What are you drinking now?

[Hoppy2bmerry]

With borscht and assorted pierogi.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[orionol73]

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[Pehlman17]

(Please pardon the crumbs and the dog hair )

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Some Perseid action. Got a big one on camera. Much brighter then it shows. With HB Cherry Quad

 

[ian59]

I think everyone who is into hoppy ales need to take a walk down the historic past of IPA’s going back to Jolly Ole England. Back in the day, crafty brewers stuffed kegs with bacteria-inhibiting hops so that the beer would make it unscathed during the long ocean voyage to India without souring…. (hey, those sours are pretty popular these days…!)

This Samuel Smith India Ale (hmmm what happened to the “P”? !!!) is an authentic and great rendition of what was sent out on the water back in the day. Taj Mahal on the label, and coming in at 5% ABV, Samuel Smith’s India Ale is open-fermented in Yorkshire squares at the old Tadcaster Brewery. Chew on that one for a bit. Here in Merica we are doing somersaults trying to reduce Oxygen ingress from every nook, cranny, transfer and fermentation vessel and purging our kegs with CO2 to boot. These English guys turn around and ferment a hoppy ale in an open fermenter. It won Gold medal in 1896! Go figure!

This is a delicious ale, it has the slight fruitiness that I come to expect from some of their work. I drank a big mixed box of Samuel Smith beers last year, and a number of them also had the same background fruitiness, sort of a residual sweetness. After looking at British teeth, that might explain a few things. That’s a joke.

Not nearly as hoppy as a West Coast IPA, it is still hoppy and delicious. I say buy what you can find, this is a great and historic brew! Cheers!

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I think everyone who is into hoppy ales need to take a walk down the historic past of IPA’s going back to Jolly Ole England. Back in the day, crafty brewers stuffed kegs with bacteria-inhibiting hops so that the beer would make it unscathed during the long ocean voyage to India without souring…. (hey, those sours are pretty popular these days…!)

This Samuel Smith India Ale (hmmm what happened to the “P”? !!!) is an authentic and great rendition of what was sent out on the water back in the day. Taj Mahal on the label, and coming in at 5% ABV, Samuel Smith’s India Ale is open-fermented in Yorkshire squares at the old Tadcaster Brewery. Chew on that one for a bit. Here in Merica we are doing somersaults trying to reduce Oxygen ingress from every nook, cranny, transfer and fermentation vessel and purging our kegs with CO2 to boot. These English guys turn around and ferment a hoppy ale in an open fermenter. It won Gold medal in 1896! Go figure!

This is a delicious ale, it has the slight fruitiness that I come to expect from some of their work. I drank a big mixed box of Samuel Smith beers last year, and a number of them also had the same background fruitiness, sort of a residual sweetness. After looking at British teeth, that might explain a few things. That’s a joke.

Not nearly as hoppy as a West Coast IPA, it is still hoppy and delicious. I say buy what you can find, this is a great and historic brew! Cheers!

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I think everyone who is into hoppy ales need to take a walk down the historic past of IPA’s going back to Jolly Ole England. Back in the day, crafty brewers stuffed kegs with bacteria-inhibiting hops so that the beer would make it unscathed during the long ocean voyage to India without souring…. (hey, those sours are pretty popular these days…!)

This Samuel Smith India Ale (hmmm what happened to the “P”? !!!) is an authentic and great rendition of what was sent out on the water back in the day. Taj Mahal on the label, and coming in at 5% ABV, Samuel Smith’s India Ale is open-fermented in Yorkshire squares at the old Tadcaster Brewery. Chew on that one for a bit. Here in Merica we are doing somersaults trying to reduce Oxygen ingress from every nook, cranny, transfer and fermentation vessel and purging our kegs with CO2 to boot. These English guys turn around and ferment a hoppy ale in an open fermenter. It won Gold medal in 1896! Go figure!

This is a delicious ale, it has the slight fruitiness that I come to expect from some of their work. I drank a big mixed box of Samuel Smith beers last year, and a number of them also had the same background fruitiness, sort of a residual sweetness. After looking at British teeth, that might explain a few things. That’s a joke.

Not nearly as hoppy as a West Coast IPA, it is still hoppy and delicious. I say buy what you can find, this is a great and historic brew! Cheers!

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[ian59]

I think everyone who is into hoppy ales need to take a walk down the historic past of IPA’s going back to Jolly Ole England. Back in the day, crafty brewers stuffed kegs with bacteria-inhibiting hops so that the beer would make it unscathed during the long ocean voyage to India without souring…. (hey, those sours are pretty popular these days…!)

