Recent content by BrewMan13

Me too! (Having trouble uploading the pic, apologies if it doesn't show up. Edit: there it is, file was too large)

Just checked, and I can login fine, no ban message. Rarely go there anyway though...

Brewed up a California common yesterday. This has sort of become the "style of the year" for our homebrew club. We're brewing it for big brew day at our host brewery (the Warbler), and encouraging members to brew their own and compare. Never done the style before myself.

Down in Tennessee outside of Knoxville visiting my in-laws. Fortunately they are game for hitting as many breweries as possible. Aside from the pictured Xul, which is easily the highlight so far, we also hit Next Level, Schulz Brau, Monkey town, and Orange hat. The meadery is walking distance...

So glad you liked it! Age did this one good 😊. Was at our brew club meeting when I saw this and shared it with @Dgallo and he appreciated the comments as well; cheers! 🍻

Oh wow, that went fast. I'll take @fourfarthing

That's a shame. I went in 2019 and had a great time, still bring up stuff about it now and then.

Now that the weizenbock has been tapped, I can give a quick assessment. First, it went over very well at our club meeting last night. Even a guy who says he hates hefeweizens and anything like them enjoyed it. Banana esters definitely prominent. Overall very pleased with how it came out.

Forcefully kicked the smoked ale, cleaned the line, and threw the weizenbock on (needed it on to bring to our club meeting tonight). Since I already had it on CO2, it was ready to go right off the bat. Sample was tasting nice!

Bottled some of the bock for comps and FOTHB, subsequently kicked it, cleaned the lines, and put the weizenbock on CO2.

Offers in, since nothing's going to change with the extra time :mug:

That's the same meter I use. Super easy IMO. The probe does have a shelf life though, I want to say 1.5 years? No complaints, keep it cal'd and you'll be fine.

Special B is common in Belgian-style ales, gives it a raisin-y note.

We did a vertical in our brew club not too long ago, back to 2017 (didn't have 2019 though). IIRC, the one that was the most liked was 2020 (or maybe 2018?). Older was starting to taste old and duller, and newer was still fairly close to a fresh one.

So I'm the president of the homebrew club in my area. I'd say we average 16 people, give or take. This is a slight uptick based on what we used to pull pre-COVID (I wasn't president then), so I consider us lucky. We have a partnership of sorts with our host brewery, which is great. Anyway...