What are you drinking now?

[DBhomebrew]

Liquid dark chocolate

 

[grampamark]

Once in a while I just need to guzzle good old fashioned USA adjunct lager. No doubt I drink my share of other beers from around the globe, but I have to admit, $17.99 of 2023 bucks for a 30 pack of Coors super clean lager grabs my attention every time.

I think the most incredible thing is that they can brew a lager so light and clean to start with. Brewing a light lager is one of the hardest things to do. Any little flaw becomes immediately noticeable. And here they brew mega batches of this, year after year and it is the same dang beer every time. Great job!

You’re probably wondering why I’m forcing 4 of these Silver Bullets into my BierKrug. Well, hey hey, I think the best way to experience a beer is to push your whole face into the stein. Get your nose down close to the foam and breath it all in. Big huge gulps of flavor deliciousness! No better way to become one with the beer!

4.2% ABV, so super clean, excellent light lager. Diet beer. Chugging beer. Drinking it with food. Whatever you are using it for, it is liquid perfection. I think we beat up on the US domestic lager market too much. Some of these are consistently quality brews. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Drink up!

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I’ll see your 30-pack and raise you an 18-pack.

For not much more than $17.99, by buying in bulk and repitching yeast, I can brew 50, 12 oz pours of this Fizzy Yellow Beer. 4.5% ABV, 20 IBU, 3 SRM. Light, crisp, and refreshing. And, it has the ingredient missing from those industrial scale corn and rice lagers. Flavor.

 

[orionol73]

 

[camonick]

Liquid dark chocolate

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What the heck is a German porter?

OT:
HB chocolate porter

 

[Rish]

This afternoon: sampled about 20 beers at 3 Birmingham, AL breweries, many tasty, several not so much.
Right now: water!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I've found few taprooms that had good acoustics. All those metal stools and tables, corrugated sheet metal decor a'la Chipotle circa 2003, and the open ceilings with all the exposed pipes and vents.

It's like there's a master design plan that everybody follows.

I do know of a few breweries around here with old couches to lounge on.

That's definitely this place. Wide open and industrial. Lots of TVs blaring to watch the game which I like. However, I can hear the people 50' across the bar better than the waitress in front of me.

A lot of breweries in Mass are this type for whatever reason. Industrial. The good thing in no time they put up a couple of foam sound mitigations and it's fine. This place is nicely designed tho. A lot of nice nooks and crannies

OT: one of these days I'll get my beer glass buying addiction under control. Today was not that day. Empty Epigram glass and Spyglass stein to support local

 

[DBhomebrew]

What the heck is a German porter?

Porter with a lager yeast. It comes across to me as an English porter minus the yeast expression. Noble hops in the background. Maybe similar to a Baltic porter but drier? I've not had any Baltics to compare. Whatever it is, delicious.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Starkbier

https://www.urbanchestnut.com/our-beers/german-porter

 

[orionol73]

 

[j1laskey]

Looks good. How'd it turn out? I love table beers

So good. Easy drinking Belgian. Perfect for session drinking with football

 

[j1laskey]

My 2020 BOC Gruit

 

[day_trippr]

A lot of breweries in Mass are this type for whatever reason. Industrial.

Because so many of them are in old DEC buildings. Like the place you were in in Littleton the other day, Spyglass is in an old Digital Equipment Corporation complex - that one was called MKO (for Merrimack). I used to chopper up there and back to MRO (Marlboro) quite often back in the day...

Cheers!

 

[j1laskey]

2022 BOC from @jerbrew.

I thought this beer was the best of the offerings that year. And it still holds up this year.

Cheers

 

[JAReeves]

Only had to work 1/2 day today, so....

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Gate City Brewery (and distillery) expresso martini

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Homebrewed imperial stout. Only 10 weeks old and already delicious! The key for such early results? Keep the black patent in the pantry and OUT OF the grist! Also, 5% chocolate 350L, 5% roast barley 300L, 3% pale chocolate, 1% midnite wheat, 8% medium crystal, ferment on a yeast cake, and bottle with extra yeast. Oh, and a little bourbon! Went with 1oz per gallon on the bourbon. Next time will bump that to 1.5 oz per gallon...

 

[pshankstar]

Thanks @TheDudeLebowski!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

What the heck is a German porter?

OT:
HB chocolate porter
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Someone who works at Frankfurt station.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Starting another Cryo Citra/Mosaic IPA. Buddy brought me some fairly local cider after giving him some HB. I guess it's like a breakfast drink..

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Homebrewed imperial stout. Only 10 weeks old and already delicious! The key for such early results? Keep the black patent in the pantry and OUT OF the grist! Also, 5% chocolate 350L, 5% roast barley 300L, 3% pale chocolate, 1% midnite wheat, 8% medium crystal, ferment on a yeast cake, and bottle with extra yeast. Oh, and a little bourbon! Went with 1oz per gallon on the bourbon. Next time will bump that to 1.5 oz per gallon...


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If I may add, water chemistry is so important to the success of my IS's. In addition, had a tannin problem when first brewing them but now I only add the dark malts about 30-40min into the mash and this has significantly reduced that unwanted effect. All this, of course, subject to personal preference. Congratulations on your success!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[Dgallo]

 

[skleice]

Just enjoyed a couple of these gf German Pils while clearing leaves in the yard...

 

[Dgallo]

Josephine - My homebrewed Belgian Farmhouse ale fermented with my house culture then aged on lavender blossoms, strawberries, and dryhoped with Strata hops

 

[MaxStout]

A refreshing Gumballhead.

 

[orionol73]

 

[Rish]

HB wheat

 

[pshankstar]

This beer never disappoints!! Thanks @TheDudeLebowski!!

 

[day_trippr]

Honest to gawd, Nate has lost his mind

 

[Rish]

SA Oaked Vanilla Porter. Slight oak, vanilla and coffee and some hop bitterness on the back. Body is a little thin for me but a decent beer.