What are you drinking now?

[TexasTea]

Little Rose Little IPA, 4.4 ABV, uses mosaic hops, pilsner malt and a super secret house yeast- brewed right up the street at Lone Pint Brewery. It's citrusy and hoppy, its pretty good. HBT on the puter screen in the background, beer sitting in the famous 'BEER CHEMISTRY" glass. It don't get any better than this.

 

[buckinin]

Settling in to watch some college football.

 

[Beermeister32]

Well today is Friday, 4:00. As my Dear Ol’ Dad was known to say, “It’s Miller Time!”

The week’s work is more or less done, so no blender for today! Straight-up Sierra Nevada Electric Torpedo West Coast IPA. I can’t believe that my entire box of IPAs are now gone! Amazing how fast dedicated beer drinkers can chug through a half-rack, eh?

It really is amazing how many IPA variations are being produced. Twenty years ago during the big growth in home brewing and commercial craft brewing, I guess we should have seen it coming. Back then there were maybe 10 different IPAs in the cold case, and growing each time you went there. Today, if I go into the craft brewing section of Total Wine or Bevmo, the IPA choices are absolutely endless.

I did an IPA tour about a year or two ago and was really amazed at the variety of styles, but surprised at the range of production quality as well. While the most IPAs were generally good, it was clear that a lot of these were from limited run or pilot batches. Some of them I suspect canned just to get the batch out the door and get rid of it, brewing crud and all in a number of examples.

Not with Sierra Nevada! This is a fantastic IPA, in fact all of Sierra Nevada’s IPAs are fantastic, as are all their regular and seasonal releases. So good, I may need to go round up another 12 pack of these Hopsters, they’re great! Cheers!

 

[Tony B]

Happy Friday!
We’ve got a big event at work tomorrow and will be featuring some Mission Brewing beers. I brought home a six pack of tall boys. Strictly for R&D purposes.

 

[Rish]

Haven't seen this from Schneider Weisse before. Delicious wheat eisbock made from their doppelbock. Malty, dried fruit/fig, caramel, medium sweet. 12%; alcohol isn't there on the palate but it is apparent by the time you finish it! This is good!

 

[buckinin]

Hb lemon lavender saison

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[Tony B]

Haven't seen this from Schneider Weisse before. Delicious wheat eisbock made from their doppelbock. Malty, dried fruit/fig, caramel, medium sweet. 12%; alcohol isn't there on the palate but it is apparent by the time you finish it! This is good!

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You should be head of their marketing department.

 

[pshankstar]

These bangers today.

 

[bwible]

 

[day_trippr]

Hahaha! My personal Way Back Machine remembers those mixers from eons ago.
Kinda surprised they still make 'em

 

[bwible]

Hahaha! My personal Way Back Machine remembers those mixers from eons ago.
Kinda surprised they still make 'em

There’s supposed to be a daquiri, a collins, and one other. The whisky sour is the only one I’ve seen. They have them at Walmart and other places. Surprisingly, its not terrible for a lazy way to make a drink. And something different.

 

[RumOnTheDocks]

Well after you tweak the next one please consider sharing the recipe.

Oh I certainly will, I just need to make sure it's tweaked to my liking before I share with everyone.

 

[Immocles]

 

[ClaudiusB]

Today is my Sunday.
Celebrating with a homemade German Dampfbier or steam beer.
Cheers

 

[Pennine]

A saison for lunch.

 

[MaxStout]

Went hiking in a NWR an hour out of town, had a brown bag lunch, then into a nearby town for a brew at Lupulin Brewing.

I had their Vienna lager which was quite nice. Mrs. Stout opted for the Kolsch, which didn't taste like a Kolsch at all. It was good, but over-hopped, more like an APA or IPL. It didn't have those Kolsch nuances. She couldn't finish it so I had to step up.

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Ahhh…finally, the first beer in a while, and first of many for the long weekend. Warlock watermelon sour, by local New Level Brewing. It’s a quencher, with true watermelon taste and a nice grain finish. It’s good to have a local, we’ve had 4 awesome breweries shut down in the past year because of fire, Liberal taxes and the tariffs. Drink locally!!

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Okay, that sour went down like water, so I’m taking a page from the book of @Rish and having my own Eisbock. Wow, what a great beer. Plum and fig for sure, but might save the other one for autumn. Too hot for brewing today at 31°C (88 F) so I’ll have a go early tomorrow…maybe. Cheers!!

 

[Rish]

This very tasty ale brewed in Dunbar, Scotland.

