What are you drinking now?

[MaxStout]

One of the best known and tastiest national IPAs is Bell’s Two Hearted IPA. I guess we can combine a “New School” American IPA with some “Old School” Beer Nuts, eh? The more things change, the more they stay the same!

Well in the case of Bell’s, their Two Hearted IPA is called an “American IPA”. Based out of Comstock, Michigan, that’s probably a pretty good and truthful statement. We get hung up on IPA types, is it a West Coast IPA, a Northeast IPA? Hazy, Fruity, Black or Clear…Double, Triple or Imperial... ! So many choices when it comes to an IPA. When Bell’s released Two Hearted IPA a number of years ago, there weren’t all the choices. IPAs were IPAs, and we were still sorting out the differences between what a traditional British IPA was, or even an early US IPA – yes they produced them in the US and Canada over 120 years ago!

I can remember my daughter’s wedding in Michigan last year. She said, “Dad, we have our choice of beer kegs at the reception, should we order the Coors or Bell's?” Well that’s not even a choice…. Bell's!

7% ABV in a 12 ounce bottle, my kind of afternoon break… Cheers!


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Haven't had Beer Nuts in ages! Reminds me of the dad joke:

A man walks into a bar, asks the bartender what snacks they have.
Bartender: "We have Beer Nuts and Deer Nuts."
Man: "What's the difference?"
Bartender: "Beer Nuts are a dollar fifty. Deer Nuts are under a buck."

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Treehouse!

Hazelius is an exciting rendition of Haze! We took our beloved juice bomb and added buckets of fresh mango, guava, and peach purée! Notes of grapefruit juice, fresh cantaloupe, and peach ring gummies coat the palate before fresh purée adds aromas of guava-soaked shaved ice, summer peach, and mango lassis!

Hazelius is an exciting rendition of Haze! We took our beloved juice bomb and added buckets of fresh mango, guava, and peach purée! Pouring a vibrant orange with lacing galore, sweet fruity aromas burst out of the glass. Notes of grapefruit juice, fresh cantaloupe, and peach ring gummies coat the palate. The addition of fresh purées adds notes of guava-soaked shaved ice, summer peach, and mango lassis! Hazelius is as delightful to newcomers as it is to our seasoned Tree House fans. The beer you are holding is creamy, hoppy, and as juicy as they come

Moher Mocha is a blended barrel-aged stout using select bourbon barrels aged between sixteen and twenty-two months, plus a small amount of fresh stout.

It is then conditioned upon roasted cacao nibs, coffee, & constituents that approximate the flavor of Irish Whiskey before packaging.

A wildly complex beer almost two years in the making, it tastes like rich milk chocolate, creamy coffee, and chocolate-covered bourbon candies in your glass.

 

[camonick]

HB Schwarzbier
I’m very bummed… I was in Greeley and Ft Collins, CO today. I always try to stop at the “big city” liquor stores since it’s kind of a treat for a hick like me from BFE. I specifically wanted some Köstritzer Schwarzbier. I checked 7 stores and they were all out and said they couldn’t even get it anymore. I was bragging it up to the guys in the brew club I joined and wanted to share some with them since none of them had ever had any.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Weighing in at 6.3%, a glass of Panther Piss Bum Strength.

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB ipa

 

[Bramling Cross]

And a glass of my Helles.

If you’re curious about the Celica in the background, one of my very nicest neighbors (he’s a fantastic gentleman) is passionate about Toyotas and the local football team. Here’s a shot of the Celica, and his Camry parked up the street. He’s a bit of a fan.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Well I got half the garden tilled, I hate the old effin front tine tiller I use, it's mean to me, but it gets the job done. However the shear pins I got were a size to small so after I broke the last one it was time to quit, about to thunderstorm anyway so it'll have to wait. But I worked up a thirst for some hb neipa.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

And a glass of my Helles.
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If you’re curious about the Celica in the background, one of my very nicest neighbors (he’s a fantastic gentleman) is passionate about Toyotas and the local football team. Here’s a shot of the Celica, and his Camry parked up the street. He’s a bit of a fan.
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Your QB help me win the Pick-em last year and 400 samolies!

 

[MaxStout]

Inside from the rain with a Duvel.

 

[Pehlman17]

Goodnight.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Well I got half the garden tilled, I hate the old effin front tine tiller I use, it's mean to me, but it gets the job done. However the shear pins I got were a size to small so after I broke the last one it was time to quit, about to thunderstorm anyway so it'll have to wait. But I worked up a thirst for some hb neipa.
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I hear you, man. I grew up dragging a tiller behind a tractor, which was gobs of good quality chaotic fun. When my fiance's father mentioned that he had to till the garden, I leapt at the opportunity to score some points and have some fun doing it. That's when I learned about push tillers. Not nearly as much fun.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

This little sample I took for quality control of HB light lager. Looks like chill haze is gone or whatever haze is gone. Won’t be long and it will be judged again.

