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[pshankstar]

My first attempt at making Limoncello. I poured two small taster glasses, and added ice to one. Why the drastic color difference? My initial impression…it’s good but sweeter than I’d like. I’ll adjust that next time. But truth is I’ve never had Limoncello before so I have no basis for comparison.

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Made pizzas for dinner (my daughters had friends over too), beer and making another batch of limoncello.
@BongoYodeler I haven’t seen 120 proof everclear before. I haven’t seen mine get cloudy like that but I have noticed it changes when the syrup is added. Below is the last batch I made with mixed berry-cello back in September. Then another batch of mixed berry-cello with dragon fruit.

 

[BongoYodeler]

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Made pizzas for dinner (my daughters had friends over too), beer and making another batch of limoncello.
@BongoYodeler I haven’t seen 120 proof everclear before. I haven’t seen mine get cloudy like that but I have noticed it changes when the syrup is added. Below is the last batch I made with mixed berry-cello back in September. Then another batch of mixed berry-cello with dragon fruit.
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Oh man, your pizzas look delicious!!

Yeah, California limits Everclear to 120 proof. We have friends from Nevada visiting later this summer. I may have them "smuggle" some 190 proof over the border.

 

[camonick]

HB pale ale

 

[hilljack13]

Trying to finish the HB Pliny clone

 

[pshankstar]

Oh man, your pizzas look delicious!!

Yeah, California limits Everclear to 120 proof. We have friends from Nevada visiting later this summer. I may have them "smuggle" some 190 proof over the border.

Thanks! My wife, kids and their friends love my pizzas. The trick is brushing some oil on the crush and seasoning it. It makes the end of a slice like a tasty seasoned breadstick. Definitely smuggle in some of that high octane everclear.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A pint of my Five Points Best Bitter yesterday evening.

 

[HM-2]

Why the drastic color difference?

My guess is that the water in the ice has caused the lemon oils from the peel to louche and form an emulsion, which looks much yellower than the neat limoncello by virtue of being basically opaque.

 

[Dgallo]

The owner of west kill brewing stopped by the my dads nursery last weekend and my dad was telling him how I’m a homebrewer, he came by this morning and left me a case of beer and said he expects to try some in return! Def a pretty cool thing

 

[Dgallo]

Might be the best shandy I’ve ever had

 

[Pennine]

First sample of the WCPils. Still a bit sulfury but the Mackinac hops are outstanding already. Plenty of grapefruit, orange and some papaya tropical.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Stopped at Lancaster homebrew so wife and I figured we go to mad chef for lunch.

 

[RCope]

HB Pale Ale with Simcoe (hotside only) Nectaron and Azacca. Mashed high and used some left over Denny's Favorite (Wyeast 1450). FG 1.017. Drinks more like a session IPA despite only 46 ibu's. 4.6%. Really a great beer. Hasn't cleared despite 3 weeks on tap. I'll tell my friends that it is a NEPA. Despite lots of experience, happy accidents still happen ;-).

 

[MaxStout]

Lagunitas Maximus IPA. Very refreshing.

 

[pshankstar]

Did a sous vide method of limoncello last night. Today I strained it and mixed in the simple syrup mix I made. Then coffee roasting time.

 

[Beermeister32]

Wow, another Golden Dragon, beer 5 of 6 – This time a 10.7% ABV Belgian Quad from Brouwerij Van Steenberge, Ertvelde, Belgium, since 1784!

This Golden Dragon isn’t too far off from yesterday’s Golden Dragon. Gulden Draak is a monster of a beer. For all you alcoholics out there, Belgium is your new place of residence!

I’m just not diggin’ these big Belgians. Me liketh a much more drinkable and funeth Pilsner, these things are as heavy as drinking wine and a lot rougher going down. In fact, beer legends are that at some breweries, the "failure" tank was usually called "Belgian beer." Why bother….!

Yesterday’s beer I ended up diluting with Budweiser Zero, it made it a much improved and easier drinking and fun beer IMHO. This one is going the same route… Woof…

 

[Pennine]

Lawn mowing

 

[Rish]

Tasty Irish lager.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Spinning some vinyl for my wife after having lunch at mad chef in Lancaster. Not my genre of music but I respect the artist.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Lots-o-Husker diamond action today. Something to drink to..

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Machine Du Juice. Pretty sure there's a couple of other variations in the back of the fridge. Too much food and grillin' Starting with Green Machine

 

[RCope]

HB Milk Stout..this was brewed last November and split between 2 2.5g kegs. The first keg was tapped in late December and enjoyed by many. This one has been "lagering" since at 37deg. Put the second keg on tap a week or so ago. Not a high abv stout (5.0%) but still significantly better than the first keg. Smoother, I really don't have any other words. So I guess aging even low alcohol stouts may be beneficial. Cheers! RIck

 

[Rish]

Sticking with Ireland. Delicious.

 

[Rish]

Dupe. When will HBT start letting let me delete when I (very rarely) f up?

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Moving to something more my genre, beer ... decent.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Local WCIPA. Similar to Pint House Scorpion Disco but 1/2 the price. My lucky Husker shirt isn't doing any good...

 

[Pennine]

Pizza night, this one fits in perfectly.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Lucky Husker shirt kicked in gear. BB is ahead.

Meh...

 

[Rish]

Bottling leftover of a kinda sorta Italian grape beer. My grandson brought me a couple of beers brewed by Abita that used Sauvignon Blanc juice. I couldn't find white grape juice without sorbates so decided to try purple (Concord). Figured I'd do something just for THOI:

2# wheat DME
1# table sugar
1/2 gallon Welch's Concord grape juice
Distilled water top up to 2.5 gallons

Really get the grape. Tasters basically say it doesn't suck. We'll see how it is when it's carbed. Forgot to get the fg so I'll sacrifice one later to get abv. I'm thinking around 8% which seems about right for the style.

 

[camonick]

Pool table repair/ re-cover project at my dad’s house is complete. Now time for a beer and a game of eight ball

 

[Pehlman17]

Many thanks to my buddy who graciously shared this with me. But it tastes like vanilla extract.