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[ThirstyPawsHB]

Ice apocalypse

 

[smurfjuice]

Go Pats ,, wait ... ... kinda late for that .

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Go Baltimore Colts!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Go Nebraska Bugeaters!

 

[smurfjuice]

Where's Waldo ??... demmit, i knead a haircut ...

 

[Helly]

Barrel aged Saturday

 

[smurfjuice]

Fresh...

 

[JDXX1971]

I am starting to feel kinda Irish, just starting my third glass of Wee Heavy right now.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Go drunkenness!

 

[seatazzz]

Been a while since I've stopped in here...forgot how much fun it is. Wrote a super long essay yesterday on my trip down the Homebrewing Highway....maybe someday I'll post it. In the meantime....oh look, beer!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Which highway? The Devil's or Angel's? Ha!

 

[drainbamage]

Happy Birthday Gavin.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Reported, not drinking.

 

[Zekk]

 

[Zekk]

 

[ChefRex]

This place still here?

 

[fuzzy2133]

False Advertisement:
Just drank a Rockstar and I don't feel like one.
But on the plus side 160mg of caffeine.

 

[Zekk]

 

[drainbamage]

@m00ps ?

 

[smurfjuice]

MIA

 

[seatazzz]

Hey look! Quick! It's spring in Western Washington! Aaaaaand it's done. On the plus side my baby hop plants are loving it.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Crazy fricking weather...but thought it was only east coast. What kind of hops?

 

[seatazzz]

Mt Hood and either Perle or Sterling, my co-worker wasn't sure. He's gotten good harvests from the Mt Hood and it's already grown at least 1/2 inch since I planted it. Was a beautiful day today but rain is coming (go figure) and temps down to the low 50's again. I hate April.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

What do you like to make with those hops?

 

[seatazzz]

Haven't ever used Mt Hood, but I like Perle and Sterling both for porters and browns as the bittering hop. Will be interesting to get to use fresh hops for the first time.

 

[Zekk]

 

[seatazzz]

Just finished filling 28 22's with raspberry cream ale...bottling sucks. NOW I remember why I've got kegs. Added raspberry syrup to this one so want to see what happens. And made spaghetti sauce this morning and flung it in the crockpot to sit for 10 hours, and it smells so darn good I'm eating a bowl of it. And getting slightly creeped out by the ad for Healthcare Boxers from Newchic on the screen....that looks painful.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

As long as the bottles are rinsed out after drinking it's not too bad. I never delable. My Keggorator died a while back but just bought 2.5gal kegs with the new small chest freezer. I have no taps since we had a few accidents with the grandkids on the old Keggorator. Also moved from all grain to partial mashes..beer life is much easier now.

 

[seatazzz]

Funny story...back in the day before I started kegging, I never delabelled my bottles either. Put three 22's in the fridge that had been sitting a few weeks carbing up. It was my House IPA. Not paying attention, husband grabs one and cracks it open, starts drinking. "Hey honey, you really need to try this IPA from (can't remember the brewery), it's really good!". At this point he was kinda meh on my brewing (didn't think I'd stick with it) so he had no clue it was one of mine. I saw the cap on the counter and realized he was raving about one of MY brews. Laughed my a** off at that one.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Great story! How long you been brewing? My wife hates beer but once in a while I'll brew a stout she'll happily drink a few sips.