This Samuel Smith India Ale (hmmm what happened to the “P”? !!!) is an authentic and great rendition of what was sent out on the water back in the day. Taj Mahal on the label, and coming in at 5% ABV, Samuel Smith’s India Ale is open-fermented in Yorkshire squares at the old Tadcaster Brewery. Chew on that one for a bit. Here in Merica we are doing somersaults trying to reduce Oxygen ingress from every nook, cranny, transfer and fermentation vessel and purging our kegs with CO2 to boot. These English guys turn around and ferment a hoppy ale in an open fermenter. It won Gold medal in 1896! Go figure!

This is a delicious ale, it has the slight fruitiness that I come to expect from some of their work. I drank a big mixed box of Samuel Smith beers last year, and a number of them also had the same background fruitiness, sort of a residual sweetness. After looking at British teeth, that might explain a few things. That’s a joke.

Not nearly as hoppy as a West Coast IPA, it is still hoppy and delicious. I say buy what you can find, this is a great and historic brew! Cheers!

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[ian59]

Stayed in motorhome for three nights plus took a tour of Bateman's brewery located in Lincolnshire.
Here they brew using the open "Yorkshire square" method.
This is my favourite brewery with the best beers in my opinion.

I think everyone who is into hoppy ales need to take a walk down the historic past of IPA’s going back to Jolly Ole England. Back in the day, crafty brewers stuffed kegs with bacteria-inhibiting hops so that the beer would make it unscathed during the long ocean voyage to India without souring…. (hey, those sours are pretty popular these days…!)

This Samuel Smith India Ale (hmmm what happened to the “P”? !!!) is an authentic and great rendition of what was sent out on the water back in the day. Taj Mahal on the label, and coming in at 5% ABV, Samuel Smith’s India Ale is open-fermented in Yorkshire squares at the old Tadcaster Brewery. Chew on that one for a bit. Here in Merica we are doing somersaults trying to reduce Oxygen ingress from every nook, cranny, transfer and fermentation vessel and purging our kegs with CO2 to boot. These English guys turn around and ferment a hoppy ale in an open fermenter. It won Gold medal in 1896! Go figure!

This is a delicious ale, it has the slight fruitiness that I come to expect from some of their work. I drank a big mixed box of Samuel Smith beers last year, and a number of them also had the same background fruitiness, sort of a residual sweetness. After looking at British teeth, that might explain a few things. That’s a joke.

Not nearly as hoppy as a West Coast IPA, it is still hoppy and delicious. I say buy what you can find, this is a great and historic brew! Cheers!

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Stayed at Bateman's brewery campsite plus a brewery tour was included, had a great time and got to sample the beers.
Bateman's are my favourite beers and here is a photo of "Yorkshire Square" open fermentation method employed there .
The brewery is located in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.

 

[ian59]

Stayed in motorhome for three nights plus took a tour of Bateman's brewery located in Lincolnshire.
Here they brew using the open "Yorkshire square" method.
This is my favourite brewery with the best beers in my opinion.

Stayed at Bateman's brewery campsite plus a brewery tour was included, had a great time and got to sample the beers.
Bateman's are my favourite beers and here is a photo of "Yorkshire Square" open fermentation method employed there .
The brewery is located in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Been complaining this week the network has been wonky. Today it went down at 4. TGIF!!!!

This may or may not contain a Coke

 

[Rish]

AL brewed Belgian white ale. Pretty tasty.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Raspberry Hard Lemonade

 

[orionol73]

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

When the brewery comes to you. Another pop at the farm down the road. New brewery Modest Roots. Raining out. Supporting local.
Cream Ale. Pretty good

May tip the farmers 8 yo son to Uber my azz home on his little John Deere. My house is just in the woods over the hill

 

[Rish]

HM honey wheat graf. 6 months in the bottle, definitely improving. I should slow down on drinking them!

 

[Jmspears]

HB session hazy ipa. I’d say it drinks more like a pa. Could have gone a little heavier on the bittering additions. Still a very good beer. Easy drinking

 

[orionol73]

 

[Beermeister32]

I’m in a dark mood today. I guess dark could mean many things, depressive, gloomy and foreboding. Hey at least I don’t have 6.7” of rain dumping on me like Beermeister32 daughter #3 tomorrow. Ha! Luckily, my dark mood is a mood for Dark IPA!!! Yay! By the way, that’s my birthday drinking buddy in the pic. Thanks girls!

I know, I know, the whole thing is a misnomer. Dark IPA. Black IPA. That means Dark India Pale Ale. Dark/Pale. Folks, I’m in the camp that these don’t go together, period. A grammatical error!

