What are you drinking now?

[Cogswell]

Worth saving for that long or just doing it for the sake of doing it?

It's a happy accident. I thought it was gone about 16 years ago but recently stumbled across one last bottle. I thought it might be nice to drink it over the holidays.

It's the best alcoholic beverage I've ever tasted without a doubt. No exaggeration. The honey nose is incredible. Pop the top off that decanter and it fills your nose at arm's length. All blueberry character is gone but the drink has massive body, I think due to the berries. It feels heavy and creamy in the mouth. The combo of knock-you-over honey aroma and full bodied creamy mouthfeel is wonderful and completely intoxicating, the alcohol not withstanding. Alcohol content seems to be high, more than the average wine.

The batch was very harsh and completely unpleasant to drink after 11-12 years. It seems that even the worst crap ages to magnificence if you're willing to wait 1/3 of your life to drink it.

I was totally clueless when I made it. There was little homebrew info on the Internet back then. The web was still a baby in 1995. Yahoo was king. Google wasn't a thing.

I threw many pounds of random wildflower honey from the local hippie food shop and a whole flat of fresh blueberries into a 5 gallon carboy, topped with water, and pitched a wine yeast. When fermentation ended I bottled it. I didn't know a thing about nutrients, fermentation temperature, finings, secondarys, or pretty much anything. I guessed on the honey and fruit amount. No testing or calculation of gravity. It took forever to fully clear...like years. It ended up with a lot of sediment in the bottles. It didn't look like yeast. I believe it was stuff from the berries. I've tasted it. It was extremely astringent.

I only wish I had misplaced an entire case...or two.

 

[camonick]

HB raspberry hard lemonade

 

[orionol73]

HB Kiwi Express IPA

 

[orionol73]

 

[Noob_Brewer]

Prob one of the best pale ales I’ve had from Casita. Really enjoy this one along with the red lasso reference lol. Motueka riwaka and galaxy

 

[grampamark]

HB Spiced Bourbon Stout

 

[Noob_Brewer]

Excellent double ipa. Nectaron Citra and e dorado.

 

[camonick]

HB Märzen. Last bottle.

 

[bagbrewer]

Anchor Steam

 

[orionol73]

Another HB Kiwi Express IPA

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

2020 12 beers of Christmas fruitcake old ale aged pretty well I’d say.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

 

[buckinin]

Bulleit.

Watching the new episode of Yellowstone. Whiskey seems appropriate.

 

[JAReeves]

Sister postponed her visit a few days, so the planned 12BOC beer tasting is scheduled for the weekend.

But a neighbor always trades me oysters and fish for home brew, so to match tonight’s raw oyster appetizer:

 

[orionol73]

Cellar raid time

 

[grampamark]

HB Weissbier

 

[pshankstar]

Frequentem’s Berliner- Light, Crisp & Tart. Refermented on Blackberry and Pear.
It was a hit with the family.

 

[orionol73]

Jooose

 

[TwistedGray]

Poured in some Jamison and my last Mango fakecart

 

[jimyson]

Beer in a can.

 

[wetmk]

HB Märzen. Last bottle.
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Fortunately you have fermentors!

 

[BrewinInPA]

Poured in some Jamison and my last Mango fakecart
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I get the Jameson, but what's a Mango fartcake?

 

[TwistedGray]

I get the Jameson, but what's a Mango fartcake?

fakecart

Mango Cart = alcohol Mango "fakecart" = N/A

 

[user 263363]

Local lager with some bomb pizza while out doing some FOTD Secret Santa shopping.

 

[hout17]

Making sure my HB Irish Stout still tastes good .

 

[Dgallo]

Hb’d Stout and some stuffed peppers

 

[buckinin]

fakecart

Mango Cart = alcohol Mango "fakecart" = N/A

holy crap! I swear I also read it as fartcake! You’re not alone, @BrewinInPA!

 

[hopfenstopfen]

A jax FL fav neipa with toasted coconut. I’m really digging the coconut addition to the mosaic/simcoe, may have to try it myself.

 

[hopkincr]

Still positive, but “most” symptoms are gone. Youngest daughter is symptomatic and waiting on her test. Celestial Dreamer from Monolithic Brewing.

 

[Dgallo]

Still positive, but “most” symptoms are gone. Youngest daughter is symptomatic and waiting on her test. Celestial Dreamer from Monolithic Brewing.
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Glad you’re feeling better. We all tested negative today and are feeling better. No idea what it we had