What are you drinking now?

[orionol73]

 

[Deric]

HB Hazy (ish) Pale …

 

[pshankstar]

Some fruit juice while I prep my system for a work trip to Austin, TX next week.

 

[Deric]

HB WCIPA …

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A pint of my Sussex Bitter clone yesterday evening.

 

[bwible]

I've used a bunch of different Apex flavorings and have mostly positive things to say about them. I use their pecan flavoring in my Porter, and it scored a 46 in a BJCP-judged competition a couple years ago. I also use their toasted coconut in the Left Hand Milk Stout clone (found in the recipe section on this site). In fact that's what I currently have in my fermenter. Last time I made it it fared very well in a blind tasting against FW's Coconut Merlin and Maui's Hiwa Porter. Their apricot flavoring works fairly well in my American Wheat, though it doesn't pop as much as real apricot. I've tried their grapefruit flavoring in an IPA and it didn't work for me. Tasted very artificial, almost to the point of being medicinal. I've used the cranberry and lemon drop flavorings in NA seltzer waters, I like them, and the grandkids seem to love them. I have a couple I haven't tried yet - cacao nib and a chocolate cherry custard - that will find their way into stouts some day.

I’m a fan. They have so many to pick from. My best ones so far were a maple wine I did using 1 gallon of real maple syrup in a 3 gallon batch with their maple flavor and an apricot mead with their apricot flavor. I just bottled a Christmas beer with their oatmeal cookie flavor that seems like its going to be very good. It really does smell and taste just like an oatmeal cookie. I have their cocoa nib extract on hand that I’m going to use soon in a RIS. The trick is to dial in the right percentage. Its not much. They almost all say .1 to .3 percent. I test each one in different 12 oz beers and it ends up being something like .6 ml per bottle. I have little 1 ml syringes for dosing pet medication, etc

 

[HM-2]

First beer of the weekend!
5 day kegged NEIPA.

6.8%, 1.017 FG, hopped with Cryo BRU-1, Cryo Motueka and Cryo Vic Secret.

Fermented with Lallemand Koln, my "secret weapon" in juicy IPAs.

Absolute banger. I'll actually share the recipe at some point.

 

[MaxStout]

Not even worth pouring in a glass.
8 more after this one.
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You know, you don't have to keep punishing yourself for buying that. It's OK to pour it down the drain or use them for target shooting.. We won't tell. Honest.

 

[tdf]

Short pours of hb German pils (crystal clear) and Czech pils (still conditioning).

 

[skleice]

GF German Pilsner

 

[hopfenstopfen]

First beer of the weekend!
5 day kegged NEIPA.

6.8%, 1.017 FG, hopped with Cryo BRU-1, Cryo Motueka and Cryo Vic Secret.

Fermented with Lallemand Koln, my "secret weapon" in juicy IPAs.

Absolute banger. I'll actually share the recipe at some point.

Sounds great.
Cryo Vics? Malt Miller?

 

[HM-2]

Sounds great.
Cryo Vics? Malt Miller?

Correct...but on rechecking my order I think they're actually standard BarthHass Pures rather than LUPOMAX as I'd though.

Which is weird as I'm sure I ordered cryos...

 

[MaxStout]

First bottle of the SN Tumbler clone. Used @passedpawn's recipe, with a few minor tweaks, based on what I had on hand. Triple Perle for bittering, EKG/Triple Perle for flavor/aroma, US-05 instead of S-04. 1lb. of Briess cherrywood smoked malt.

It's been 8 or 10 years since I've had the original, and it's not distributed anymore. But I think it's close, based on my memory. It's been bottled about 2 weeks and could use a bit more time.

 

[NotSure]

It's a bit of a cool and windy night, so I thought I'd pop-open a HB Wee Heavy bottled in August this year. The recipe is pretty straightforward. Maris Otter and a bit of Roasted Barley. Barely any hops. 8.5% ABV and a FG of 1.025. One of the best I've brewed this year. Trying to age these bottles has proven to be difficult.

 

[MaxStout]

It's a bit of a cool and windy night, so I thought I'd pop-open a HB Wee Heavy bottled in August this year. The recipe is pretty straightforward. Maris Otter and a bit of Roasted Barley. Barley any hops. 8.5% ABV and a FG of 1.025. One of the best I've brewed this year. Trying to age these bottles has proven to be difficult.

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I brewed a 9.0% wee heavy last October, and bottled in November '22. It took about 9 months before it really started developing its flavors. In August I placed them in the fridge, then polished off what I thought was the last bottle last week. Then a few days ago I discovered 8 bottles in a box in my crawlspace, which is at about cellar temps. Just put them in the fridge--they are a year old. I tried one and it's even better.

Keep trying one every so often, but be sure to stash some away and "forget" about them until next year. You won't regret it.

 

[NotSure]

I brewed a 9.0% wee heavy last October, and bottled in November '22. It took about 9 months before it really started developing its flavors. In August I placed them in the fridge, then polished off what I thought was the last bottle last week. Then a few days ago I discovered 8 bottles in a box in my crawlspace, which is at about cellar temps. Just put them in the fridge--they are a year old. I tried one and it's even better.

Keep trying one every so often, but be sure to stash some away and "forget" about them until next year. You won't regret it.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement!

 

[Rish]

Found this amber/oat ale behind some stuff on one of my beer racks. Bottled 08/12/2019. Didn't know what to expect but it's actually not bad. Not great, either, but drinkable. I was pretty surprised.

 

[loganklaas]

HB NEIPA. Cheers to the weekend!

 

[lawdawg]

Le cumbre project dank ipa

 

[hopfenstopfen]

Beer transferred to keg, grains mostly weighed, dinner cooked.

 

[Rish]

Not even worth pouring

Target practice ala Kid Rock! Post the video.

 

[loganklaas]

HB Vermont Maple Porter

 

[camonick]

It's OK to pour it down the drain or use them for target shooting..

Target practice ala Kid Rock! Post the video.

 

[hopfenstopfen]

HB Vermont Maple Porter
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Sounds so good. Planning a maple syrup stout brew very soon!

 

[Immocles]

Been a couple months for me here, but gotta post the first snowstorm. As usual, great beer to go into winter with.

 

[loganklaas]

Sounds so good. Planning a maple syrup stout brew very soon!

In full transparency, what I have on tap is an extract kit from Craft A Brew. Here’s the extract recipe:

 

[Rish]

Duclaw barley wine packaged 10/23/2019, bought about a month later. 10% abv. Didn't read the label well which states "a demonic hop presence". Not a fan of really bitter beers and this was one! Decided to stick them back and see how they age trying one per year. Last year was still a little too bitter for me but this one is really a tasty drink. Quite malty, full mouth feel, a little sweetness. Should have just stuck them all back.

 

[orionol73]

 

[passedpawn]

First bottle of the SN Tumbler clone. Used @passedpawn's recipe, with a few minor tweaks, based on what I had on hand. Triple Perle for bittering, EKG/Triple Perle for flavor/aroma, US-05 instead of S-04. 1lb. of Briess cherrywood smoked malt.

It's been 8 or 10 years since I've had the original, and it's not distributed anymore. But I think it's close, based on my memory. It's been bottled about 2 weeks and could use a bit more time.

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hot dog, I know what I'm brewing this weekend.

 

[hopfenstopfen]

Not yet carbed leftovers from the West Coast IPA I just kegged. First time fermenting with 34/70 in this style. Curious to find any differences.