What are you drinking now?

[Immocles]

 

[BrewinInPA]

I like it. It does age well too. We have a guy in our club who has it going back 10 years or so. I brew barleywine usually once a year and this is the model I aspire to.

Maybe this was just a bad year?

 

[BrewinInPA]

DAMMIT..!! I almost blew Spotted Cow out my nose when I saw that Voldemort meme.!!

T'was quite the khadarvis indeed,let me tell ya! Simmered the saurkraut with some HB.

 

[wetmk]

 

[orionol73]

 

[grampamark]

Nightcap

 

[grampamark]

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It’s not just for breakfast anymore.

 

[wepeeler]

Latest HB Kolsch. Probably my favorite so far Wyeast 2565

 

[balrog]

Sounds intriguing. Mind shooting a quick recipe?

A very simple recipe, I guess a blonde ale really, just to try the hops and the Lallemand Koln yeast.
8# Bairds Maris Otter
.5# Briess C10
60m mash single infusion BIAB full volume 25.5qt, starting temp 150.6, ending temp 147.4, opened once at 30m to stir and take pH sample, cooled reading 5.54 (wanted 5.4)
Water treated to 50Ca 4Mg 17 Na 49 Cl 100 SO4
OG 1.048, FG 1.009, 5.0gal into fermenter, 40IBU, 30m boil
.25oz ea Azacca & Cashmere at 30m, .50oz ea at 15m, Whirlfloc and 2oz ea at 1m
.5oz Galaxy at 1m (I added this as the first time I made this it was too fruity-ish-sweet-fruit and I wanted to get some pine).
1 packet Lallemand Koln pitched in 1.9 L starter days before, crashed and decanted, saving 1/3 (~100b) pitching about 180b. Ferment in bucket at 61, temp controlled, 3 days until exotherm seen and finished, ramp 61-68 over 48hr then hold 4d, then set in ambient 60-62F basement two weeks due to getting busy, then keg day 28, normally would have kegged day 12-14. Aroma is fruity, pear/mango; flavor piney, sweet fruity.

 

[Pianoman]

A very simple recipe, I guess a blonde ale really, just to try the hops and the Lallemand Koln yeast.
8# Bairds Maris Otter
.5# Briess C10
60m mash single infusion BIAB full volume 25.5qt, starting temp 150.6, ending temp 147.4, opened once at 30m to stir and take pH sample, cooled reading 5.54 (wanted 5.4)
Water treated to 50Ca 4Mg 17 Na 49 Cl 100 SO4
OG 1.048, FG 1.009, 5.0gal into fermenter, 40IBU, 30m boil
.25oz ea Azacca & Cashmere at 30m, .50oz ea at 15m, Whirlfloc and 2oz ea at 1m
.5oz Galaxy at 1m (I added this as the first time I made this it was too fruity-ish-sweet-fruit and I wanted to get some pine).
1 packet Lallemand Koln pitched in 1.9 L starter days before, crashed and decanted, saving 1/3 (~100b) pitching about 180b. Ferment in bucket at 61, temp controlled, 3 days until exotherm seen and finished, ramp 61-68 over 48hr then hold 4d, then set in ambient 60-62F basement two weeks due to getting busy, then keg day 28, normally would have kegged day 12-14. Aroma is fruity, pear/mango; flavor piney, sweet fruity.

Thanks for that! Always curious on other's brews. Never tried Koln before.

 

[balrog]

Thanks for that! Always curious on other's brews. Never tried Koln before.

TBH I had a supply chain issue with my favorite WY1007 and wondered whether I could have a dry sub on hand just in casees. This hoppy batch of course is not a great to test yeast flavor but gave me a data point for attenuation at least.

 

[TwistedGray]

Over-the-last-few-days' beers

 

[z-bob]

I just finished bottling some ginger beer that I made last month. It has both fresh and powdered ginger, just a little bit of hops as a preservative more than for flavoring, and I fermented with wine yeast so it wouldn't attenuate well. I had a partial bottle left; a plastic bottle that was over 3/4 full so I could have squeezed the air out and primed it but I decided to drink it instead.

