What are you drinking now?

[Bramling Cross]

Here's my house ordinary bitter that I kegged yesterday. It's a bit clearer than it looks. As you can see we're enjoying some T-storms at the moment and I just finished cleaning up after a brewday, so it's a sauna in here! There's zero hope of not having that glass instantly fog up.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Having a HB pale ale, paired with a delicious and nutritious mid-afternoon snack.
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Oh, I see you've enrolled in one of those beer and food pairing sommeliers courses. Gotta keep learning to keep the wheels turning, right?

 

[Section1]

Homebrew English Table Ale.

 

[MaxStout]

Oh, I see you've enrolled in one of those beer and food pairing sommeliers courses. Gotta keep learning to keep the wheels turning, right?

Now I'm looking for a beer to pair with Ramen noodles. Maybe Old Milwaukee. Bring back that nostalgia from my broke-ass college days.

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB pale ale

 

[Bramling Cross]

Now I'm looking for a beer to pair with Ramen noodles. Maybe Old Milwaukee. Bring back that nostalgia from my broke-ass college days.

The Beast is a great idea. It's a surprisingly versatile beer when it comes to food pairings. There's very little it doesn't go with.

I have elected to pair an ALDI brand frozen corn dog and ALDI brand yellow mustard with my hefe. The sprightly effervescence of the hefe's carbonation dances hand in glove with the corn dog's turgid greasy-ness while the sweet malt, banana, and spice notes of the hefe both contrasts and complements the corndog's sickening combination of sweetness amplified by excessive saltiness and the mustard's blandness.

 

[Lampy]

Wheat Stout. It is so cold and the weather so humid that there is a cold condensation "vapor" flowing off my glass! Unfortunately this does show up in the pic.

 

[Rish]

SA winter lager

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Freak Folk. Heavy hops here. Came for the hazies loved the lager

Aaaand friggin sun!!!!!

A Loving Tongue
Brewed with American barley and oats. Hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra.

Melted
Brewed with Nelson, Citra, & Galaxy hops

Impressed with their lager Pronghorn

Unfiltered Barvarian-Style Helles Lager. Spunded for natural carbonation and lagered for 6 weeks.

 

[Pennine]

HB dark mild next to the German Pils I just brewed. Surprisingly happy with those husky huskless malt from Briess.

 

[Pennine]

Freak Folk. Heavy hops here. Came for the hazies loved the lager

Aaaand friggin sun!!!!!
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A Loving Tongue
Brewed with American barley and oats. Hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra.

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Melted
Brewed with Nelson, Citra, & Galaxy hops

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Impressed with their lager Pronghorn

Unfiltered Barvarian-Style Helles Lager. Spunded for natural carbonation and lagered for 6 weeks.
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I find myself enjoying the lagers more and more these days at brew pubs. Isn't an unfiltered Helles also known as a kellerbier?

 

[Bramling Cross]

HB dark mild next to the German Pils I just brewed. Surprisingly happy with those husky huskless malt from Briess.

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Is that the malt gems?

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB hazy

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Ubering thru the mtns. Some Hill Farmstead.

George and What is Enlightenment

 

[Rish]

Another grandson share. Flemish sour ale. Very tasty; malt, a little berry sweetness, not too tart, 5.5%. Good stuff.

 

[Pennine]

Is that the malt gems?

Yes, with a bit of Munich and Vienna.

 

[loganklaas]

A local variety pack. This is a good IPA.

 

[Beermeister32]

Miller Lite, the light beer that started it all for most of us anyway…! Miller Brewing Company had what I considered a very good beer back in the 70’s. I know it was one of them I was always drawn to it had a great flavor for the times, and they did a terrific job at making a light beer – I can remember the tag line well – Tastes Great, Less Filling! But what’s that “A Fine Pilsner” on the can? HA!

The real Miller High Life was the “Champagne of Beers!” It even came in clear bottles. How the heck did they pull that one off without it going skunky? It was years later that we learned that modification of hops and hop oils could reduce the skunking tendencies of unshielded beer. Quite the trick!

It wasn’t always wonder and sunshine however. I can remember back in the day being about in the 6th grade. I had a can of Miller stashed away, just waiting for the day when I had an empty house to try it out. Let’s see, it was stored downstairs in a warm room next to the workbench.

So Mom and my siblings clear out and I’m finally alone. I rush downstairs, pop the top and dump in a good mouthful of warm Miller beer. YUUUUCCCCKKKK!!!! My God, how can people drink this s……!

All is better now, I get it. I love Miller and I love Miller Lite. You should too! Cheers!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

As James Brown would say Hot Tub!!!

 

[Tony B]

Had a rough hump day at work. Time to cool the dogs off and relax.

 

[Pennine]

Not digging the last couple of bottles of this for some reason? A little to sharp and acidic?

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

After work x2....how many days left...331-31vac days, so 300 even work days, I think, max?

