Small glass of the hydrometer sample. My latest, a 5.2% SMaSH pale ale just kegged. Golden Promise and Krush. Tastes just a little green, but otherwise quite good. Should be really nice in a week or two.
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This Helles is starting to hit its stride. 
Vacation-almost--starts now. Project review completed this morning and headed home with a stop at Treehouse to wfh. Pollen and Canadian wildfire smoke. Yum
Steely Dan playing in the background
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Sounds like a near-perfect day.
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Hazy Dayz IPA Leland Brewing Company, Leland,NC
Hazy Dayz IPA Leland Brewing Company, Leland,NC
Some booch with lunch, before I rack the watermelon mead.
NEIPA at the Fat Pelican bar in Carolina Beach. You walk into a big ass walk-in cooler and pick from a hundred or more beers, pay and sit down inside or out to drink.
Took a preliminary hydro sample of my imperial stout after 9 days, just to make sure fermentation is on track. OG was 1.090, this sample was 1.018, for 80%AA and 9.4%ABV. Notty not letting me down! Sample smelled and tasted good, so I might drink the whole thing.
The beer needs to sit another 3 weeks or so in the FV, then I'll add 16oz oak-soaked bourbon to the bottling bucket, bottle and let it age several months.
The beer needs to sit another 3 weeks or so in the FV, then I'll add 16oz oak-soaked bourbon to the bottling bucket, bottle and let it age several months.
On the lighter side...my HB 4.6%ABV oatmeal stout.
HB wheat
Yuengling
My German pils.
Well sad to say I have failed you all. I searched high and low in the temperature controlled and expansive Beermeister32 Bierhoard, and I couldn’t find another example of a beer like Stone Arrogant Bastard.
I did find this nifty can stuck in the way-back….. another orphan, this time Trumer Doppelgänger Lager! Trumer is best known for their outstanding Pilsner. Trumer Pils proudly displays all 18 of those gold medals right there on the can, I think the best Pilsner brewed in America. Did I say America? Yes, we know Trumer is based out of Salzberg, Austria, but they know a sun-baked, dry and beer-parched California market when they see it! Their Berkeley location is now a fixture in the Northern California brewing market. After all the new booze tariffs, there’s a real benefit to brewing in the US… Take that Euro brewers! Who’s laughing now!!!
Doppelgänger does share a couple similarities to Arrogant bastard though. Although this is a Lager and not an Ale, it is a big Lager, 5.7% ABV, and it is all hopped up and ready to party! Not quite an IPA though, this one slides in there between a heavy Lager and IPA (don’t say the IPL jargon, it doesn’t exist!) It’s a refreshing and hoppy big beer. If you like “the Bastard,” you’ll like “the Doppelgänger!” Prost!
I did find this nifty can stuck in the way-back….. another orphan, this time Trumer Doppelgänger Lager! Trumer is best known for their outstanding Pilsner. Trumer Pils proudly displays all 18 of those gold medals right there on the can, I think the best Pilsner brewed in America. Did I say America? Yes, we know Trumer is based out of Salzberg, Austria, but they know a sun-baked, dry and beer-parched California market when they see it! Their Berkeley location is now a fixture in the Northern California brewing market. After all the new booze tariffs, there’s a real benefit to brewing in the US… Take that Euro brewers! Who’s laughing now!!!
Doppelgänger does share a couple similarities to Arrogant bastard though. Although this is a Lager and not an Ale, it is a big Lager, 5.7% ABV, and it is all hopped up and ready to party! Not quite an IPA though, this one slides in there between a heavy Lager and IPA (don’t say the IPL jargon, it doesn’t exist!) It’s a refreshing and hoppy big beer. If you like “the Bastard,” you’ll like “the Doppelgänger!” Prost!
Tasty Pilsner zwickelbier
That is a style that confuses me to no end because I've never had one. I really need to go out and hunt down some cans.
I forgot to put the cod in the fridge to defrost last night, so I have time for one of my hefes while I wait. I decided to go full tourist mode on this one since lemon is part of tonight's recipe. Claudius will probably skin me alive for this and he'll be right to do so.
German pils with cheesesteak .. on a steak roll, mayo, shaved ribeye, sauteed peppers and onions, pizza sauce and sharp provolone. Usually shrooms but somehow they got missed at the store.. this is not the standard philly style, in fact I'm not sure what style it is, central PA 
donno, it's not the only way I make them but I certainly enjoy it.
donno, it's not the only way I make them but I certainly enjoy it.
Fellowship of the drink beers! Yum!
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Same, and Kellerbier is one of my favorite lager styles.
Something to wet the after work whistle.
HB neipa
Night cap I guess… I didn’t notice the ABV before I opened it. Maybe it’ll help with my tight back.
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HB bitter.
That little glass of 18%ABV cyser won’t fit in the bottles, so I’ve no choice but to drink it. It’s really tasty, so a toast to my co-brewer!
Still a sucker for any all Galaxy beer.
Esp when it’s a larger brewery with likely good selection.
Esp when it’s a larger brewery with likely good selection.
I was listening to this interview on my morning commute. Good stuff! Thanks for the link!
I had this with lunch earlier today.
HM cider
Kegged yesterday, my first oyster stout. Ringing in at 8.2% and wow did this turn out nice. In my new favorite glass.
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Pizza Beer Trial #3 – Tasty but a failure! I was playing around with ratios here, first with 25% Old Rasputin, the second with half of that. That’s right, the dark “Pizza Beer” rendition in the photo is only about 12.5% Rasputin. This just goes to show how easy you have to go on dark, inky coloring agents (like black malt for example). A little goes a long ways! It’s too dark!
Well, how does 12.5% Old Rasputin and 87.5% Victoria Vienna lager taste? Really terrific! It’s just not a Pizza Beer along the lines of the 1970’s target beer. I have to say, even at these low concentrations, a lot of Old Rasputin still shows through. That’s probably why those British and Irish Ale Brewers easily cranked out both Stouts and Porters. A Porter is just a few clicks off of some of those Stouts, just a few tweaks to the Stout formulas or blending of the post boil wort and you have Porter. Pizza beers would have been Lagers of course rather than Ales, but the same concepts would apply to Lagers.
So my search for the perfect easy to produce, easy drinking 1970’s Pizza Beer continues… !
Well, how does 12.5% Old Rasputin and 87.5% Victoria Vienna lager taste? Really terrific! It’s just not a Pizza Beer along the lines of the 1970’s target beer. I have to say, even at these low concentrations, a lot of Old Rasputin still shows through. That’s probably why those British and Irish Ale Brewers easily cranked out both Stouts and Porters. A Porter is just a few clicks off of some of those Stouts, just a few tweaks to the Stout formulas or blending of the post boil wort and you have Porter. Pizza beers would have been Lagers of course rather than Ales, but the same concepts would apply to Lagers.
So my search for the perfect easy to produce, easy drinking 1970’s Pizza Beer continues… !
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