What are you drinking now?

[NotSure]

A better pic of the hb Czech to show off its clarity, followed by current hb hazy, opposites attract..
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HB Czech, congratulations, you are hired. HB Hazy, I'm sorry, but there were some issues with your urine screening.

 

[Drinking Sensibly]

I'm a different dog. I always get an odd look ordering neat. I'm not much into adding water even on the high octane. If a bottle doesn't describe, it's probably blended. The 13 does have the heat and characteristics of a blend. I do like the 12 more.

If it's statemented (13 years etc) it's not blended, it's vatted. In order to have a consistent product the distillery will put barrels into a vat and bottle from there. The best barrels will produce single cask, the inferior will be blended across years and sold without a statement or go to companies that will blend whiskies from several distilleries to make blended malt whiskies.
https://www.houseofmalt.co.uk/product-category/scotch-whisky/blended-whisky/
Blended whisky is a blend of malt whisky with grain whisky.
https://www.masterofmalt.com/country-style/scotch/blended-whisky/
As far as water goes, if the whisky is more than 40% abv it should have water added, it releases the flavour and aroma. Try an experiment, two glasses of whisky, not a full as your picture, need space in the glass. Add a dribble of water, literally half a teaspoon, to one, swirl, compare, try a little more.
Keeping the thread on track, all this talk of whisky...

 

[Rish]

HB honey malt. Last one.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Cuppa cuppa caffeine zombie !

 

[BongoYodeler]

Back home. HB Ordinary Bitter.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Australian Sparkling Ale with the windows wide open and my neighbor working on the 'Sclade he bought at the police auction a couple months ago. He got it running today and I couldn't be more happy for him!

He's got a nice mix of old dub, raggae, dance hall, and a spattering of hip hop and Go-Go wafting in through my windows. What a perfect evening!

 

[Rish]

Deliciousness!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

HB Czech, congratulations, you are hired. HB Hazy, I'm sorry, but there were some issues with your urine screening.

Uhhh. I mean a hefeweizen without the banana and clove, and with a bunch of fruit forward hops... like this one, horrible pic though, must be from that stuff that messed up my urine sample.

 

[camonick]

A fine Pilsner

 

[orionol73]

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

This taste better after a 12hr busy day at work.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB IPA as we have a wide spread outage

 

[camonick]

HB IPA as we have a wide spread outage

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Well, at least you don’t need electricity to pour beer.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Since it's dark out
HB 12% RiS w/chocolate/Chilies

 

[grampamark]

Prost Kölsch

 

[Pehlman17]

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[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[orionol73]

 

[ClaudiusB]

This is the wrong time of the year for our far-west Texas rain.
I am drinking inside a Dampfbier..

 

[ClaudiusB]

This taste better after a 12hr busy day at work.

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Enjoy your oak-aged lager. For me, it's no longer an Oktoberfest.

 

[beermanpete]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Enjoy your oak-aged lager. For me, it's no longer an Oktoberfest.

Like living in the 12th Century eh? I know of 3 styles. There's great beer, okay beer and bad beer. This was okay.

 

[Snuffy]

 

[buckinin]

Coffee. Took the day off work for a brew day! Haven’t brewed since December. Life got busy this year. But it’s great to be back! Brewing a Citra IPA.

 

[ClaudiusB]

Like living in the 12th Century eh? I know of 3 styles. There's great beer, okay beer and bad beer. This was okay.

Living in the old days? Breweries knew how to store beer in wooden barrels without imparting wood flavors. The process is still used today by the last tru wood barrel-using breweries.

 

[Dgallo]

Went to grab a few slices and found a treat in their cooler lol

 

[Bramling Cross]

Carb check on the Munich lager I kegged yesterday. It's sitting beside the final sample I pulled off the German pils I brewed today.

 

[BrewZer]

Bottle #2 of the Frankenweizen's Monster.

It's a good little monster!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Living in the old days? Breweries knew how to store beer in wooden barrels without imparting wood flavors. The process is still used today by the last tru wood barrel-using breweries.

Do you have a favorite readily available Oktoberfest? Or just a Texas favorite?

 

[grampamark]

Lunch beer. Don’t hate me-it was on sale.

 

[ClaudiusB]

Do you have a favorite readily available Oktoberfest? Or just a Texas favorite?

I will keep you up-to-date as soon I get this year's free Texas and national Oktoberfest beers. For next week I received just regular beers.

 

[ClaudiusB]

Went to grab a few slices and found a treat in their cooler lolView attachment 856245

Enjoy it, don't blame the beer for your waistline change like so many are doing.

 

[Rish]

HB wheat

 

[Bramling Cross]

The brewery is cleaned up and the prep work is done for a batch of Lazi Ji. Time for an Australian Sparkling Ale while I ponder why my neighbor has replaced the Escalade he finally fixed last night with another Escalade.

 

[Rish]

After my HB wheat I decided to have a store bought one. Spoiler: theirs is waayyy better! But, hey, they've been brewing about 979 years longer than me. I'm sure mine will be better by the time I've brewed that long.

 

[camonick]

Twas my very first beer.

 

[orionol73]

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Twas my very first beer.

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Mine was a Genesee, so hb cream ale at the moment.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I will keep you up-to-date as soon I get this year's free Texas and national Oktoberfest beers. For next week I received just regular beers.

That sounds like a nice gig!

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