 

[Pennine]

HB Schwarzbier
I’m very bummed… I was in Greeley and Ft Collins, CO today. I always try to stop at the “big city” liquor stores since it’s kind of a treat for a hick like me from BFE. I specifically wanted some Köstritzer Schwarzbier. I checked 7 stores and they were all out and said they couldn’t even get it anymore. I was bragging it up to the guys in the brew club I joined and wanted to share some with them since none of them had ever had any.
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I think I saw some at my local bevys in Littleton I'll pick some up and send it over if I find it. I buy it all the time.

 

[Pehlman17]

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Goodnight.

No disrespect to Russian River, one of my absolute favorites hands down, but it’s hard to think people wait hours in line for PTY and this gem will likely just sit collecting dust on a Total Wine end cap.

 

[Pehlman17]

I should have done this one first.

 

[Tony B]

A glass of my still green Kölsch. I forgot to pour some off before filling my glass, so I got the great full head.
I was a little worried because the FG hydrometer sample had a bit of banana going on, but I’m not picking up much if any of that now. Last night I fined it with gelatin and then burst carbonated it.
I like it a lot. Should be nice and clear in another day or two.

 

[Tony B]

Oatmeal stout. Dark chocolate, a little coffee, a touch of molasses, a little sweetness and bitterness. Delicious beer.
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Brings back some fond memories. One of the very first craft beers I ever had ( 35ish years ago) was a Samuel Smiths brown ale.

 

[camonick]

This is pretty good whiskey

 

[Pehlman17]

I’m not as think as you drunk I am.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

London Brown

Mandarin Pale Ale

 

[ClaudiusB]

Our Maibock season didn't start as planned yesterday. The gas company told us that we have a major gas leak and showed up with heavy equipment, like a boring machine, excavators, etc. It's a four-day repair project to replace the main line and relocate the gas meter.
I think the gas company is confused about the origin of the smell, it's coming from the green box.
Cheers

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Missed Mott the Lessor release last week with a blown tire but the Maine destination today.

Much quieter than release dates. Tod and wife enjoying cheese and their IPA in the corner

Interesting "maibock" Kolibrator

Mott

 

[Pehlman17]

Our Maibock season didn't start as planned yesterday. The gas company told us that we have a major gas leak and showed up with heavy equipment, like a boring machine, excavators, etc. It's a four-day repair project to replace the main line and relocate the gas meter.
I think the gas company is confused about the origin of the smell, it's coming from the green box.
Cheers
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How do they know it’s not all those lagers you’ve got fermenting?

 

[NotSure]

HB Czech Pilsner... really Czechish Pilsner, since I treated the water instead of starting with soft. Still turned out well after a few weeks of lagering.

 

[firerat]

This is pretty good whiskey
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Love me some Tully!!

A guy at work grabbed a 12 pack of these for me at costco.

Its actually not bad. It's not great either. But I could easily crush way too many of these by the pool.

 

[Beermeister32]

Starting today and ending next weekend, I’ll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo the only way a beer lover should – by sampling the fine Mexican brews available here in SoCal! That’s right beer lovers, beginning today Segunda de Mayo and ending Diez de Mayo! Mexican beer week!

Luckily, we have gas stations aplenty here in dry, parched Southern California, greatly simplifying my task of rounding up all the regular suspects! I’ll take 15 gallons of regular and these here cans of Cerveza! Stay tuned!

 

[Beermeister32]

Dos Equis needs no introduction as the beer brand behind “The Most Interesting Man in the World” advertising campaigns. Literally meaning “Two Xs”, it originally was named “Siglio XX” using the Roman numerals for twenty, celebrating the beginning of the 20th Century. Sigio XX was later re-named Dos Equis.

Dos Equis is advertised as a Golden-Pilsner, 4.2% ABV and 10 IBU. For you Imperial IPA-soaked hop-heads out there, at 10 IBU, you might not even taste the hops!

Speaking of low ABV, by comparison, drinking a 4.2% ABV 24-ouncer is the alcohol equivalent of one regular 12 ounce can of a typical 8.4% ABV IPA.

How does it taste? Well, it has an unusual old library-book flavor and I’ll say “heaviness” to it unlike your typical domestic adjunct lagers. Maybe it’s the green glass. I think I’d be more inclined to call it a “Golden Lager” and forget the Pilsner moniker. It’s two continents off from my idea of a Pilsner. Lime and chips a must …. Salud!

 

[MaxStout]

A hazy day for a hazy. Fair State Party Forward.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB Rye while awaiting storms to arrive

 

[T Murph]

Enjoying a HB Czech Pilsner while waiting on an impending storm.