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Some beer while working on other hobbies. Alesmith Nut Brown. Now why didn’t I pour it in the Alesmith glass???View attachment 871401
I'm so damned glad I don't have to build those things anymore! I'll happily solder up guitar harnesses or amp boards all day, but I've done enough pedals for one lifetime.

Is that pink thing your design? It's a beautifully clean layout!
 
Kegging day dregs. When I decided that the Panther Piss Project was officially finished I assumed that I wouldn't brew another batch for several years. Well, today I kegged Panther Piss Classic, LODO v.IV (4.8) roughly a year and a half after I put a bow on the project.

I'll need to floss after this one. Ten days ago, this was grain.
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Still checking out these Pilsners, here is another Northern California brew, PILZ Lost Coast Pilsner, by Lost Coast Brewery, located in Eureka, CA. 5% ABV of Pilsner joy!

I can remember doing that drive on the 299 between Redding and Eureka. Boy, what a barf-bucket drive that is! Going up, going down, through the trees, Left, Right, Left Right, hard turn left, harder turn right, up, down, blech! Which is all the more reason for you to buy Lost Coast PILZ at your local bottle shop. That drive - hours of torture! Not worth it! Don’t eat the hot dogs…. FERGITIT!

OK, maybe you took the 101, that’s marginally better. Regardless, drink your beer AFTER you get there, don’t do that drive with a belly of brew even if you have a designated driver!

This is a great Pilsner, give it a try!

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My Pilsner quest is yet unsatisfied, therefore Beermeister32 has to do another beer run this week. Because of this, today I’m dipping into the home brew reserve here – with my own Bavarian Pilsner!

My Bavarian Pils starts out with Weyermann Barke Pilsner malt. I use Hallertau Mittlefruh and Tettnanger hops, 32 IBU, 5.1% ABV, 2.77 SRM, Munich water profile and WLP833 Bock yeast. This uses a stepped mash, pitch at 48F, ferment at 50F before ramping up to ambient for a D-rest and then lagering 90 days at 34F. I do sneak a bit of dextrose into the mash to keep the ABV where it should be while keeping the SRM in check - and 4 oz of wheat in the mash for lacing and head retention purposes - so no claim on 1516-Purity here!

Tastes great like a Pilsner should – make sure to use continental malt and hops and you’ll be in the ball park. Prost!

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A night for some R&D

Multiple kegerator lines are vacant (or will be vacant very soon)

Next brew will be an Altbier (Imperial G02 on the stir plate as we speak) brewday next weekend

First up, Japanese rice lager from Mikkeller, definitely pick up a lot of Sorachi ace in this, really like the dill / passion fruit flavour from the SA

Second, an all Simcoe WCIPA 7.2% (Alligator tugboat, from Pressure Drop) This is class. Bitter, a little pine, whiff of cat piss (not from the cat… I don’t think)

Both are solid inspiration for future brews… decisions… decisions…
 

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