What are you drinking now?

[TBC]

 

[SailorJerry]

First and last of the night while my frozen pizza cooks.
Counted what I consumed last night and decided I'd slow down for a night or two.

 

[fourfarthing]

Thx @TheEagleRising

 

[Dave Sarber]

First and last of the night while my frozen pizza cooks.
Counted what I consumed last night and decided I'd slow down for a night or two.View attachment 661059

Yup, the carnivore pizza is done, along with a tripel.

 

[lawdawg]

Nitro cherry stout @ bosque

 

[jimyson]

 

[satph]

Rye barrel Imperial Stout (tap 2)

 

[TBC]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[TBC]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Wow... don't see that out of central Texas very often.

Thx @TheEagleRising

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Beginners luck. Won the 1st practice round yet slaughtered by a BugBear in the 2nd. Surprisingly entertaining.

 

[TheEagleRising]

Wow... don't see that out of central Texas very often.Beginners luck. Won the 1st practice round yet slaughtered by a BugBear in the 2nd. Surprisingly entertaining.View attachment 661071

Was just in College Station

 

[fourfarthing]

Wow... don't see that out of central Texas very often.Beginners luck. Won the 1st practice round yet slaughtered by a BugBear in the 2nd. Surprisingly entertaining.View attachment 661071

Its only got 5 minutes left.

 

[camonick]

My first taste of this style. @PianoMan Quad. Took a little getting used to, but I like it.

 

[satph]

HB Helles Lager (tap 1)

 

[orionol73]

Really coming together

 

[jimyson]

Juicy

 

[fourfarthing]

 

[lawdawg]

HB Maple Amber (tap 4). No water added, only maple sap (which is 98% water).View attachment 661054

Do tell

 

[lawdawg]

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They really need to do another sensi

 

[TwistedGray]

HB Brown

Secret Santa via HBT

 

[jaymosbeershack]

Robust porter with choclate coconut donuts. Not much coconut, but its still very good.

 

[6Tap]

Converting to hazy IPA’s at Slice Brewing

 

[orionol73]

Hydration

 

[satph]

Do tell

A neighbor got me tapping my maple trees a few years ago. Last year I decided to make a beer with the sap. This article suggested adding some Epsom salt and calcium chloride to the mash water. So I added 1.35g of each to 9 gallons of sap. I mashed an amber malt bill. Boiled with 24 IBU cascade. I added 1lb of Jaggery sugar (Mosher says Jaggery adds maple flavor in Radical Brewing) and 1lb of maple syrup post flame out. Fermented with California yeast. I was concerned that the maple flavor would ferment out, so I added 2.5 teaspoons of Fenugreek which I read is used to make artificial maple flavor.

It took a while for the beer to hit its stride. I didn't care for it at first. Eventually it cleared and the maple flavor started to shine. I'm really happy with it. That said, the maple sap is about 2°Brix coming out of the tree, so it's more of a gimmick than a necessary ingredient. When I do it again, I'm going to cut the Fenugreek as I'd rather not have artificial flavor. This year I'm considering using the maple sap for a big sweet stout and for the 2020 BoC gingerbread brown.


Club soda (30 psi) Tap 5

 

[camonick]

Another first for me... @PianoMan RIS
I like

 

[lawdawg]

A neighbor got me tapping my maple trees a few years ago. Last year I decided to make a beer with the sap. This article suggested adding some Epsom salt and calcium chloride to the mash water. So I added 1.35g of each to 9 gallons of sap. I mashed an amber malt bill. Boiled with 24 IBU cascade. I added 1lb of Jaggery sugar (Mosher says Jaggery adds maple flavor in Radical Brewing) and 1lb of maple syrup post flame out. Fermented with California yeast. I was concerned that the maple flavor would ferment out, so I added 2.5 teaspoons of Fenugreek which I read is used to make artificial maple flavor.

It took a while for the beer to hit its stride. I didn't care for it at first. Eventually it cleared and the maple flavor started to shine. I'm really happy with it. That said, the maple sap is about 2°Brix coming out of the tree, so it's more of a gimmick than a necessary ingredient. When I do it again, I'm going to cut the Fenugreek as I'd rather not have artificial flavor. This year I'm considering using the maple sap for a big sweet stout and for the 2020 BoC gingerbread brown.


Club soda (30 psi) Tap 5
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Just a thought but if you can get your hands on some chevalier malt it might work great with either of those. Substitute 1/2 of your base malt with it. Hard to describe its contribution but it seems to work best in darker beers. But I think it would work well with maple....

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Yeah, its a bit on the oaky side. I'll end up bottling the rest. Hopefully it'll tone down.

My first taste of this style. @PianoMan Quad. Took a little getting used to, but I like it.

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[Scturo]

Pre yard work beer, this is very good,

 

[pshankstar]

Pre yard work beer, this is very good,
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I’ve seen that on the shelves here and have been interested in it. I may have to pull the trigger and get a 6-pack soon.