What are you drinking now?

[MaxStout]

Digging that mug

Ikea

Edit: I forgot to add the link, as I was in a hurry on my phone earlier. They also have a 1L version.

 

[whoaru99]

Hits the spot on a hot, humid evening.

 

[skleice]

GF NEIPA

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Anyone able to get their hands on this? Would love a trade!
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Bingo!

One of those impressive simplicity brews. A little stone pit and funkiness.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Weekend starts now with this whatever

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Yum yum!

 

[BongoYodeler]

A half pour of my HB Imperial Stout.

 

[beermanpete]

 

[camonick]

Sláinte

 

[Takeshi_pilis]

HB Hazy mango pale ale

 

[grampamark]

HB Wheat Ale after deciding it’s too hot to work outside.

 

[lawdawg]

Gils Pils slow pour @ lua brewing

 

[lawdawg]

West Coast Pilz @ Lua

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Brewed today, used my steam condenser lid cause it's nasty hot and I brew in my basement, that worked great, but I didn't adjust for the lack of boil off like an idiot so I got a low OG and an extra gallon of volume. Oh well, it'll be beer.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Short pour of my 4% HB British Style Bitter brewed in June. It’s beginning to clear nicely, the color is where I want it but there’s a brief but weird bitterness that’s both unpleasant and unexpected that I don’t think is hop related. It fades quickly and allows the malt character to present itself. I bittered with Fugles and also added EKG for flavor. Quite familiar with both hops, but this bitterness is different, which only adds to this mystery. Hopefully it mellows over time.

 

[MaxStout]

Too hot and humid outside, so a margarita indoors.

 

[lawdawg]

DDH Des Moines IPA. Excellent!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Enough chatting about it! 1st day for the rest of our life has begun. Asheville,NC exploration trip is set for late September. Hiking, looking at potential early retirement spots and, of course, craft beer. Been years since I've been this excited for a trip.

 

[Rish]

Lemon wine I bottled 08/20/2020. 11%. Way too tart when I put it up, very drinkable now with no backsweetening.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Grilling some tips. Need some room in the fridge. Testing out what a little bit of age will do on this thing. Pretty good. Coffee adding more rather than less. 90°+? Why not?

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Grills taking it's time. Short Shadows

 

[Beermeister32]

Steigl Goldbräu – Pride of Salzburg, Austria! Is it a Helles? How about a “Gold” Lager? Beats me. Says Premium Lager on the can – so let’s call it that….. and Premium it is!

Steigl has been pumping out fine brews like this since 1492 – think about that. Columbus is hitting these American shores about the time Steigl was cranking out their first brews. If Columbus knew how good these Steigl lagers were, he might have skipped the ocean trip altogether - and headed straight for libation in Salzburg instead!

Goldbräu tastes a lot like a Helles to me, but since Steigl already has a Helles released in the US beer market, then it has to be something different. I guess we really need to taste these beers back to back to compare. I volunteer! 5.0% ABV, very restrained hopping, this is a beer that most people who are hop-adverse will enjoy.

Across the border from the Bavarian beer Mecca, Salzburg has breweries aplenty that uphold the high quality that the region is known for. I really enjoy this Steigl Goldbräu, I think you will too!

 

[Rish]

Very nice hefe.

 

[lawdawg]

Great Attitude Espresso Martini @ Nightingale in Des Moines

 

[beermanpete]

Made in Italy?!?

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB Belgian Tripel

 

[day_trippr]

Made in Italy?!?

Brewed by Peroni, I believe, which is owned by Asahi...

Cheers!

 

[RevKev]

Was hoping since I had the unitank down to 50F and at 12PSI I could pull a sample. I think I made a huge mistake with dry hopping 6gal with 1lb of hops.

I'm sure if I get any beer out of this it'll be nice. I'm gunna cold crash this to 40F... wait and see. Don't think I'll keg tomorrow, but definitely going to try to fine the hops out with gelatin.