 

[Beermeister32]

Well here you go. Beer the way the ancient Düsseldorf Brewers Guild would have us drinking it. Two pathetic little 200 ml Dinksters of Altbier!

I do have to hand it to Three Weavers – a historic rendition of authentic Altbier if there ever was one. Clone brewers out there, perk up! – fantastic Alt – copper colored, slight touch caramel flavor but not cloying, 5% ABV, Pilsner with some Vienna and Dark Wheat, Cara Munich and Carafa II malts, tasty hoppy flavor, superb head and lacing, crystal clarity. A super-clean, well-lagered Ale… These are your benchmarks!

These glasses though – REALLY???!!! These look and feel like the children’s jelly glasses we were given once we graduated from drinking milk from a plastic bag or carton with a pointy straw! I mean C’mon! This is what we drink from? Numerous Dinksters and hissy servers all night long and not one big Chugworthy Maßkrug???!!! Girlieglas! Wimps!

 

[Pennine]

One left, might have to do a restocking. Classic.

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Long Shadows strong IPA, from an Alberta local, called Blindman Brewing. Easygoing for 7.1%, hoppy and clean…Moteuka?

There’s a little stream/river called the Blindman…haven’t fished there in years, might even be dried up.
The long shadows, however, are perfect this time of year, along with a true IPA. To the fish!! Cheers!

 

[Rish]

HM aranacello

 

[leedspointbrew]

HB Irish Red / dark mild while catching up with Colter Shaw.

 

[SanJuanWorm]

So great, we have rain!!! Thank you for the precipitation Idaho and Montana! Boy howdy we needed it here.
It’s fitting well

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Okay. Started into the heavy. Had one before. Flip Pallot died, but most people are unaware. One of the best saltwater fly anglers in the world died. Sigh. Flip and my old boss were friends. Sigh. To the fish!!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Weekend begins now. Big day tomorrow. 35th Anniversary family get together.

Love to see all the sad faces in Austin today.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[day_trippr]

Okay. Started into the heavy. Had one before. Flip Pallot died, but most people are unaware. One of the best saltwater fly anglers in the world died. Sigh. Flip and my old boss were friends. Sigh. To the fish!!

For 20~30 years or so back Flip got me out of bed early Saturdays to watch his Walker's Cay Chronicles. Would not miss it - unless I was off flyfishing somewhere.

It's been a tough few years for fishing greats. Along with Flip, A.K. Best passed this year, and John Gierach (fly tying guru) died last year, and Dave Whitlock the previous year. I met Whitlock, Gierach and Best at various United Fly Tying or Trout Unlimited confabs, never had the pleasure of meeting Flip.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Night cap

 

[BongoYodeler]

Enjoyed an Oktoberfest Märzen from Summit Brewing with dinner this evening, at Binkies on the Lake in Rochester, MN.

 

[CJ-3]

Drinking the Blonde ale I brewed last month. Color is a tad off but it was an extract batch that I full boiled instead of holding some back on. Taste is pretty good though.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Friends of the family has a son who's on the Utah football team. Freshman and probably won't play but supporting since I want to see UCLA lose. Favorite time of the year!

Bargain Bin from 2024

 

[SanJuanWorm]

For 20~30 years or so back Flip got me out of bed early Saturdays to watch his Walker's Cay Chronicles. Would not miss it - unless I was off flyfishing somewhere.

It's been a tough few years for fishing greats. Along with Flip, A.K. Best passed this year, and John Gierach (fly tying guru) died last year, and Dave Whitlock the previous year. I met Whitlock, Gierach and Best at various United Fly Tying or Trout Unlimited confabs, never had the pleasure of meeting Flip.

I never met ‘Flip’ but used to work with one of his best friends. I understand what he is doing.

His voice and relationship with Lefty is so precious, and that’s how I remember him. I’m reminded of his standing up cast, strength and 70 footers. Go baby go!!

 

[Chris Cardona]

HB IPA with Zappa hops.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Home brewed.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Hb cream ale, crystal clear. This one I named struggle bus, cause its a good hair of the dog beer... so yesterday was my fantasy draft party followed by one of my closest friends 40th bday, so yeah, I'm on the struggle bus. Great to see some posts from @SanJuanWorm !!!
Cheers!

 

[SanJuanWorm]

You bet @bailey mountain brewer , slow and steady wins the race.
I’m slamming’ a Clam, with lime. Woo

 

[Pennine]

Black and tan with the HB porter and bitter. I wanted to get the keg of bitter on the engine and didn't want to waste the porter that was in there.