What are you drinking now?

[Ren06]

Treehouse

When Worlds Collide 10.8% Scotch ale WOW!

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That scotch ale!!

 

[camonick]

HB Vienna lager

 

[hopfenstopfen]

Long time, no posts. Working on drastically reducing beer intake = cruel and unusual punishment.
This is a very nice NA brew! Not surprising.
Website says they make NA Weiss & helles, but this might be US labeling. At any rate, think it might be wheat in there

 

[Ren06]

2 year old HB bochet mead aged on bourbon staves 14% ABV

 

[Ren06]

HB braggot 14.3% ABV

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

That scotch ale!!

I was going to buy 'to go' anyways but had to sample. Very good. Caramel and toffee smooth with a little bit of that Scotch ale malt. It was dessert

Now for a non hazy

 

[MaxStout]

Had a couple buddies over for "German beer night." A few various lagers, some hot pretzels from Aldi and a charcuterie board I quickly put together. Out back on another weird, summer-like night here.

They just headed home, they have to work tomorrow, he he. Picking up the empties, maybe a couple more rolling around the patio.

I need one more...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Now the Goodfire haze


Hops: Simcoe Cryo, New Zealand Nectaron, Mosaic Cryo, Citra Cryo, Columbus

Introducing our first ever Triple IPA.
With Illegal Smile, we wanted to combine aspects of both Tri-Combs and HASH.

As such, we've utilized much of the same malt bill as tri-combs, but leaned more towards an All-Cryo approach to hopping the beer. We've also chosen to use a different Ale yeast here, and a unique fermentation schedule, aiming to amplify the already heady hop bill.

Illegal Smile is everything we want in a high-test, hoppy beer. A luxurious body accentuated by the high-abv, a robust and zingy hop profile bursting with bright aromatics, and a thoughtful balance of bitter and sweet.

 

[day_trippr]

Dunlo Brewing has an Illegal Smile as well...

https://untappd.com/b/dunloe-brewing-illegal-smile/2739163

 

[wetmk]

This is Bengali IPA from Sixpoint brewery. It's nice. I wouldn't order it but I needed something and this was what I picked out of the dozen 1/6 kegs they had available. I'm drinking this now because it's the only thing in my beer fridge! The only beer in my house! For the first time in ages, maybe decades, I have zero homebrew in my house. To make matters worse, I don't even have any fermenting. I have to wonder if I'm tiring of this 30+ year hobby. I hope not. It's given me much pleasure over the years. I'll see what happens as I work my way through the 200 pounds of grain in my garage.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

My HB Elderflower Saison yesterday evening.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Followed by this bought from Aldi. OK but not as good as their standard Weiss.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Drinking my Old Hooky clone nearing the end of the keg, it was kegged in May.

 

[ClaudiusB]

 

[MaxStout]

Two bottles left of HB amber. Guess I'll kill 'em off today.

 

[Willy]

Hurricane has come and gone. Safe and sound with a Kona The Beerbarian.

 

[Rish]

Back in Spanish Fort having a tasty Yuengling.

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[orionol73]

 

[Beermeister32]

I saw this at the supermarket – and quite honestly, I felt I really needed to explore this again.

This goes back to the early 1970’s – I was a 7th grader over at my friend’s house. His Mom was one of those recently divorced working gals making it alone with her two kids and was a little too permissive I think. Yes, she bought us some Mickey’s wide mouths to get lit up with on the weekend.

All I can tell you about that dizzy, shaky, horrifying night was developing a new relationship with the garbage can in my buddy’s bedroom, which I filled repeatedly. One thing 7th graders don’t need in volume is “Fine Malt Liquor!”

So that’s the last Mickey’s I’ve had until today. My college years were spent vacillating between Hamm’s, Rainier or Schmidt Sport Packs – whatever was on sale down on the left end of the beer cooler – or Lowenbrau and Michelob when we had a few extra bucks and a bag of Ruffles and Mozzarella sticks. Living Large!

Now that I’ve had a few more to compare to, how do I rate this 5.6% malt beverage? Well for many years if you’d asked me the difference between beer and “Fine Malt Liquor,” I’m not sure that I could have told you – The drunkards, winos and bums down on the corner were drinking their malt liquor out of paper bags, so it must be a lot stronger than beer, whatever malt liquor is!

Fast forward to today. 5.6% beers seem tame considering some of the chugs I’ve had recently. What exactly constitutes “Fine Malt Liquor” then? Let’s look at the ingredients…. hmmm… Water, Barley Malt, Corn Syrup (Dextrose, Maltose), Yeast and Hop Extract. All things we use in beers, I think most of us have bumped the ABV with Dextrose, so no mystery here.

So by current thinking this would be another beer, I’m not seeing this being really any different than any of the other adjunct lagers we are currently drinking. Reel the old time machine back to 1973, and all the 4.4% ABV pale lagers would seem tame up against a mighty 5.6% ABV “Malt Liquor”. Today, it seems to me the term is ancient and archaic - and largely kept around for historical reasons.

