What are you drinking now?

[CrookedElbowBrewing]

So some of those are very local to me. Curious where you found these.

California Fresh Market in SLO
Going to check out the Pismo location for some Humble Sea IPAs. I moved to Idaho a few years ago so some of these are new to me.

 

[CrookedElbowBrewing]

 

[CrookedElbowBrewing]

To Dgallo
Your homebrews look great but your labels are amazing. Who designed the graphics for you? Which company did your labels? I ended up just designing a basic label and leaving a small blank space off to the side to write in each beer’s individual stats. Probably because I’m Dutch and wanted to save a few $$!
Thanks,
Smitty

 

[CrookedElbowBrewing]

 

[user 263363]

I’ve seen this floating around on here a time or two and finally saw it at a shop so I grabbed a 4 pack. I dig it. Nice and clean with a solid bitterness.

 

[grampamark]

Kettlehouse Hefe. This is a pretty solid Hefeweizen. A little more clove than banana, which is my preference.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Been a while...went down fast

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

#2

 

[CrookedElbowBrewing]

 

[BongoYodeler]

California Fresh Market in SLO
Going to check out the Pismo location for some Humble Sea IPAs. I moved to Idaho a few years ago so some of these are new to me.

I kind of thought that’s where you went. That’s in my neighborhood and my go-to store for great single cans, though a bit pricey.

 

[orionol73]

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Having a local Dunkel called 'On The Stoop', by Inner City Brewing. Clean, crisp and a nice change after way too many sours this week, due to the heat.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Wine tasting at my nephews winery in Plainfield IL, Sable Creek winery.

 

[TwistedGray]

To Dgallo
Your homebrews look great but your labels are amazing. Who designed the graphics for you? Which company did your labels? I ended up just designing a basic label and leaving a small blank space off to the side to write in each beer’s individual stats. Probably because I’m Dutch and wanted to save a few $$!
Thanks,
Smitty

You need the @ symbol before the user name @Dgallo

Best labels I've seen, quality wise, are from Grogtag, fwiw

 

[TwistedGray]

Flew into Louisiana to buy a car and drive it back home, slowly. Starting out very inefficiently...in fact, we went East to New Orleans, doh! Jacques-Imo's catfish, chicken livers, rabbit tenderloin, corn bread, and beer ... Love the south

 

[Dgallo]

To Dgallo
Your homebrews look great but your labels are amazing. Who designed the graphics for you? Which company did your labels? I ended up just designing a basic label and leaving a small blank space off to the side to write in each beer’s individual stats. Probably because I’m Dutch and wanted to save a few $$!
Thanks,
Smitty

Thanks for tagging me @TwistedGray

I design my own labels using Adobe Photoshop and Maestro Label Maker. The latter program is through Blank & Custom Labels | Online Labels® where I buy the label paper. They give you access to the program when you buy their labels.

Then I print them on my printer. They have hundreds of different labels and sizes. I use the 3.5 in x 4.0 in matte inkjet paper and buy 100 sheets at a time. I have an epsom ink printer and it’s just opening the label as a pdf. Then print it and the peel and stick. Which I found is much easier to do before they are filled

 

[fourfarthing]

From this week.

HB Saison

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Hands down best beer name of the year.

Thanks for the chewy funk @pshankstar !

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Couple margarita's at a local Taco place.

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Juicy SMaSH from a small town close to home. Very tasty, not boozy at all, and wow it's going down easy! Cheers High River!

 

[TwistedGray]

Port Orleans Brewing Company - piña colada gose (top) and a helles lager (bottom)

And Sno-Bliz !!

Coffee (wife) oj (me)

 

[beermanpete]

Freemont Summer Pale Ale

 

[RevDroz]

My amber, which I call 'Color of Your Energy' is as refreshing as drinking an iced tea and just as smooth, but be careful, at 5.6% it will creep up on you.

 

[Section1]

Lunch beer and chicken tacos.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Another margarita

 

[j1laskey]

HB. No Boil. Vic Secret / El Dorado

 

[user 263363]

Commercial mead that I admittedly was not a fan of. Definitely some fusels in there and it seems like the sweetness was dialed up to try and mask them.

Now on to a local DIPA. Much better.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Making room in the fridge for a beer run tomorrow. Nice full flavor for 3% Suarez

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Son's leaving to Northwest... continuing....

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Blood Orange Gose. To my taste, this is basically like diluted cranberry, no salt, with a bit of malt in the finish. Cool label and all, and kinda refreshing / crushable...uhmm..definitely not a Gose, for sure. One I would leave on the shelf. Sigh..

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Nice workbench!

Thanks @pshankstar on the Galaxy candy!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Okay, let's get serious...another 9.1% Soap Box Preacher . Nevermind the cartoon person with white headphones in the reflection!

@TheDudeLebowski I have bits of deer hair stuck to my glass!!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

That's known as a Bow River Margarita.

Well 3 day weekend. This was suppose to the day before a day of drinking. Prepping. There's golf involved

 

[SanJuanWorm]

@TheDudeLebowski Note to self, no deer hair tying with the fan on.

 

[Novacor]

Tart beer on a hot night.

 

[SEndorf]

Only the best maibock on the planet.....

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

@TheDudeLebowski Ha ha...ya the funny part is that the 'Gose' was brewed in our rival city 3h north, home of the Oilers NHL team. Boooo!

Hard to believe they won the Silver for 'American-style' sour ale in 2020. Was it a virtual tasting?

I meant the deer hair on the glass I think I forgot. It's the Bow River in Alberta? I think I fished that and the Gold in BC. Gotta love you Canadians. You'll do anything for hockey. I maaay got fly fishing up in Rangeley Maine or the Battenkill in VT. I use to fish VT all the time as a kid. Don't want to ruin the memories in the middle of the summer heat. BTW I caught nothing in AB in some beautiful rivers.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB IPA

 

[SanJuanWorm]

I meant the deer hair on the glass I think I forgot. It's the Bow River in Alberta? I think I fished that and the Gold in BC. Gotta love you Canadians. You'll do anything for hockey. I maaay got fly fishing up in Rangeley Maine or the Battenkill in VT. I use to fish VT all the time as a kid. Don't want to ruin the memories in the middle of the summer heat. BTW I caught nothing in AB in some beautiful rivers.

Haha...the Bow is tough, but sometimes will reward the effort. The Bow River runs through YYC straight from the Rockies, and just like every Province and State, there are tons of local waterways, most of which are suffering with low water during this North American heat wave!

I switched my post right at the last minute.

OT: Anyone have tips on 'priming' an electric brewing system before the initial brew? I'm thinking of running the pump with a PBW solution on recirc for a while, then plain water before I start dumping grain and heating up. Any thoughts would be appreciated, and post them in Messages. Thanks.