First time seeing/trying this very nice helles from Schlenkerla. No smoked malt used but there are subtle smoke notes in flavor and aroma. Maybe they reuse yeast from a rauchbier for this? Light malt, medium body, tasty.
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Old school Italian restaurant. House amoretto
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Delving into the BeerMeister32 hoard, I’m always amazed at what I can find. Here is yet another orphan, a leftover can from my IPAFest celebration last January. How is it this can go un-noticed for nine months? I’m trying to figure out why I didn’t drink this - however those were cloudy, hazy days indeed!
The only thing I can see is that it really isn’t an IPA after all, the can says Ale. So many orangey flavors are hop or yeast-derived, this one actually says it is brewed with Blood Orange. I guess that means actual fruit.
Looking a lot like my desktop, the color of Firestone Walker’s Cali Squeeze 5% ABV Blood Orange is just that. Blood Orange! Why, I have no idea. It certainly blends into the surroundings!
The past months in cold storage seems to have protected this beer well. What does it taste like? Well, it certainly has a tangy, orangey taste – first gulp and I’d say tangerine if I hadn’t read the can. More sips, more like oranges. The color is crazy, not one you regularly see. Malt is still there, hopping in check but not IPA range. This beer is still an orphan to me, hard to really place in a category, but tasty nonetheless! I think you’ll enjoy this!
The only thing I can see is that it really isn’t an IPA after all, the can says Ale. So many orangey flavors are hop or yeast-derived, this one actually says it is brewed with Blood Orange. I guess that means actual fruit.
Looking a lot like my desktop, the color of Firestone Walker’s Cali Squeeze 5% ABV Blood Orange is just that. Blood Orange! Why, I have no idea. It certainly blends into the surroundings!
The past months in cold storage seems to have protected this beer well. What does it taste like? Well, it certainly has a tangy, orangey taste – first gulp and I’d say tangerine if I hadn’t read the can. More sips, more like oranges. The color is crazy, not one you regularly see. Malt is still there, hopping in check but not IPA range. This beer is still an orphan to me, hard to really place in a category, but tasty nonetheless! I think you’ll enjoy this!
Opened a mead that is too tart so mixed with HM hard green tea. Made a tasty blend with the mead flavor and tea backsweetening.
Safe beer after making 2 starters, on the stirplate is a german lager yeast for this weekends 5 gallon batch, next to it is coastal haze that will get built up in a second 5L starter for next weekends 15gal batch of neipa. I feel accomplished, oh and not pictured is a sundried tomato and basil sourdough bread that's in the Dutch oven. All this after finishing up putting on new struts and front brakes.
As my only single-shift day this week, beer #3 from Burgeon and some of the Dragonfruit harvest. Still need to bring the hops down, but that has to wait until Monday, my next single-shift day.
The IPA's have been nice drinkers, this one has some diesel on the nose, but a nice gooseberry finish. Daddy like.
The IPA's have been nice drinkers, this one has some diesel on the nose, but a nice gooseberry finish. Daddy like.
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From their website:
Helles Schlenkerla Lager
“Schlenkerla Helles” is brewed with fine Bavarian aroma hops from the area around the city of Nürnberg. It's lagered in century old caves underneath the historic Schlenkerla brewery and maltings. Schlenkerla Helles is boiled in the same copper kettles and bottom fermented by the same yeast as the historic Schlenkerla Smokebeer. Its subtle smokiness without using smoke malt makes “Helles Schlenkerla Lager” a unique representative of the classic lager beer style “Bavarian Helles”.
First full pour of the Irish Red Ale I kegged a couple of days ago. More Amber than Red but it tastes really good.
Is this Dry Thursday and I missed the memo? There’s usually some posts in this thread by now. 
I’ll help you out! Freaking amazing HB RIS before restringing several guitars.Is this Dry Thursday and I missed the memo? There’s usually some posts in this thread by now.
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No, it's Anything But Dry Thursday because the damned Niners areIs this Dry Thursday and I missed the memo? There’s usually some posts in this thread by now.
Here's my plan.
1) Drink
1a) Realize that <4% UK ales are over matched by this task, switch to German lager.
2) Drink a beer while eating that colossal Mexican dinner. Clean the plate and lick it clean...no carbs left behind!
3) Fight off the colossal Mexican dinner coma and do the dishes, have a beer while doing so.
4) Long hot shower. Stop being so cheap! Drain the water heater.
5) Go to bed and enjoy a restful night prior to kickoff.
Step one is complete, will be switching to step 1a) momentarily.
Pattison's Boddingtons '76 recipe
Bods with a splash of mild
Straight mild
It looks good to me. You've got clear red highlights that'll become more dominant when it drops clear.
Spent some time at the Barber track prepping for Vintage Festival so wanted tall, cold and refreshing. This Pils is it!