Better yet, growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I definitely side with those beer geeks calling these Cascadian Dark Ales. So when you see the term CDA, we’re not talking Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements! We’re talking BEER. DARK BEER! DARK HOPPY BEER!!!!

This stuff is excellent, touché Stone! So good I’m working on a recipe. I can’t get enough of this 8.7% ABV head-banger. I’m so glad they brought it back by popular demand!

 

[Pehlman17]

I’ve been the ultimate hazy skeptic. I don’t know if I’m just finally coming around or surrendering and admitting defeat, but this is very good. Damn it.

 

[tdf]

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I’ve been the ultimate hazy skeptic. I don’t know if I’m just finally coming around or surrendering and admitting defeat, but this is very good. Damn it.

That one has some bitterness and a bit of malt depth, in my experience. Much better than those that do not.

 

[Jmspears]

I’m in a dark mood today. I guess dark could mean many things, depressive, gloomy and foreboding. Hey at least I don’t have 6.7” of rain dumping on me like Beermeister32 daughter #3 tomorrow. Ha! Luckily, my dark mood is a mood for Dark IPA!!! Yay! By the way, that’s my birthday drinking buddy in the pic. Thanks girls!

I know, I know, the whole thing is a misnomer. Dark IPA. Black IPA. That means Dark India Pale Ale. Dark/Pale. Folks, I’m in the camp that these don’t go together, period. A grammatical error!

Better yet, growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I definitely side with those beer geeks calling these Cascadian Dark Ales. So when you see the term CDA, we’re not talking Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements! We’re talking BEER. DARK BEER! DARK HOPPY BEER!!!!

This stuff is excellent, touché Stone! So good I’m working on a recipe. I can’t get enough of this 8.7% ABV head-banger. I’m so glad they brought it back by popular demand!

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I love everything I’ve tried from Stone. I bet that is a damn good beer. Gotta see if I can get it in my area.

 

[Jmspears]

That one has some bitterness and a bit of malt depth, in my experience. Much better than those that do not.

That is my biggest complaint about a lot of hazies. They can be a bit boring.

 

[Pehlman17]

That is my biggest complaint about a lot of hazies. They can be a bit boring.

Give me an old school west coast any day of the week. However, these new tooty fruity hops might actually need the fullness and softness of a hazy. I haven’t been impressed with the way they present in stripped down modern WCIPA lately.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[Bramling Cross]

A bit of ordinary bitter while I remind myself that the keg posts marked "in" and "out" should be reversed when kegging via the closed transfer method. Indeed, I am an idiot.

 

[beermanpete]

Weizenbock by Anacortes Brewery

 

[Jmspears]

Give me an old school west coast any day of the week. However, these new tooty fruity hops might actually need the fullness and softness of a hazy. I haven’t been impressed with the way they present in stripped down modern WCIPA lately.

I added some flaked rye and a little honey malt (5%) into my session hazy and I feel like it added just enough depth to make it more interesting.

 

[Bramling Cross]

I haven’t been impressed with the way they present in stripped down modern WCIPA lately.

I agree. I went big on the fruity pebbles hops in my 2021 Holiday IPA. I wasn't impressed. My notes said something along the lines of "insipid lager-yeast-fermented-waaay-too-warm fruitiness." Totally my fault, though. I should've known better than to go full send on a bunch of high dollar hops that I had no experience with.

 

[Pehlman17]

Weizenbock by Anacortes BreweryView attachment 855082

Heavily underrated style.

 

[Pehlman17]

Ok one more, for quality control purposes only.

 

[pshankstar]

Some Trillium tonight.

 

[beermanpete]

Porter by Anacortes Brewery

 

[beermanpete]

Stout

 

[ClaudiusB]

It is Dampfbier season at our house.

 

[grampamark]

It’s Friday, it’s noon, so it’s the weekend. Time for a beer.

I’m out of HB in the city so I’m drinking what’s on sale. 9 bucks for a sixer. Not a bad WCIPA. I’m gonna hit the LHBS this afternoon to pick up ingredients to brew tomorrow.

 

[Willy]

A home brewed Helles Bock, called Materhorn Maggie, named after my grand daughter Maggie. Very tasty summer beer - perfect for today's hot and humid toaster.

 

[TwistedGray]

Some riesling while working on one of the new cars and an ESB from @Dgallo

 

[beermanpete]

Martini at Sea-Tac.

 

[beermanpete]

Some riesling while working on one of the new cars and an ESB from @Dgallo
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Is that a three cylinder engine?