 

[camonick]

 

[camonick]

My back hurts so damn bad, I don’t know if I can drink enough of these.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Laying flat at work tomorrow

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Cascade. It's what's for breakfast

Freak Folk Yodel NZ Casacade

 

[hopfenstopfen]

I’m used to being jealous of you. Are you en route to Hill Farmstead anniversary?

Cascade. It's what's for breakfast

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[Bramling Cross]

Juuuuuust beat the evening T-storm home, celebrating with the ordinary bitter I kegged two days ago.

 

[MaxStout]

Chillin' with a Duvel. In a Piraat tulip. Devils and pirates.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Annoyed that the Giants are losing and my pint of ordinary bitter is hazy and bit rough from the keg hops, I hit on the idea to place three drops of 85% phosphoric acid into a new pint glass and pour another. With the first wave of evening T-storms having rolled through, I'm not sure how well the photographs demonstrate the degree of clarity that I picked up simply by adding three drops of acid. The ale still exhibits a noteworthy haze, but it has cleared by a couple of shades. The pH dropped from the original pint's pH 4.1 (on the high side for a UK ale) to pH 3.7 (a bit on the low side for a UK ale). More importantly, the roughness from the keg hops is gone, the grist is more forward, and the fruity-ness of the yeast has been pushed forward. The ale is much improved for the addition of the acid.

The thing that I don't get is that this ale was brewed specifically to hit the post-boil pH 5.0 window, so .25oz of keg hops shouldn't have been that big of a deal--especially when you consider how aggressive UK yeasts tend to be with regards to lowering the pH of an ale. I considered adding some acid to the keg to counterbalance the hops, but decided to be lazy. It's only .25oz, right?

This is just a data point, so I'm not sure that I've really learned anything. But I do have a batch of Ron Patinson's 1971 Boddington's plummeting toward TG in the fermenter. I think I'll keg that one with .25oz of EKGs and, I don't know, 1ml of phosphoric? I normally run 1ml/oz of dry hops, so I think I'll go heavy on the acid with this next batch just to see what happens.

So here's the acid treated second pint.

Here's a third pint, in the same glass (hurray for tiny little UK ales), that hasn't been treated with acid. I hope you guys can see the difference. When the ale is in front of you, it's quite obvious. On the tongue, it's no contest.

Here’s the third pint, treated with three drops of phosphoric.

Edit: and here’s that third pint having been allowed to sit for 10-15mins while the acid does its thing.

 

[Rish]

HB brown

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB pale ale

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I’m used to being jealous of you. Are you en route to Hill Farmstead anniversary?

15th anniversary!? Of course. I've never been there and needed an excuse. I had messaged the guy that was in charge of their funk project and was let go. He started his own place called Wunderkammer. A lot of foraged wild stuff.

I joined his inner club so I pushed myself to visit here. Did some scouting on some trout rivers. Started off beautiful and then like five times rain coming upside down. Back and forth. It was like being in a washing machine.

I wasn't planning on visiting the Alchemist but I deserved it. Heady on pull

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Now at Docs. HF Double Nelson and choices

 

[camonick]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

A soft drink. I think gin would be a good addition.

 

[Rish]

SA OVP. Last one until next fall.

 

[Beermeister32]

Beer-Loving Daughter #3 jetted to New York yesterday – what better celebration than to tip back a New York light beer! Genessee has been around since 1878. That’s pretty amazing, but what is really incredible is that Genessee beer shows up 2500 miles away here on the Left Coast!

There are a lot of East Coast folks here in California, that might explain shipping in some of the local favorite beers like Genessee. You can always tell the East Coasters – They’ll say things like “the beer selection is GREAT out here…! The center of their beer reference point is still in the East. Rather than saying “the beer selection is GREAT here, they say “out here” as if their point of reference is still in New York.

Genessee makes Ales and Lagers, I can only guess this is a Lager. Genessee Light is a 4% ABV light beer with a great flavor – this light actually tastes a lot bigger and heavier than you might think! Give it a try, this is a great Porch Pounder!

 

[Pennine]

A pint of Colorado Best HB. I will definitely brew this one again.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Beer-Loving Daughter #3 jetted to New York yesterday – what better celebration than to tip back a New York light beer! Genessee has been around since 1878. That’s pretty amazing, but what is really incredible is that Genessee beer shows up 2500 miles away here on the Left Coast!

There are a lot of East Coast folks here in California, that might explain shipping in some of the local favorite beers like Genessee. You can always tell the East Coasters – They’ll say things like “the beer selection is GREAT out here…! The center of their beer reference point is still in the East. Rather than saying “the beer selection is GREAT here, they say “out here” as if their point of reference is still in New York.

Genessee makes Ales and Lagers, I can only guess this is a Lager. Genessee Light is a 4% ABV light beer with a great flavor – this light actually tastes a lot bigger and heavier than you might think! Give it a try, this is a great Porch Pounder!

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I saw a regular Genny in the cooler at a SLO store a few days ago. Surprised me.
Now, if we can only get Genny Cream Ale out here!!