What are you drinking now?

[bwible]

Just got these rocks glasses for Christmas

 

[bwible]

It’s pretty darn close. I nailed the color and was only .2 ABV below the real thing. I don’t think my Covid impaired palate could tell them apart in a blind test.
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[Rish]

Nice citrus, not too bitter. Pretty tasty to a guy who's not normally an IPA fan.

 

[buckinin]

 

[camonick]

HB NEIPA

 

[pshankstar]

My youngest is obsessed with the new show on Netflix called Wednesday. She wanted to make her own Thing, so here he is trying to get my beer!

 

[grampamark]

HB Cold Smoke

 

[Mtozbun]

HB Breakfast Stout

 

[camonick]

HB Bock with homemade German sausage and home canned dill pickle spears. The beans are from a can

 

[Immocles]

 

[camonick]

HB Bock with homemade German sausage and home canned dill pickle spears. The beans are from a can
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The Bock beer is awesome paired with the garlic-y sausage.

 

[Brewsmith]

The first pour of my Red IPA. If I had to say what it tasted like, I’d say it’s more of a hoppy red, similar to the Smog City Sabre-Tooth Squirrel, locally here in Torrance and available around. A little toasty, a little caramel, and citrus pine from the hops. It still needs to clear and more carbonation but I like it.

 

[fourfarthing]

HB IPA and friends

 

[buckinin]

Apparently this beer has a miraculous shelf life. My descendants 300 years from now will appreciate that I saved one for them.

 

[pvtpublic]

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Apparently this beer has a miraculous shelf life. My descendants 300 years from now will appreciate that I saved one for them.

Technology these days is pretty impressive...

 

[lawmoss]

I stepped on the scale for the first time in over a month the day after Christmas, and it wasn't as bad as I feared but bad enough. So I've cut *way* back, as in I haven't had any alcohol or sweets yet this week (instead of several strong beers and a whiskey or two *every day* and the usual holiday sweets). I'll have a couple or drinks on New Year's Eve, and maybe a beer New Year's day, but I gotta lose 20 pounds or so in a hurry, and it doesn't hurt to give my liver a rest.

But I'm watching this thread and enjoying the beers vicariously. It's trendy to do "dry January", but why wait until January, and it doesn't have to be totally dry. I'll probably have a couple a week and make sure they are good ones. Carry on!

Please all get up an hour earlier ( in summer otherwise later on ok ) and walk a minimum of 2 miles first hour or sooner if you are already in better condition. Then you can drink a couple of typical ( healthy ) home brews without feeling guilty . Oh , and please eat no more each day than you did at least 10 years before when you were playing sport or at least exercising briskly each day . Result : do not feel
guilty about what you eat and drink within moderation and also more generously after keeping records of many times regularly catching more marine creatures fit to eat ,

 

[bike2brew]

HB “Modern” WCIPAView attachment 809143

+1 for appropriate glassware

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Rummaged through the beer fridge and found a can of Copper State Kolsch - good to wash down the malt dust from weighing out grain and will get me through some milling. A fairly good "light" beer, certainly a step up from other light beers but not something I'd dash out to buy myself.

Happy 2023 Everyone! Brew on!

Blonde Doppelbock for the first brew of 2023 for me.

 

[NotSure]

HB Eisbock. A nice way to finish 2022.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

HB Eisbock. A nice way to finish 2022.

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Excellent finish!

 

[Dgallo]

Great local beer!

 

[JAReeves]

Trapped inside by a storm on New Year’s Eve, dinner is already made, kids are out at friend’s houses, wife has to take care of her mom.

Let’s not call it Day-Drinking if it’s so overcast that the Christmas lights are bright.

#2 in a series, Founders All-Day kicked off the show.

 

[grampamark]

HB Fizzy Yellow Lager. Waiting for the sausage links and patties we made, from the bulk sausage we made yesterday, to freeze solid. If they’re not frozen the vacuum sealer mashes everything into one lump, which kind of defeats the purpose.

 

[Group W]

Pacing myself with 4 oz tasters of HB Altbier while keeping an eye on the bbq.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Black & Tan
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That's an interesting combo; I'm inspired to try it.

 

[WestMichiganSteelheader]

HB raspberry porter in my Founder’s Canadian Breakfast Stout glass.

 

[j1laskey]

Starting off with some big boys.

The LCCB Magnificent Pagan Beast is from 2016 and 17.5 %

 

[buckinin]

Settling in to watch football for the next 8 hours.

 

[CDS]

 

[Dgallo]

Homebrewed wild ale with my house culture. My 4 and 2 year old sons helped me pick 6 lbs of wild black caps from the rail trail this past summer

 

[loganklaas]

Just enjoying some smooth Irish whiskey.

 

[JAReeves]

#3 for the Eve, from last year’s 12BOC2021. This is better than it was last year! I believe this was from @yoop89.

 

[NotSure]

Homebrewed wild ale with my house culture. My 4 and 2 year old sons helped me pick 6 lbs of wild black caps from the rail trail this past summer View attachment 809233

I'm not familiar with the term Black Cap, what is it? If it's Blackberries, I did the same with my daughter a few years back and made a wheat beer with them. Anyhow, your HB looks great!

 

[CDS]

Old fashioned and a New Years Eve cigar in the garage brewery.

 

[Group W]

Old fashioned and a New Years Eve cigar in the garage brewery. View attachment 809237

What Bourbon or Whisk?

 

[CDS]

What Bourbon or Whisk?

Bourbon! Nothing exceptional (Four Roses) but good for a cocktail.

 

[AlexKay]

Last of the Blueberry Kolsch, HB:

 

[Rish]

Long day: 3 1/2 hour drive to central MS for 3 1/2 Christmas visit with my mom's family then 3 1/2 hours home. Thirsty work!
OT - great bier!

 

[Dgallo]

I'm not familiar with the term Black Cap, what is it? If it's Blackberries, I did the same with my daughter a few years back and made a wheat beer with them. Anyhow, your HB looks great!

I'm not familiar with the term Black Cap, what is it? If it's Blackberries, I did the same with my daughter a few years back and made a wheat beer with them. Anyhow, your HB looks great!

Thanks man. In the northeastern US we have wild black raspberries that pretty much grow every where on the outskirts of forests or wooded area. I grew up calling them blackcaps

 

[loganklaas]

Proper Twelve.