What are you drinking now?

[Horseflesh Inferno]

My Dark Rider. A milk stout that was a new recipe for me. I really like how it turned out.

Image was AI generated, then I added the text in photoshop

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I have a bunch of that in my fridge, not really a fan. Wife seems to like it though.

It was a bargain bin beer but yeah, not their best. Triple got tapped, sad times. Making a 5gal batch next time..

 

[Rish]

HB honey malt.

 

[orionol73]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

12.5% RiS should help the sadness, along with a full and clear pool and living in a great and free country in a universe that allows conscious beings to exist pondering their own sadness.

Anyway, OT

 

[Rish]

Finishing off the TJ's Belgian dark ale I opened a couple of days ago. Expected it to be flat but it's still nicely carbed. Unibroue makes some good beers.

 

[Beermeister32]

Those of you who know me will agree – I’m a bona-fide antique and history nut. That’s why I got so excited when I found this LAST AND FINAL Mission beer!

What’s great is that this is a re-make of the classic 1913 recipe brewed at the original Mission Brewery. That’s right, this is a PRE-PROHIBITION lager! It’s like taking a trip into our “Brewing Past”, San Diego-style! Going down Mission Memory Lane!

Old Mission Lager is a respectable 4.5% ABV, 10 IBU beer, which was very typical for the time (still is on many styles.) Perfect for quenching your thirst after coming in shipboard to the San Diego port, or after a day of digging through the San Diego hillsides with pick and shovel. Just what the Brewmeister ordered!

This really is a great, drinkable lager. I’d like to thank Mission Brewing for taking this on. I’d like to see a lot of other brewers in the country take a stab at re-creating some of the other fine beers in our country’s past. It’s what our Great-Grandparents drank!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

My Dark Rider. A milk stout that was a new recipe for me. I really like how it turned out.

Image was AI generated, then I added the text in photoshop


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That's an awesome AI generated picture. I've done a few myself.

 

[camonick]

HB Pilsner

 

[Horseflesh Inferno]

That's an awesome AI generated picture. I've done a few myself.

It sure makes it easy when you just want a quick cool label but don't want to think about it too much

 

[MaxStout]

It sure makes it easy when you just want a quick cool label but don't want to think about it too much

Yeah, nice job on the label (I know, AI did some of the heavy lifting). But the concept is cool. I've been noodling a bit on CoPilot, and there's a thread where people post their images.

BTW, your username kinda checks out.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

HB coffee porter on nitro

 

[orionol73]

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Local pepper beer.

 

[Section1]

Yuengling Lager at Outback Steak house.

 

[Section1]

Blooming Blonde Ale, pretty good beer.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Hb Czech pils in the most improper glass I had on hand, not a peanut jar like @Bramling Cross though...

 

[Horseflesh Inferno]

Yeah, nice job on the label (I know, AI did some of the heavy lifting). But the concept is cool. I've been noodling a bit on CoPilot, and there's a thread where people post their images.

BTW, your username kinda checks out.

I've been using MagicShot because it was being offered for free a few weeks ago. It's kinda cool, but sometimes the images are just way out there.

 

[Rish]

A little nightcap of Chinese rice wine. Sweet, a little tart, tasty.

 

[pshankstar]

Friends went out of town earlier this month and asked if I could mow their yard while away. I said sure for some Colorado beer.
They brought back 34 beers from various breweries. What a surprise and grateful too!
These are just a few of what they brought back.

 

[camonick]

View attachment 854309View attachment 854310Friends went out of town earlier this month and asked if I could mow their yard while away. I said sure for some Colorado beer.
They brought back 34 beers from various breweries. What a surprise and grateful too!
These are just a few of what they brought back.

At least they didn’t bring back a bunch of banquet and keystones.

 

[TwistedGray]

Mango sour and a Cali Common at ASB

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Nitro cold brew my English barley wine is about ready to go into the fermentor.

 

[Rish]

HB brown

 

[Bramling Cross]

Due to last year's truncated brewing season, I've been jonesing for a bitter. So I decided to steal a march on the '24 UK brewing season and, with the aid of the Whitbread dry strain, I've fired up my UK brewing season in July.

I kegged the first batch, a 1.040 ordinary, this afternoon. It's not my best work because I designed it to be guzzle-able in August, but it scratches the itch. The recipe is dead simple: Otter, my #2 invert, Bramling Cross, EKGs and Imperial's Whitbread dry strain.

I'm really impressed with the Whitbread dry strain. I haven't used it in years because I decided it was a bit milquetoast* compared to Fuller's or the T. Taylor strains, but it's getting the job done in this ale. There's no mistaking this ale for anything other than a UK-style ale. I'm wondering if my much improved O2 mitigation is placing the strain in a better light? More likely, I'm just desperate for a bitter fix.

*Edit: Upon reflection, I think only White Labs had a widely available version of the strain when I last used it and it's been my experience that they tend to deploy the best science available to suck the soul out of most of the strains they touch. So maybe it's a White Labs thing?

 

[TwistedGray]

 

[Bramling Cross]

Hb Czech pils in the most improper glass I had on hand, not a peanut jar like @Bramling Cross though...
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I'll trade you the peanut jar for the dog.

Deal?

 

[Rish]

Vitus weizendock. This is a really good beer. Slight fruit aroma, some clove, a little sweetness, nice mouth feel, 7.7% abv. Glad I found it!

 

[camonick]

HB IPA.
I was going to fill a few bottles of this to take to the little homebrew judging contest at my county fair on Saturday, but got 2/3 of the first bottle filled and my keg blew foam.
I’m really behind on brewing!!! I only have a few pints left of HB Pilsner and I’ll be dry.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Nearly done mashing the second brew of the day, I’m gonna steal some for a hot scotchee, but with whiskey.

 

[Bramling Cross]

HB IPA.
I was going to fill a few bottles of this to take to the little homebrew judging contest at my county fair on Saturday, but got 2/3 of the first bottle filled and my keg blew foam.
I’m really behind on brewing!!! I only have a few pints left of HB Pilsner and I’ll be dry.
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August is the worst month of the year. I can't help but think that, as brewers, if we all banded together we could make a positive change and have August skipped.

Going straight into September would make the world a better place.

 

[BongoYodeler]

August is the worst month of the year. I can't help but think that, as brewers, if we all banded together we could make a positive change and have August skipped.

Going straight into September would make the world a better place.

But when would we brew our Oktoberfest beers?

 

[day_trippr]

In March, of course. Like you're supposed to

Cheers!

 

[Bramling Cross]

But when would we brew our Oktoberfest beers?

It's 2024, get with the times. You brew your Oktoberfest beers on September 1st with a Kviek yeast. That gives them two full weeks of laggering before showtime.

 

[BongoYodeler]

In March, of course. Like you're supposed to

Cheers!

You obviously don’t know of my epic procrastinative tendencies.

 

[camonick]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Hot scotchee.

 

[beermanpete]

Manhattan.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

I'll trade you the peanut jar for the dog.

Deal?

There might be days when I would agree to that hahah.. but a hard no.

Ot this from @Agent While doing a weekday brew.. pretty good.

 

[Bramling Cross]

There might be days when I would agree to that hahah.. but a hard no.

Fair enough, I recognize that you're an experienced negotiator.

What about the hat? It's fetching. I also have an unmarked 3/4lb of hops that have been living in my freezer for at least eight years, if that sweetens the deal.