What are you drinking now?

[beermanpete]

Back to beer...

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

A bottle of HB imperial pumpkin-spice stout (1.120 -> 1.040) that I brewed a loooong time ago. It was weird for well over a year (tap water had lost a lot of it's usual CaCO3 load due to monstrous rains). Tonight? It's pretty amazing!

 

[pshankstar]

For research. My homemade limoncello with pomegranate & blueberry juice with some mint leaves from our mint plant. Thanks @TwistedGray that plant comes back every year!
This might be dangerous for next weekend as we are away for a basketball tournament.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A pint of my Landlord clone.

 

[Willy]

Just got my first taste test on the HB American Brown - Live at the Apollo, in honor of the Godfather of Soul. It is about 2/3 of the way to fully carbed ... Oh my it is delicious.
I feel good.
I knew that I would.

 

[RCope]

HB pilsner featuring Zumo hops. Cleared nicely, tapped just two days ago. Really an amazing beer, the Zumo is indeed very citrus forward, reminds me of Citra with less "bite". But it is a pilsner, so much lower hop saturation compared to an IPA or even a Pale. Unfortunately, my best flavor descriptors are "good" and "not good" ;-). This one is definitely "good". And in one of my favorite glasses. Cheers!

 

[Pennine]

HB pilsner featuring Zumo hops. Cleared nicely, tapped just two days ago. Really an amazing beer, the Zumo is indeed very citrus forward, reminds me of Citra with less "bite". But it is a pilsner, so much lower hop saturation compared to an IPA or even a Pale. Unfortunately, my best flavor descriptors are "good" and "not good" ;-). This one is definitely "good". And in one of my favorite glasses. Cheers!
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Nice glass

 

[RCope]

@camonick gets around ;-). As rumor has it...

 

[leedspointbrew]

A bottle of HB imperial pumpkin-spice stout (1.120 -> 1.040) that I brewed a loooong time ago. It was weird for well over a year (tap water had lost a lot of it's usual CaCO3 load due to monstrous rains). Tonight? It's pretty amazing!

I have a pumpkin in the fridge from 2024. Not an Imperial, but I hope it undergoes a similar transformation. Because it most definitely was not amazing last I checked.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Got to look on the bright side. I'd take a month of constant showers instead of of a month of pollen storms. Beautiful day. Weatherman said sun by dinner. RAIN

 

[Rish]

SA Golden Pils

 

[Lampy]

Rye Ale made with hefeweizen yeast, so roggenbier? Are you supposed to drink it with the yeast resuspended? I didn't do that here.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Graffiti Highway. Another delicious Troegs IPA.

 

[Beermeister32]

There is no end to the kaleidoscope of brews coming out of the San Diego area. Sometimes you have to recognize when you are in the “Good Old Days”…. In this case, the “Good Old Days” for brewing in San Diego is today, in the present, like right now!

Salty Crew is a 2020 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal winner. Produced by Coronado Brewing, Salty Crew is a scrumptious 4.5% ABV Blonde Ale, coming ‘atcha in that glorious 19.2 ounce stovepipe of a can!

Coronado Brewing is located on Orange Avenue in Coronado – yes the same Orange Avenue and just a few minutes from the famous Hotel Del Coronado, site of the 1959 Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon movie “Some like it Hot!” I’ve actually had a beer at the Hotel Del Coronado…. I’ve gotta try a Coronado beer there next time! Oh, for you non-purists out there, there’s a colorized version available of the movie – I recommend it!

All you Kolsch drinkers out there, I’m still trying to sort out the nuances between a good Kolsch and a Blonde Ale, I guess lagering time would be the giveaway on the Kolsch - which is really a non-starter with this tasty brew - it is clean and crisp, just like a Kolsch which might have been lagered a few months. So go figure…! I think you’ll like this…. Enjoy!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Pre gaming the FOTD. Gotta get the mojo flowing. These things are so tough to put age in them. Disappear quickly

 

[RCope]

HB Mango Sour. I've brewed a crap ton of fruit beers: IPAs, wheats, and sours.You name the fruit, I'm pretty sure that I have tried it. I came from the opinion that "fruit and beer do not mix". But me and my friends seem to agree; fruit, fully fermented out, can result in a great flavor experience. Mango is my favorite. Mango and beer seem to really go together well.

My last 3 sours have been with Philly Sour. The others (14), L. plantarum. Philly Sour is easy, results in a gentle souring with a less than mouth puckering pH. And you can add hops pre-fermentation. Has worked well with papaya, lychee and now with mango. All of which were grown in my back yard (S. Florida). I have two mature mango trees...this years harvest is amazing. This one is fruit left over from last year. 6 lbs of fresh frozen...

