I like it either, but usually drink most of my whiskey with a mixer. It’s smooth.
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I might have to pick up a bottle on my next liquor store run. Total Wine has it for $20/750ml
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Operation “Scrape, Sand to Bare, and Paint all by Yourself” officially shut down for the season after getting two sides primed. Well deserved beers today and hoping the giants give me a win. Beer first, progress pictures following
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And I was going to complain about my project. Nothing like the challenge of ownership!
IDK if it's because it's hot as faak up here or it's just a decent batch but not bad for a pumpkin. Got the spices in nice proportions. Bought 2 more kinds but the finale takes (hopefully) the cake of all pumpkins.
Margarita on the rocks. Cazadores reposado, Cointreau, marg mix, shaken.
Good news is the clog is gone. Then there's this. Told myself not to step here, don't ever step here.. project for another day.
This isn't too bad neither! 12.1%er..
This isn't too bad neither! 12.1%er..
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Erdinger Oktoberfest vs Ayinger Fest-Märzen – Sundays are a great time to drink beer, get caught up on office work, drink more beer, check the beer supply, straighten the warehouse issues, go on a Lager run, drink beer and do beer reviews! Today is no exception – next up is a showdown between middleweight contenders Erdinger and Ayinger. Both are great brews incidentally.
Erdinger Oktoberfest – This is really a great Festbier, but I have to say I am a bit perplexed. Erdinger specializes in wheat beers, it says wheat beer on the can, the label says Erdinger Weissbrau – Me confused, aren’t authentic Oktoberfest or Festbiers supposed to use nothing but barley malt and the usual suspects hops, water and yeast? …. and it is 1516 Compliant? I know there are wheat carve outs for Hefeweizens and such, but this whole thing is leaving me baffled. Nevertheless, this is one smooth, easy drinking Festbier 5.7% ABV, generally EXCELLENT!
No such issues with Ayinger, since 1878 making what I consider the benchmark Märzen, but calling it here Fest-Märzen. This brew is malty, a big beer 5.8% and a touch sweeter and fuller than the Erdinger. 1516 compliant, says Authentic Bavarian Festival Lager on the label – again in all ways, EXCELLENT!
Let’s not discuss how hard it was to find a Bavarian Pretzel in SoCal. Darned near impossible. I can find Oktoberfest beers by the bucketful, but Pretzels? Obviously all the German bakers are out getting loaded up on beer this month, “ ‘cause they sure ain’t bakin’ pretzels! ” Yes, I’m drinking both Krugs … Prost!
Erdinger Oktoberfest – This is really a great Festbier, but I have to say I am a bit perplexed. Erdinger specializes in wheat beers, it says wheat beer on the can, the label says Erdinger Weissbrau – Me confused, aren’t authentic Oktoberfest or Festbiers supposed to use nothing but barley malt and the usual suspects hops, water and yeast? …. and it is 1516 Compliant? I know there are wheat carve outs for Hefeweizens and such, but this whole thing is leaving me baffled. Nevertheless, this is one smooth, easy drinking Festbier 5.7% ABV, generally EXCELLENT!
No such issues with Ayinger, since 1878 making what I consider the benchmark Märzen, but calling it here Fest-Märzen. This brew is malty, a big beer 5.8% and a touch sweeter and fuller than the Erdinger. 1516 compliant, says Authentic Bavarian Festival Lager on the label – again in all ways, EXCELLENT!
Let’s not discuss how hard it was to find a Bavarian Pretzel in SoCal. Darned near impossible. I can find Oktoberfest beers by the bucketful, but Pretzels? Obviously all the German bakers are out getting loaded up on beer this month, “ ‘cause they sure ain’t bakin’ pretzels! ” Yes, I’m drinking both Krugs … Prost!
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You need to make your own pretzels. Nothing better than homemade, right out of the oven.
Thank you for your continued reviews of beers. Especially these fests & Marzens. While I've had many of those, I like to see the side-by-side comparisons. I need to make a run to the beer store.
OK, OK, it’s the same pretzel. I mentioned how hard it was to find an authentic Bavarian Pretzel here in the SoCal pretzel desert wasteland. I think this is one of maybe 10 in the entire Southwest. I plan on eating this solemnly while drinking my Oktoberfest after this writing.
