What are you drinking now?

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Moving forward....

 

[Rish]

Following a question from @T Murph , HM ginger beer Moscow Mule. I'd never had one before. Ginger taste, a little heat and the lime juice play very well together. I like it! Thanks, T Murph.

 

[TwistedGray]

Imp brown

 

[MaxStout]

A nice Doppelbock today.

 

[Beermeister32]

Bohemian Dark Lager Beer. Boy, now there’s a classic style! I feel like I should be in some castle somewhere drinking my Lager and eating my venison at a 13th century old oak table wearing my Medieval cloak with a big fireplace warming the room!

Old Prague produces a tasty Dark Lager. This is a bit more roasty than many Dark Lagers, and at 4.4% ABV, falls right in line with the rest of the easy-drinking Czech Lagers in that 4-5.5% ABV range. Seems like that’s where they hold their brews to, no extremes here.

A lot of this likely has to do with the way taxes are collected – brewers are an easy target for many European taxing authorities where the brewer gets charged based on the OG of the worts produced. Higher ABV, higher revenue collected. ^%^%$#$@%*& …… Enjoy!

 

[bwible]

HB Doppelbock in the right glass. Yep thats the beer I was trying to make.

 

[bwible]

Courtesy of my cousin.

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I’m sitting on a bottle of this I got a few years ago. I’m in PA, we had to enter and win a lottery for the opportunity to buy it. The one and only time I’ve been able to get it. It’s Old Rip, people will say its not really Pappy. But probably the closest I’m ever gonna get. I’m not sure when I’ll open mine.

 

[Dog House Brew]

This is a big tasty beer. Bourbon barrel, roasty, caramel, 11%. Delish. View attachment 865699

Then I’m buying some!

 

[bwible]

HB Pre-pro lager

 

[ClaudiusB]

Not much is going on tonight. I am getting ready for the next brew.
Cheers!

 

[Rish]

A little HM blackcurrant wine for dessert.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

More pain killers...

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Finished cleaning up my "Brew years day" batch for 25 and sitting down to scan the school closings for tomorrow. Too easy to just announce now what your know you are going to do dind 6 hrs from now...
Keto kicks back in Wednesday so enjoying my carbs now:

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Friend dropped off a 4-pack this afternoon, it's awesome! And the homebrewer in me is already looking at those ingredients and visualizing a clone recipe...

 

[pshankstar]

Changing it up tonight.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

SN Celebration clone is way to light but 8days in tastes pretty good.

 

[whoaru99]

I’m sitting on a bottle of this I got a few years ago. I’m in PA, we had to enter and win a lottery for the opportunity to buy it. The one and only time I’ve been able to get it. It’s Old Rip, people will say its not really Pappy. But probably the closest I’m ever gonna get. I’m not sure when I’ll open mine.

He said they had Pappy 15 and 20 too, but he wasn't feeling quite that generous. LOL.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Going to dump a Rye IPA on top of the Celebration clone. Looking at using CTZ/Cascade and then Nectron for whirlpool/dry hops.

Free beer!

Edit, trying to convince these guys to Brew and keg a 12% Barleywine but I think they see though my plan...

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Left to right, Imperial Pastry Stout, Hazy DIPA and Marzen. First time at Fast Friends, right on I35 East side.

Not too shabby

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Helles (small) and WCIPA

 

[RumOnTheDocks]

Another HB brown ale. I really seem to be enjoying dark beer lately. Might need to brew something new in short order.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Grodziskie sample fro the fermenter, I’ll probably bottle it tomorrow or Wednesday.

 

[MaxStout]

I have a few bottles of HM RHL still in the fridge, that we didn't drink over the holidays. Cracked one open today.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Pinthouse Pizza

 

[Rish]

HB wheat

 

[DeanRIowa]

I do like Czechvar beers, the dark lager is nice:

 

[Beermeister32]

I really have to hand it to the sales staff at Old Prague for introducing a ton of their brews to the US market. It’s something I wish a lot of other Czech, Austrian and Swiss brewers would follow. Especially the Swiss, buncha taildraggers…. Let’s work on “them numbers!”

Seriously though, we love Swiss brews. There just isn’t enough of the other types to satisfy the bone dry, dusty, thirsty, hot, parched palates of the Southern California beer brethren….. for that matter, throughout the US and the 51’st state!

OK, Ok, we’ll do those beers later. Today a completely delish and predictable 4.8% Czech Lager. This one’s right out of central casting folks, just exactly what you’d expect from an easy-drinking, 4.8% ABV beer. I think you’ll like this, give this brew from the fellas and gals at Old Prague a try!

 

[Rish]

This is good stuff!

 

[Rish]

Walmart sells tasty, fake, machine-made pretzels too.

I'm astounded that a sophisicate such as you would know what is sold at Walmart and even moreso that you know how it tastes!

 

[BongoYodeler]

RHL

 

[day_trippr]

HB Juicy Bits clone in one of my many favorite glasses

Cheers!

 

[camonick]

A nice beer on a cold snowy Colorado night. This tastes a little more like a Russian stout than a Schwarzbier but still very good. Thank you @Section1

 

[bwible]

Having some George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey No. 8. Very much puts me in mind of Jack Daniels (old No 7). Many similarities but also different. First time I tried this. Really smooth and a nice price point - I’d buy it again.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Pouring old HB down the drain to clean and reuse the bottles. Gotta taste it first right?
2020 Grodziski with juniper. It placed in War or the Worts comp in 2023. Still drinkable but juniper and smoke are gone, err at least I can’t taste them

 

[RumOnTheDocks]

Trying to save up some homebrew since my stock is slowly drying out (the holidays took quite a toll on it)

 

[Willy]

This is a has been - yup.
It has been great!
European Blonde Ale
(called Kona the Barbarian)
6.8 ABV. Amarillo hops added late to boil is killing me with awesomeness.

 

[MaxStout]

Tried the first bottle of HB ordinary bitter. Not too shabby--I'm pleased.

Time to load some into the fridge, as I'm running low on other HB. If I don't keep the pipeline filled I might have to resort to buying some beer.

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[Rish]

HM cider. Pretty good at 2 months in the bottle.

 

[Beermeister32]

Well here it is – the most well known Czech-Austrian-Swiss beer of all time and really one of the benchmarks in world brewing history. Pilsner Urquell, the first and the defining brew of a style which later took off as the Pilsner movement across the globe!

Based in Plzeň, Czech Republic and deriving the Pilsner name from this home town, Pilsner Urquell is THAT beer where it all came together – a mildly hoppy lighter color drinkable style to become what we know as Pilsner. Think of all the brews across Europe, America, Asia, in the far East – Everywhere they are drinking Pilsners. And it all started here with this brew.

I’d say the American and German styles have drifted slightly away from the easy-drinking 4.4% ABV Czech Lager I’m drinking tonight. A Bavarian Pilsner is a bit different, the US counterparts from the major brew houses have a completely different product they call Pilsner. Czech Pilsner is mellow and easy drinking, as are many of the Czech Lagers I’ve been enjoying at the past two weeks. As always the Saaz hops predominate these brews. Pilsner Urquell also is one of those brews using open fermentation vats. How they keep it all together when as homebrewers we’re all stressing over oxygen ingress is beyond me. A great beer!

There it is folks, my review of some of the other European brews from these fine beer drinking countries. Hope you enjoyed reading it half as much as I did drinking it! Vypijte si Plzeň!