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB neipa, hitting its prime.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[camonick]

A weekend camping trip with the homebrew club I joined… drinking a bunch of HB and sharing some beers I got from @Pennine .
Homebrew Raspberry hard lemonade is a big hit too.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

 

[Pehlman17]

Not to get too acronym-heavy but, IMHO the GOATs.

 

[Beekeeper]

HB "TBFHB" Altbier

Should have selected a cleaner glass, but SWMBO reports "I could drink this all day!"

 

[BongoYodeler]

A nice DDH wcipa from North Park. Hopped with Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, Columbus, Citra, and Amarillo.

 

[Rish]

Delicious oatmeal stout.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Delicious oatmeal stout.
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Classic.

 

[JohnDBrewer]

First glass of the Big Brew Day - Citra Session IPA. Goes down nice no hop burn for a beer 4 days in the keg. A little less than 5%. Not hot out this evening but has the making of a hot day pool side drinker.

 

[BongoYodeler]

First glass of the Big Brew Day - Citra Session IPA. Goes down nice no hop burn for a beer 4 days in the keg. A little less than 5%. Not hot out this evening but has the making of a hot day pool side drinker.

Sounds great!! But a picture would quench my imagination!!

 

[beermanpete]

It is rather warm this afternoon, about 95 F. This helps me cope.

 

[JohnDBrewer]

Sounds great!! But a picture would quench my imagination!!

Oops. Alright that was the third glass. Now I got the photo posted.

 

[MaxStout]

Having a chilled sample of my first batch of HM limoncello. Very nice. Made about 1 gallon and split with a friend.

Thanks to @Rish and @pshankstar for their advice. This turned out great! Might try arancello next.

 

[kenmcchord]

My RIS called Dark Side of the Brew, 13% that I just added chocolate nibs and vanilla. Been sitting on this keg 2 1/2 years, about time it got into the rotation.

cheers

 

[RCope]

Still a classic. And thanks to @TwistedGray I've had the original which helped me with my second clone attempt immeasurably. That was about 3 years ago.

It is rather warm this afternoon, about 95 F. This helps me cope.

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But still not as clear (and light), and as bright as that! Jealous..Cheers! Rick

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

HB Mango Sour. I've brewed a crap ton of fruit beers: IPAs, wheats, and sours.You name the fruit, I'm pretty sure that I have tried it. I came from the opinion that "fruit and beer do not mix". But me and my friends seem to agree; fruit, fully fermented out, can result in a great flavor experience. Mango is my favorite. Mango and beer seem to really go together well.

My last 3 sours have been with Philly Sour. The others (14), L. plantarum. Philly Sour is easy, results in a gentle souring with a less than mouth puckering pH. And you can add hops pre-fermentation. Has worked well with papaya, lychee and now with mango. All of which were grown in my back yard (S. Florida). I have two mature mango trees...this years harvest is amazing. This one is fruit left over from last year. 6 lbs of fresh frozen...
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I always like the fruits that have pits and are wild.

I love berries but thinking it of as fermented they never taste fresh and the seeds add an odd tannin.

So it's seems like apricots and peaches with a woody pit adds a barrel like taste to my taste buds

Adversely didn't really like this fresh but found at the bottom of the cellar. Getting a good berry to it.

A great berry I've found in some meads is haskap/honeysuckle. Amazing. Growing some bushes of it and fighting with the chipmunk wars.

OT

 

[JohnDBrewer]

Moving on to the Big Brew Day - American Barleywine. Needs a little aging. Going to make a great winter warmer, 10% so a nice alcohol warmth, high ibu's with a nice sweetness in the middle, then dry on the finish. In the kegerator now, but I think I'll take it out to condition at cellar temp.

 

[Pennine]

HB dark mild, this one is hitting its stride now. Poured with the poor man's engine.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Took a day off yesterday. Enough of that

 

[Pehlman17]

Palate cleanser.

 

[Tony B]

Velvet Glow, a Helles by Russian River.
So good I went back for seconds.
I’m hoping the one in my fermenter is half as good.
Edit: seen partially to the left , I paired it with some fish-n-chips. x2

 

[Pehlman17]

There was a bit of chatter on this thread recently about how this beer might be too bitter. I can see where that comes from, but there’s also something so appropriate about it. This beer f*cks.

 

[Pehlman17]

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Palate cleanser.

Can’t wait for #69