How does it taste? Eh, a couple clicks heavier than a Miller or Budweiser but not all that different, slight amount of residual sweetness to my palate. It’s a slightly bigger beer than the ordinary BMC offerings, but not hugely so. In 1973 it was big. Today not so much. Enjoy!

 

[MaxStout]

I saw this at the supermarket – and quite honestly, I felt I really needed to explore this again.

This goes back to the early 1970’s – I was a 7th grader over at my friend’s house. His Mom was one of those recently divorced working gals making it alone with her two kids and was a little too permissive I think. Yes, she bought us some Mickey’s wide mouths to get lit up with on the weekend.

All I can tell you about that dizzy, shaky, horrifying night was developing a new relationship with the garbage can in my buddy’s bedroom, which I filled repeatedly. One thing 7th graders don’t need in volume is “Fine Malt Liquor!”

So that’s the last Mickey’s I’ve had until today. My college years were spent vacillating between Hamm’s, Rainier or Schmidt Sport Packs – whatever was on sale down on the left end of the beer cooler – or Lowenbrau and Michelob when we had a few extra bucks and a bag of Ruffles and Mozzarella sticks. Living Large!

Now that I’ve had a few more to compare too, how do I rate this 5.6% malt beverage? Well for many years if you’d asked me the difference between beer and “Fine Malt Liquor,” I’m not sure that I could have told you – The drunkards, winos and bums down on the corner were drinking their malt liquor out of paper bags, so it must be a lot stronger than beer, whatever malt liquor is!

Fast forward to today. 5.6% beers seem tame considering some of the chugs I’ve had recently. What exactly constitutes “Fine Malt Liquor” then? Let’s look at the ingredients…. hmmm… Water, Barley Malt, Corn Syrup (Dextrose, Maltose), Yeast and Hop Extract. All things we use in beers, I think most of us have bumped the ABV with Dextrose, so no mystery here.

So by current thinking this would be another beer, I’m not seeing this being really any different than any of the other adjunct lagers we are currently drinking. Reel the old time machine back to 1973, and all the 4.4% ABV pale lagers would seem tame up against a mighty 5.6% ABV “Malt Liquor”. Today, it seems to me the term is ancient and archaic - and largely kept around for historical reasons.

How does it taste? Eh, a couple clicks heavier than a Miller or Budweiser but not all that different, slight amount of residual sweetness to my palate. It’s a slightly bigger beer than the ordinary BMC offerings, but not hugely so. In 1973 it was big. Today not so much. Enjoy!

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Oh man, that brings some PTSD of days when I drank that, when I was young and poor. Mickey's used to come in green, big-mouth, barrel shaped bottles.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Oh man, that brings some PTSD of days when I drank that, when I was young and poor. Mickey's used to come in green, big-mouth, barrel shaped bottles.

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Exactly what I was thinking!!

 

[MaxStout]

Interestingly, the latest issue of Zymurgy has a feature article on brewing malt liquor. I'm tempted to try brewing one. Basically, BMC on steroids.

 

[Rish]

North AL wheat brew. A little banana aroma and taste but an usual taste on the finish that I can't really describe. Maybe old orange juice? Also, back of my tongue was coated in a strange way that I haven't run across before. Glad I just got a single.

 

[Jmspears]

HB Oktoberfest ale. My main criticism is I used too much dark Munich. Turned out maybe a bit too sweet on the backend but has gotten better with time. Overall pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

 

[Jmspears]

Interestingly, the latest issue of Zymurgy has a feature article on brewing malt liquor. I'm tempted to try brewing one. Basically, BMC on steroids.

Malt liquor has always been fascinating to me as a homebrewer.

 

[Rish]

Don't judge me too harshly! Impulse buy (I seem to do this a lot) at the liquor store. Taste is good but waaayyy too much salt. Made in Waxahatchie, TX. It did take the coating from the wheat beer off my tongue.

 

[Jmspears]

Don't judge me too harshly! Impulse buy (I seem to do this a lot) at the liquor store. Taste is good but waaayyy too much salt. Made in Waxahatchie, TX. It did take the coating from the wheat beer off my tongue.

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I have a hard time getting out of the liquor store without buying 5 different beers and a couple bottles of bourbon so I feel ya. Though I can safely say I’ve never had pickle flavored alcohol I liked.

 

[camonick]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Blueberry ginger booch from the market.

 

[Beekeeper]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Sorry for everyone else but glad I cancelled the Asheville trip a couple weeks back. Try again in spring when no hurricanes are possible.

 

[WestMichiganSteelheader]

Bottled 5 gallons of Red brut with Belma and Styrian Dragon hops. Very tasty.

 

[MaxStout]

Gin & tonic, with my secret weapon: 1/2 shot Galliano added.

 

[orionol73]

 

[whoaru99]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Took off tomorrow for some CFB. VB is drama now with the new California add on's right now but beer always helps.

Be Mine

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Packaging leftovers Scottish ale. The rest is in a keg.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB Belgian Cherry Quad

Still morphing....

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

A snootful of Bourbon* on the rocks

* (Four Roses small batch)