 

[camonick]

Home from a great big brush/ wheat stubble fire. Need something to wash down the smoke and dust.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Feel like I'm being watched...

 

[camonick]

Enough chatting about it! 1st day for the rest of our life has begun. Asheville,NC exploration trip is set for late September. Hiking, looking at potential early retirement spots and, of course, craft beer. Been years since I've been this excited for a trip.

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I think Asheville has a large craft beer scene. North Carolina as a whole does too. I hope to visit my wife’s brothers in Wilmington and Mt. Airy next spring. It’s a cool state.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I think Asheville has a large craft beer scene. North Carolina as a whole does too. I hope to visit my wife’s brothers in Wilmington and Mt. Airy next spring. It’s a cool state.

I believe there's over 40 breweries in the area, including my work buddy's who just officially retired to move out there this week. The town we're currently focused on is Morganton which has 3 in it's relatively small community. State looks just beautiful to me. Hope you make it out!

 

[day_trippr]

Between the Nantahala National Forest and the Great Smokey Mountains National Park there's plenty of good fishing to be had ~40-60 miles west of Asheville. Used to make a trip down there every year in May but most of my fishing buddies down that way are fishing with the Big Guy now...

Cheers!

 

[Bramling Cross]

Short pour of my 4% HB British Style Bitter brewed in June. It’s beginning to clear nicely, the color is where I want it but there’s a brief but weird bitterness that’s both unpleasant and unexpected that I don’t think is hop related. It fades quickly and allows the malt character to present itself. I bittered with Fugles and also added EKG for flavor. Quite familiar with both hops, but this bitterness is different, which only adds to this mystery. Hopefully it mellows over time.

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Initially I figured, ah, dude used Target...

Okay, no.

Any idea which crop year those hops were from? About three years ago, when the UK had their first nasty heat wave, I remember seeing a satellite picture of Kent and it looked as brown as California's Central Valley, so I immediately purchased four pounds of EKGs and Fuggles. I'm set for a while, but aware that big changes are coming. I remember (was it ten years or fifteen years ago?) when the French started buying up hop farms in the south of England to grow grapes, that sure grabbed my attention. Farmers are cheap, but when they start spending money you know it's for real for real.

There are tons of great NA analogues for Continental hops, so I'm not worried about that--there's so many that even some of the really good ones don't even get planted anymore (Vanguard). We don't have any really, really good UK analogues and I really worry about that. It's going to be a damned shame to see EKGs not being EKGs anymore.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Here's a picture of the most recent ejecta from my #2 fermenter. More Panther Piss, who woulda guessed? Kegged last Sunday and poured into a Willi Bleicher for yesterday's usually quite unusual Giants game.

I'm late to the party tonight because I had a lot of pages of likes and loves to give and I also wrapped up my observations about Jasper Yeast's Franconian Lager yeast. Long story short, just don't.

Anyway, here's my most recent love letter to fancy bum beer:

 

[BongoYodeler]

Initially I figured, ah, dude used Target...

Okay, no.

Any idea which crop year those hops were from? About three years ago, when the UK had their first nasty heat wave, I remember seeing a satellite picture of Kent and it looked as brown as California's Central Valley, so I immediately purchased four pounds of EKGs and Fuggles. I'm set for a while, but aware that big changes are coming. I remember (was it ten years or fifteen years ago?) when the French started buying up hop farms in the south of England to grow grapes, that sure grabbed my attention. Farmers are cheap, but when they start spending money you know it's for real for real.

There are tons of great NA analogues for Continental hops, so I'm not worried about that--there's so many that even some of the really good ones don't even get planted anymore (Vanguard). We don't have any really, really good UK analogues and I really worry about that. It's going to be a damned shame to see EKGs not being EKGs anymore.