You prompted me to Duck Duck Go Skip Barber Alabama and I was amazed at just how wildly Barber's schools have grown throughout the country. That's a really nice looking track, by the way. The straights aren't too long, so it looks like it rewards fast drivers in slow cars. My kinda track.
Point 1a is checked off the list, the enchiladas are in the oven and my Munich lager thing is in my glass.
I'll play along, this beer is not as beautifully clear as yours are though... hb best bitter poured via handpull, still cascading a bit
You should've seen mine last month! The Bods is due to kick any day now and I think that was kegged in August. I would gladly share a pint of your best bitter with you. At any rate, you have me beat with your beer engine. Here's my hoopty beer engine...
Feel free to laugh, I certainly don’t take it seriously. It’s not too shabby with leftover dregs from the fermenter on kegging day, though. It’ll shove a nice head into them and knock some CO2 out of ales that I've over-carbed.
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We recently had a fantastic Oktoberfest celebration of sorts at the Beermeister32 crib. Did I say that? Yep, the family that slays together, stays together!
Of the many, MANY German brews we chugged (and did blurry, quasi - evaluations,) one stood out and it wasn’t even German – It was Salzburg Austrian for crying out load. Stiegl! Again, Stiegl! My daughter even began stacking the Stiegl cans into her rendition of a Leaning Tower of Salzburg!
Needless to say, there were plenty other cans and bottles shoring up that tower - and littering the floor! Let’s just say it was one great evening, much Bräu was consumed. I consider it my humble duty to pass these important traditions and practices on to the willing in the next generations! Prost!
Of the many, MANY German brews we chugged (and did blurry, quasi - evaluations,) one stood out and it wasn’t even German – It was Salzburg Austrian for crying out load. Stiegl! Again, Stiegl! My daughter even began stacking the Stiegl cans into her rendition of a Leaning Tower of Salzburg!
Needless to say, there were plenty other cans and bottles shoring up that tower - and littering the floor! Let’s just say it was one great evening, much Bräu was consumed. I consider it my humble duty to pass these important traditions and practices on to the willing in the next generations! Prost!
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Last of a cyser bottled 11/25/2020. Pretty good. 9.5%.
Glidden Point Oysters with local West coast IPA. Nice compliment.
They've got mobile saunas they run during the winter time
And you can jump off the dock into the water
Wouldn't be Maine if you didn't get stuck behind Farmer Joe. At least he's not hauling manure.
Nice farm stand tho.
And then there's a sign
by the side of the road
Magenta and Roma. One wild concord grape and other herbal
Don't mess with Dizzy on duty
They've got mobile saunas they run during the winter time
And you can jump off the dock into the water
Wouldn't be Maine if you didn't get stuck behind Farmer Joe. At least he's not hauling manure.
Nice farm stand tho.
And then there's a sign
Magenta and Roma. One wild concord grape and other herbal
Don't mess with Dizzy on duty
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Actually, the AL track is George Barber, the dairy products mogul. Beautiful park, often referred to as the Augusta of racing. There's also a museum on site with over 900 motorcycles from the very earliest to the latest models. You're right about the racing: 2.38 miles, 17 turns. Talladega is 2.66 and only has 4!
https://barberracingevents.com/about-the-park/
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Ah! Okay, that makes sense. I was trying to get to Alabama via the Skip Barber site and it didn't work. I figured the track was just sponsored by Skip or something. Makes sense now. Thank you for clearing that up!Actually, the AL track is George Barber, the dairy products mogul. Beautiful park, often referred to as the Augusta of racing. There's also a museum on site with over 900 motorcycles from the very earliest to the latest models. You're right about the racing: 2.38 miles, 17 turns. Talladega is 2.66 and only has 4!
https://barberracingevents.com/about-the-park/
Sorry about the dumb assumptions--and I did spend some time looking at his collection of bikes. He has some serious beasts. It's well worth the click!
Okay, time to go to bed. The Niners are about to kick off and I don't want to ruin my night.
New to me stein, the description said small, they should have said short. It’s okay the more beer the better, right?
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That thing is awesome! Gotta link?
@Bramling Cross These were the only two the Etsy seller had. Vintage West Germany. If you search vintage glass beer stein you are bound to find something you like in your price range. I found a pair of so-called baby steins that probably hold about 8 oz, but the seller was in the UK. I hope that’s at least a little helpful to anyone that’s in the market for such things.
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HB Raspberry Hard Lemonade. The new batch is bubbling away nicely.
Wine day for me today.Is this Dry Thursday and I missed the memo? There’s usually some posts in this thread by now.
I'm all for sharing.... the beer engine was my xmas gift from my wife, ima lucky guy. However she loves the cask style beers so I think she had an ulterior motive. Not laughing, it might look jenky but it works, all that matters.
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