed American Amber

 

Belgian White

 

Water. Weekday beers are one of the things I gave up for lent....I did have a taster glass of my Pliny clone earlier (gravity samples are fair game Mr. Christ).

 

Foothills Brewing - Winston Salem, NC

 

Very nice and easy drinking imperial IPA.

 

Ya fasting for 9 more days so no beer but the pre bottle taste was mandatory tonight.
Put up 3 cases. Same brew from Feb 11th. First run an APA finished at 1.035 and when I racked it to the bottling bucket tonight it was crystal clear 6.5% ABV.
Second run of the same grains plus steeped specialy grains and DME yielded 40 bottles of really delux hoppy Stout which finished at 1.04 and 7% ABV. The stout I primed with DME first time for me trying that but it is a little hot so I wanted to carb with some malty goodness. Anyway March 1st I'll be done fasting so I'll get a decent carbonated albeit only partially bottle conditioned TASTE! till then it's water

 

NyQuil......

 

I just did a 7 day detox recently.... I feel you you!

 

Absolutely incredible

 

Sam Adams ruthless rye

 

Where did you get that glass?

 

My coffee stout.

 

My sister gave me this one. I found 2 more at goodwill

 

You put tour finger directly on the smell, very earthy and vegetal. So by using red will help mellow that. Taste is delicious tho!

 

That's a damn fine smoke, one of my faves.

 

I detox every Feb. for the entire month, for decades now.
It gives me self control and the knowledge that I can accomplish what I put my mind to. 1000 calories a day no caffeine, nicoteine, salt, sugar or animal fat. The food at the end of the month is amazing. You taste all the subtleties. Crafted beer never tastes quite like that first week of March.
Fats, sugars, and salt really skews the pallet the palate.
Anyway the first of the month I'll post some pictures of both beers. Meanwhile you will just have to drink one for me.

Cheers

 

Good to see ya back Nord.

 

Missed ya Nordy, been trying to pm you and it won't allow? Fix it! And yes I agree too, a tasty smoke indeed.

 

I got put in "time out" for a couple days, my PMs should work fine now.

 

Haha uh oh. Hbt time out or swmbo time out?

 

hbt

 

Oh heavens, what a trouble maker.

 

Yes, he's quite the trouble maker.

 

Nord. Did you learn anything about your time out? if not you have to be placed back in the corner

 

Welcome back Nordy! You weren't on a drinking time-out as well were you

 

Welcome back Nord. Hope it wasn't from that Heady thread haha. That escalated quickly. Nice to see ya. After watching my nephew Ill need a few cold ones

 

My APA.