It has a nice color, very slightly sweet, and not nearly as gingery as I expected but it has a little heat. Smells good. Carbonation should bring up the ginger. (at least I hope it does)

 

[Pianoman]

7.6%er

 

[user 263363]

My HB ESB-ish that refuses to clear.

 

[Pianoman]

Latest HB Kolsch. Probably my favorite so far Wyeast 2565View attachment 761220

Nice glass.. don't see it on their website.

 

[wepeeler]

Nice glass.. don't see it on their website.

It was from @TwistedGray in a beer swap!!

Fantastic glass. A bit dangerous when pouring homebrews though. It's probably about 20oz if filled to the brim...

 

[DBhomebrew]

My HB ESB-ish that refuses to clear. View attachment 761261

Curious as to what the water looked like. American levels or British? Ca ~100 or 150+?

 

[user 263363]

Curious as to what the water looked like. American levels or British? Ca ~100 or 150+?

Here is a screenshot of my water profile. Built from RO water.

and the end of the beer to stay OT

 

[user 263363]

HB Helles that I had a hard time pouring with a good head. Sheesh, the jokes write themselves around here lol.

 

[grampamark]

HB Fizzy Yellow Lager

 

[Pianoman]

Next...

Sometimes you need something besides a tequila barrel aged imperial stout with raspberries, peach, vanilla, rare African coffee beans and lactose with rare earth materials added

 

[BrewinInPA]

Celebrator Doppelbock while cooking dinner.

 

[user 263363]

Another HB Helles

 

[grampamark]

HB Altbier

 

[bwible]

Been drinking High Life lately and hadn’t had Genuine Draft for a long time. A side by side comparison may be in order.

 

[TwistedGray]

I'll drink one with yah @wepeeler

 

[Pianoman]

Bigfoot. Awful! Perhaps Sierra should have named this Bigtaint instead.

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Edit: First time trying this.. I REALLY wanted to like it. I really did. Truth is, I don't. I don't like this one bit. The reason I don't is that it is SO alcohol-forward that that is all that you taste. No complexity like you'd find with a Belgian Quad or Doppelbock. The experience of drinking this is not too dissimilar to what you would have drinking MD 20/20. Disappointing. I'd much rather drink whiskey. Wormwood, black pepper and not much else here. In addition, this is WAYYYY too hop-bitter for the ABV, and that is what ruins this for me. It makes the raw ethanol bite punch you straight in the face. Unpleasant. This tastes like when you accidentally get some deep woods off in your mouth while treating your face. Think what Jeppson's Malort would be like if it were an ale. I hate this. I want my $6 back!

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I'll just let Unpopular Opinion Puffin speak some "trufe"

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When I think of a Barleywine, this is more like it...

 

[grampamark]

HB Black Rock Porter

 

[hout17]

Bells... Lighting sucks but this pint is tops!

 

[BongoYodeler]

Fieldwork, Big Trouble in Little Citra.

 

[SanJuanWorm]

'Mycelium' IPA, a new one from local Zero Issue Brewing. Very fresh, canned on Feb. 17, 2022. Crisp and tasty, clean finish and a hop flavour I cannot put my finger on...hmm. Bit hard to see in my photo, but it looks like fizzy grapefruit juice. Definitely a hazy!

PS- The duo that runs this brewery really has their label art on point. Great stuff! Cheers!

 

[lawdawg]

Dark, lusty and slutty

 

[orionol73]

 

[lawdawg]

 

[BrewinInPA]

Nocturnum after dinner.

 

[Knightshade]

First batch of hop water. Just made a small batch with some Nelson Sauvin. Not great, but there is something about it that I like.

Will be making more, and I need to because I just kicked the mini keg.

 

[grampamark]

HB Altbier

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Marinating a tomato & basil salad while having another IPA. Mmmmm!

 

[orionol73]