What are you drinking now?

[GnenieGone]

Tis the season. Oktoberfest started..too early. 'Ol Pianoman managed to leave out the false bottom.

OT, caffeine

 

[camonick]

Coffee on day 9 for us at the county fair… one more day!!

 

[davidabcd]

the county fair

Are you exhibiting/competing with animals or vegetables or something?

 

[DBhomebrew]

Tart, dry, and handsome. Deceivingly refreshing for 6%. Another fine campsite beverage.

 

[camonick]

Are you exhibiting/competing with animals or vegetables or something?

My kids are in 4-H and FFA. They have show lambs and goats. They also show horses and rodeo. My daughter has been here the longest with her horse because she’s been competing in the junior miss rodeo sweetheart competition since late last week. County fair parade this morning and 4-H/FFA livestock sale is this afternoon.

 

[davidabcd]

My kids are in 4-H and FFA

Fantastic!

 

[GnenieGone]

Mash temp obviously plummeted after removing/re-adding wort into tun WITH false bottom this time. Got the mash temp back up after some wort re-boil. Noticed the low Alpha% on the hops I got so had to figure that out also. On a high note, efficiency went through the roof. Guess I know the technique now! Anyway, finally stopping for breakfast.

 

[davidabcd]

low Alpha% on the hops I got so had to figure that out

I used to be pretty careless about the aa% on the package but got burned (pun) on my Belgian Triple a couple times.
Now I DO THE MATH.

 

[GnenieGone]

I used to be pretty careless about the aa% on the package but got burned (pun) on my Belgian Triple a couple times.
Now I DO THE MATH.

If its a DIPA or RIS, I don't sweat it too much. But 4% Alpha versus 2.8%? Yeah, I have to figure it out. Ended up adding .3oz Azacca in the boil. Sure it'll be fine in the end.

 

[davidabcd]

Sure it'll be fine in the end

Same here on those. These Belgians I make require very low, relatively, AAUs. I ended up basically making an IPA. Could be worse.
Edit: I could call it a "BIPA"--Belgian India Pale Ale.

 

[Dgallo]

Lager love!

 

[hopkincr]

Guess it wasn’t a full NA weekend. My CCCP Ale (cascade, CTZ, centennial pale ale). Use the Loki A43 yeast and it just hasn’t cleared - at least 8 months in the bottle.

 

[GnenieGone]

Lager love!View attachment 738165

Beautiful beer! My lager will probably end up looking like this..

 

[user 263363]

HB pale ale that I’m really digging. I missed my gravity by a mile on this one, but I think it ended up being balanced just right.

 

[buckinin]

Reading on the deck. Pretty good book so far.

 

[GnenieGone]

 

[Snuffy]

Lager love!View attachment 738165

I think that’s the clearest beer I’ve ever seen.

 

[buckinin]

Burger grillin time.

 

[Sunfire96]

HB Citra pale

 

[seanjwalker1]

2nd beer since May. Sam Adams Marzen Oktoberfest chilling in garage fridge since...yep, last October yuk yuk and pecan smoking some pork steaks

 

[davidabcd]

Lager love!

quality photo.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Waiting at the craic.

20oz Fiddlehead

 

[davidabcd]

2nd beer since May. Sam Adams Marzen Oktoberfest chilling in garage fridge since...yep, last October yuk yuk and pecan smoking some pork steaks

You on a beer sabbatical of sorts?
The cooking method for the pork sounds great.

 

[davidabcd]

Burger grillin time.

It totally is.

 

[pshankstar]

Stopped at Maine Beer Company with the family for lunch on our way to Bar Harbor, ME. Then splitting some Treehouse with my father in-law after meeting at our next camping location.

 

[Dgallo]

Local Meadery had a keg and cans from today’s fiden’s release for Mead Day. They do have great mead too

 

[seanjwalker1]

You on a beer sabbatical of sorts?
The cooking method for the pork sounds great.

Kind of. I had an acute heart attack this year on Mothers Day. Since then my wife self appointed herself Frau Obergruppenfuhrer SS Bier Polizei...and of Ice Cream and chocolate and any darn thing else worth living for

 

[davidabcd]

Our mackerel tabby lured to the counter for beer judging. He likes the bubbles, so it's been declared a winner.
Edit: Catzilla.

 

[davidabcd]

Kind of. I had an acute heart attack this year on Mothers Day. Since then my wife self appointed herself Frau Obergruppenfuhrer SS Bier Polizei...and of Ice Cream and chocolate and any darn thing else worth living for

Glad you're still here with us, Sean; I can't imagine.
Wives are good that way. But no chocolate??? Someone's gotta draw the line and it's not going to be me!

 

[davidabcd]

Local Meadery

At first glance, it looks like your offspring is reaching for some of the good stuff.

 

[GnenieGone]

HB Brown

 

[orionol73]

Double down!

 

[user 263363]

HB traditional mead in honor of Mead Day while mashing a dark(ish) mild.

 

[Bluekat]

Chill'in at the Old Tombigbee River.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Chillin’

 

[seanjwalker1]

Glad you're still here with us, Sean; I can't imagine.
Wives are good that way. But no chocolate??? Someone's gotta draw the line and it's not going to be me!

Sugar free ice cream, sugar free chocolate, low fat low salt. But she lets me stuff my face with fruit. I've eaten more fruit and veggies in 2 months than in the past 10 years. I've dropped from 228 in May to 209. 1 good thing, it's gotten me motivated to want to work out again. I won't ever be that 185 pound Army Sgt again but it feels good to be closer to that than I have been in 15 years.

 

[davidabcd]

HB traditional mead

You also get super cred for a great photo--I usually see one every 200 posts but I just saw one about 20 ago.
I appreciate a solid photo.
Cheers.

 

[davidabcd]

Chillin’

My wife's uncle's fav. He's the kind of person you would like to know.
Not my cup of tea but who cares?

 

[davidabcd]

209

Okay, Rocky, I get the point. Now you've got all of us feeling bad now about how we're treating our meat suits. Good job!
Seriously, good work.

 

[BongoYodeler]

My wife's uncle's fav. He's the kind of person you would like to know.
Not my cup of tea but who cares?

I like a good pilsner on occasion. This one and Bitburger are a couple of my go-to’s. They're a welcome change up when I need to reset my palate from all the IPA's I drink.