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Hotel beer. Ready for a weekend of softball for my daughter. Last big tournament of the summer.
 
Sorry, I've been MIA from this thread a few days. We have a friend and his family from Germany, visiting. Been here 3 days, spending 4 more, then they will fly to Las Vegas to rent a car and tour some national parks. Dieter has been to the US several times before, but first time for his daughter and girlfriend.

We've been showing them the sights, to the north shore of Lake Superior yesterday, and went for BBQ today and a brewery. The Americana experience.

They brought a few bottles of the local brew from their town of Heubach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg. And some Bretzeln from their local Baeckerie.


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I just love beers like this – Hazy IPA’s that aren’t hazy! I’m looking on the can, what do I need to do, shake it up like a can of spray paint? Hmmm. Mission makes fantastic IPA’s – love ’em! This “Hazy” is as clear as a micro-polished Pilsner! “Hey, who forgot to add a scoop of haze murk to the “Waves” tank anyway? !!!”

This is my last entry for Mission Brewing, I’ve drank them all! Says it is a “Fruit Forward – Tropical - Juicy, 6.2% ABV Hazy. At least that’s what it says on the can!

OK, so it is a bit “Fruit Forward Tropical and Juicy” – but not over the top. Easy drinking and a real beauty (I prefer my IPA’s West Coast, crystal clear anyway.) I guess I mentally compare this to Voodoo Ranger Juice Force and it seems very restrained. Mission Brewing’s “Waves of Haze” is better for drinking in quantity I think. Chug!

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A 6oz sample glass of the hefeweizen I brewed three weeks ago. I'm very pleased with how well the Lallemand Munich Classic yeast performed. First Hefe I've brewed and was nervous about dry yeast options - I'd say this one's a winner.
I used that for my last Hefeweizen and was very pleased
 
A 6oz sample glass of the hefeweizen I brewed three weeks ago. I'm very pleased with how well the Lallemand Munich Classic yeast performed. First Hefe I've brewed and was nervous about dry yeast options - I'd say this one's a winner.

I used that for my last Hefeweizen and was very pleased

Really pleased to hear that! Years ago I tried WB-06 and that put me off dried hefe yeast. I have 10lbs of wheat that's been hanging around for a while. I think I might give that a shake.

One sachet is an acceptable pitch rate for a normal gravity hefe?
 
Really pleased to hear that! Years ago I tried WB-06 and that put me off dried hefe yeast. I have 10lbs of wheat that's been hanging around for a while. I think I might give that a shake.

One sachet is an acceptable pitch rate for a normal gravity hefe?
Yes. That’s all I used. I fermented a little on the cooler side because I prefer more clove flavor opposed to a banana bomb
 
Really pleased to hear that! Years ago I tried WB-06 and that put me off dried hefe yeast. I have 10lbs of wheat that's been hanging around for a while. I think I might give that a shake.

One sachet is an acceptable pitch rate for a normal gravity hefe?

I've used Munich Classic for Hefeweizens a few times and a single packet was plenty for a 5-6 gal batch.
 
Really pleased to hear that! Years ago I tried WB-06 and that put me off dried hefe yeast. I have 10lbs of wheat that's been hanging around for a while. I think I might give that a shake.
I improvised because I would've bought WLP300 but it was 95F for a full week so I had to go with dry yeast.

Now I'm trying to decide what to brew with the yeast harvested from that batch. I've been leaning toward either a Dunkelweizen or a Hopfenweisse
 
Sorry, I've been MIA from this thread a few days. We have a friend and his family from Germany, visiting. Been here 3 days, spending 4 more, then they will fly to Las Vegas to rent a car and tour some national parks. Dieter has been to the US several times before, but first time for his daughter and girlfriend.

We've been showing them the sights, to the north shore of Lake Superior yesterday, and went for BBQ today and a brewery. The Americana experience.

They brought a few bottles of the local brew from their town of Heubach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg. And some Bretzeln from their local Baeckerie.


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Did you like the Golden Märzen?
 
That’s what I call an over-carbonated Coors Light!


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I'm assuming it had a substantial carbonic bite, did it push the hops forward? Any sort of carbonic twang?

Not taking a cheap shot here, but I can't help but think it improved the beer? I ask because I've been toying with significantly increasing the gas on my Panther Piss series of beers. If for no better reason than that's about the last thing that I haven't given a thorough goofing around with regarding that series of beers.
 
Sweet, beautiful, cool rain.

I enjoyed a wonderfully soggy 5-mile stomp through the woods at Ft. Washington earlier this afternoon. I turned fifty earlier this year and I'll be damned if stomping puddles and playing in the mud will ever get boring! Then, soaked and filthy, I drove my hairdresser's car home with the top down. Rain is the best!

Celebrating with a big Willi full of Panther Piss Classic while I clean the interior.

Joy!
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I'm assuming it had a substantial carbonic bite, did it push the hops forward? Any sort of carbonic twang?

Not taking a cheap shot here, but I can't help but think it improved the beer? I ask because I've been toying with significantly increasing the gas on my Panther Piss series of beers. If for no better reason than that's about the last thing that I haven't given a thorough goofing around with regarding that series of beers.
Well, I didn't really notice anything like that. Maybe it is because Coors Light is so lightly hopped it didn't stand out. Just a buncha fizz! I think the beer tender at this restaurant has the regulator set a bit high - Not sure. I find I'm liking mine around 9 psi these days, this one had to be at least 12 I'd guess!
 

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