What are you drinking now?

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Coffee now, later there will be beer and tastes of meads at an HBC meeting, and if more crappy news enters my ears, who knows there might be whiskey when I get back home. Sorry, liver.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

We don't watch news so all good!

All the grandkids at the house now and in the pool. We've determined 88F is the perfect water temperature...at least for the youngest granddaughter who has zero fat.

9% HBRHL

 

[Rish]

Toasted sugar cider bottled 11/21/2020. Was hoping for some caramel notes but didn't get them. Still a pretty good cider, though.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

This concoction I made, decent.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB Margarita while preparing for burgers/hot dogs. Mixed in chorizo for the burgers...see how that goes.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Hb Czech pils, starting to clear. Not there yet, though some of that is condensation..

 

[Rish]

Tasty dunkel

 

[MaxStout]

Good day for a G&T.

 

[camonick]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Heating up.

Edit, adding chorizo to the hamburger meat made it fall apart so a hamburger bowl..

 

[BongoYodeler]

Heating up.

Edit, adding chorizo to the hamburger meat made it fall apart so a hamburger bowl..

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Cheers!! A couple days ago I made my tried and true recipe of SW stuffed peppers. I use a mix of hamburger and chorizo, rice, flavored tomato sauce, spices like chilli powder, cumin, garlic, etc. and a one-inch cube Cotija pushed into the filling. Way better than plain old boring stuffed peppers.

 

[skleice]

Been crushing some Vodka Soda's. Nice and light in this heat and friendlier to the waistline...

 

[Dog House Brew]

My first time having this. Man I live in an IPA desert. What I find is that all these beers taste almost the same. It’s good, but give me my sorta WC any day. At $24 for 4 pack I’ll keep making my own.

 

[TwistedGray]

Hefty imp stout

 

[camonick]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

9% HB Tripel w/Oak and Chardonnay (x2)

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Dark mild and 8 samples of various meads that pretty much looked like these at the HBC meeting.

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

Hefty imp stout
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Brew dog is not impressed ...

 

[TwistedGray]

Brew dog is not impressed ...

Just distracted by her mother.

 

[Dgallo]

Well deserved after a long hot day painting the south side of the house. It’s going to look good when it’s all finished ( 2 sides down2 to go plus trim and dormers)

 

[corkybstewart]

Good day for a G&T.

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My wife's favorite drink. Though she prefers Hendricks if one our kids gives it to here for Christmas or her birthday. She says it's too expensive for us to afford.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Fun with margaritas. No mix only fresh lime juice. Jalapeno..

 

[corkybstewart]

Well deserved after a long hot day painting the south side of the house. It’s going to look good when it’s all finished ( 2 sides down2 to go plus trim and dormers)View attachment 853180View attachment 853181View attachment 853182

I love that blue.

 

[Dgallo]

I love that blue.

Thanks brother. Trim will be a light cream. They work well together. My wife is picking door colors so hopefully she doesn’t go pink but she has pretty good design taste and she’ll win regardless so it will look good lol

 

[T Murph]

@Dgallo I painted a former house that color once and everyone liked it. Good color choice.

 

[Rish]

Cyser bottled 11/25/2020, 9.5%. Very smooth, a hint of dark fruit. Pretty tasty.

 

[grampamark]

Good day for a G&T.

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My wife's favorite drink. Though she prefers Hendricks if one our kids gives it to here for Christmas or her birthday. She says it's too expensive for us to afford.

I need to rummage through the fridge to see if I have any tonic water. I have Bombay gin, but I’m a Robert Earl Keen fan.

“They got a motel by the water and a quart of Bombay gin…”

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB Lager

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Office water. You’re welcomed liver.

 

[grampamark]

J J Blonde after kegging an Amber Ale.

 

[Dgallo]

My hb’d funky dark with an esb grainbill fermented with French saison and funk weapon 1 aged on wild black raspberries, in my area we call them Black Caps (picked with the my kids, about 1lb/gal) and Pinot Noir condition oak spiral. Really happy with this beer. Super interesting with funk, tartness, berry, and vanillans from the oak. Comes off like a beer and red wine blend and finishes nice and dry with a jammy aftertaste. The tannins from the berry and the oak add a nice touch of bitterness that works well

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Spyglass sausage peppers, onions and mushrooms. Smoked sausage so good

50/50 collab with a mix of Kettlehead triple.

Dadbot on the left

 

[camonick]

HB Pilsner

 

[Rish]

Definitely some coffee coming through in this! Very tasty.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

With some HB pizza...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Still 90° and tropical as the sun sets. Hopefully the strong breeze and black clouds bring unexpected relief

Oops! Incoming. Time to watch the show

 

[Beermeister32]

Just like the political conventions, I say PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT! Here’s my face-off between Stiegl Hell and Stiegl Goldbräu! GREAT LAGERS!

First off – let’s put this one to rest – I think BOTH of these beers fit the Helles category. They are just a bit different from each other. Luckily, I have volunteered to put them to the test!

Looking at them, Stiegl Helles is a few steps lighter in color, still plenty malty. Goldbräu is just a touch darker, malty, but no hint of residual sweetness, - might be like if you mashed a bit of C-40 in the Helles batch or kept the decoction or boil going another 30 minutes. These are really close, like maybe they share more than we think.

Great and similar head, lacing and carbonation, these two are kissing cousins in my book. Cousinen küssen!!! Prost!

 

[skleice]

 

[tdf]

Hydrometer samples. German pils and the bitter. Verdant finished lower at 1.008 and is definitely more fruity. 002 is at 1.011.

And a short pour of the west coast pale ale. Not clear yet, it’s not been in the keg a week yet. Still a little hop burn too, but I think it has potential.

 

[hilljack13]

Pliney prodigy kit...finally cleared but the Pic makes it look cloudy.