Since we are making the leap to SoCal renditions of beer bliss, may I introduce you to Karl Strauss Oktoberfest. Karl Strauss, since 1989 is located in that other beer Mecca, San Diego California. A side note, we used to hit their brewery restaurants all the time pre-Covid. The table distancing was really tough on things, last time there they still weren’t fully on-line. A great brewery, they had a Red Trolley Sour Ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels which was to die for!
As usual, Karl Strauss doesn’t disappoint. Their 2023 Oktoberfest is one heck of a super-clean beer – not really a Festbier, but I’d say a cleaner version of a Märzen which you could chug. 5.0% ABV, SUPER CLEAN, made using Munich and Vienna malts, Perle hops. GREAT JOB KARL STRAUSS!
Now off to eat my Pretzel, no more pics, I’ve rode this pony enough. Prost!
Since we are making the leap to SoCal renditions of beer bliss, may I introduce you to Karl Strauss Oktoberfest. Karl Strauss, since 1989 is located in that other beer Mecca, San Diego California. A side note, we used to hit their brewery restaurants all the time pre-Covid. The table distancing was really tough on things, last time there they still weren’t fully on-line. A great brewery, they had a Red Trolley Sour Ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels which was to die for!
As usual, Karl Strauss doesn’t disappoint. Their 2023 Oktoberfest is one heck of a super-clean beer – not really a Festbier, but I’d say a cleaner version of a Märzen which you could chug. 5.0% ABV, SUPER CLEAN, made using Munich and Vienna malts, Perle hops. GREAT JOB KARL STRAUSS!
Now off to eat my Pretzel, no more pics, I’ve rode this pony enough. Prost!
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Super early Christmas beer. But it’s soooo good.
Staring bullets at a pint of mild trying to figure out how to improve it. It's all of two weeks old, I really should relax and enjoy it. There'll be time for that later.
Tasty Evil Twin imperial stout. Chocolate, coffee, bitterness at fridge temp. As it warms (and you drink it), flavors bloom, bitterness fades, sweetens, stone fruit aroma and taste come forward. Can't believe I'm saying this but at 12% abv and such a big, bold beer, I'd prefer 12 oz over 16. I really like it, though.
HB hop water
Waiting for SNF to bust out a cellar beer.
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HB Chocolate Porter
HB Best Bitter while watching some football.
HB chocolate porter and a taste of a very young Munich Dunkel
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HB Honey Amber
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Still on coffee but starting a PA using hops/yeast I've never used. I believe these hops are called Elani now. Also have hop oil coming to replace dry hopping.
I attempted to mow what I call lawn prior to my visit to Cooperstown, but I discovered that the belt slipped off or worse, so I let it wait until today. Put the belt back on the pulley… half done it slipped again. Might as well break for lunch and let the thing cool down before I put the belt back on.
Time for a lawnmower beer? No
it’s hop water.
Time for a lawnmower beer? No
it’s hop water.
HB chinook-hopped brown ale that turned out really nice. Kitchen sinker grain bill with a half pound of DIY invert #2 for good measure...
You might need a new belt. You definitely need another drink.
Quit the beer name. Well done DIPA. Nothing earth shattering. Maybe in 2012 it would've been... we're so spoiled!
While cleaning my empty beer glass, I became momentarily distracted and accidentally fell into my kegerator. To my great suprise, this resulted in the tap turning on. Luckily, I was still holding the empty glass, so I used to to catch the beer that would otherwise have spilled all over the floor. I have made a decision to drink this beer, rather than pouring it down the sink.
In other words, a typical Monday, eh?
Rum breezer. 1.5 oz dark rum, 1 oz Domaine de Canton, 3 oz orange juice. It's even better with pineapple juice, but I had none. So, oj it is.
Erdinger weißbier. Very tasty.
Mondays blow.
This Gilded Grove is a little more Appley. I think I like the bourbon barrel a little bit more. So far both are good
This Gilded Grove is a little more Appley. I think I like the bourbon barrel a little bit more. So far both are good
Back at the farm for a few days. HB Mosaic Blonde.
Worried it was going to be an early night. GUSHER!!!! Solved that. Still good. Trade quality control
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Water.
Bought this bugger in 2018. So almost 5 years old
Bought this bugger in 2018. So almost 5 years old
Drinking my Berliner tester…
Judges didn’t like it much, and honestly it’s not very sour. Oh well, I’ll just brew another small batch until it gets over 30 points.
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