Checked my YVH email receipts and found that the bittering hop was 2023 Fuggles (13.6ibu's @ 60mins), but I was mistaken about the later addition hop, it wasn't exactly EKG, but instead 2023 UK Goldings, (11.2ibu's @30mins; and 4.5ibu's @ 5min). I had never used UK Goldings before, and the only reason I ordered that was probably because YVH was out of EKG at the time. I assume UK and EK Goldings are very similar, if not the same, but maybe from another farm perhaps? If so that wouldn't, or shouldn't, be what's causing this weird bitterness I would think. I'm wondering if perhaps one of the two varieties was mis-labeled and is not what I think they are. Hmmm, the thick plottens.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Earlier this evening. met our daughter, SIL, and grandkids down in Santa Barbara for dinner. But first a quick stop on State Street for a beer at Institution Ales tasting room. This one's called RX Pils, a German style Pilsner. Meh, could have and should have been better.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Checked my YVH email receipts and found that the bittering hop was 2023 Fuggles (13.6ibu's @ 60mins), but I was mistaken about the later addition hop, it wasn't exactly EKG, but instead 2023 UK Goldings, (11.2ibu's @30mins; and 4.5ibu's @ 5min). I had never used UK Goldings before, and the only reason I ordered that was probably because YVH was out of EKG at the time. I assume UK and EK Goldings are very similar, if not the same, but maybe from another farm perhaps? If so that wouldn't, or shouldn't, be what's causing this weird bitterness I would think. I'm wondering if perhaps one of the two varieties was mis-labeled and is not what I think they are. Hmmm, the thick plottens.

Honestly, I'd stop using YVH for imported hops, they're so, so expensive and no matter who you buy from, you're always getting the cuts that nobody in Europe wanted--so why pay through the nose for YVH imported hops? MoreBeer, B3, whatever they are these days are frequently cheaper and often *much* better.

Personally, I really like Hops Direct. They're cheap (provided you're confident to go really big on an order) and I like their quality vs. YVH for imported stuff. For domestic stuff, YVH is quite good...but it always seems like it's cheaper elsewhere and I've not noticed YVH being better quality.

They are much better at marketing, I'll give them that.

Regarding UK Goldings vs EKGs, I can't offer anything useful. When I first started brewing they were just Goldings, not UK, not East Kent. Just Goldings. Once I got my swill tasting good, Kent Goldings were a thing, then EKGs became a thing and I've never looked back.

Not sure if that's useful, but that's the extent of what I know...for what it's worth.

 

[MaxStout]

Honestly, I'd stop using YVH for imported hops, they're so, so expensive and no matter who you buy from, you're always getting the cuts that nobody in Europe wanted--so why pay through the nose for YVH imported hops? MoreBeer, B3, whatever they are these days are frequently cheaper and often *much* better.

Personally, I really like Hops Direct. They're cheap (provided you're confident to go really big on an order) and I like their quality vs. YVH for imported stuff. For domestic stuff, YVH is quite good...but it always seems like it's cheaper elsewhere and I've not noticed YVH being better quality.

They are much better at marketing, I'll give them that.

Regarding UK Goldings vs EKGs, I can't offer anything useful. When I first started brewing they were just Goldings, not UK, not East Kent. Just Goldings. Once I got my swill tasting good, Kent Goldings were a thing, then EKGs became a thing and I've never looked back.

Not sure if that's useful, but that's the extent of what I know...for what it's worth.

Good advice on getting UK hops from Hops Direct. Never bought from them before but I'll remember that for next order.

Don't remember where I read it, but I recall someone (a vendor, perhaps) saying that the different Goldings are the same variety and it's the terroir that sets them apart, with East Kent being the most sought-after. They even parsed it out based on what part of Kent it was grown. That being 10 or 20 miles away in a different part of the same county made a difference.

But, it was on the internet, so it can't be wrong, amiright? Someone correct me if this is bs.

I probably couldn't tell the difference, anyway.

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

I'm gonna drink little green apples, 'cause it might rain in Minneapolis in the summertime.

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In proper glassware ...