TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
In Charlotte, NC through Sat for work so walked down to Armored Cow. This is their Octoberfest...nice
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TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
And a brown....time to work!!
HM ginger beer with a couple of splashes of hard green tea. Tasty combo.
Doesn’t necessarily need to be mush, but a good crush is good. I let mine thaw almost completely then smash the bags before opening and dumping in the fermenter.
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HB Vienna lager
So when do you know you’ve got a great IPA? It’s when you can smell it two feet away from the pour! Great job aroma hops!
I really have to say this is GREAT IPA, and I strongly suggest you get up, lace up the shoes and get on down to your favorite bottle shop before it all gets bought up!
Funny thing, the first time I remember this beer was part of Beermeister32’s biggest craft brew score of all time, all the way back around 2003-2004. The local supermarket chain had been going through a strike about the same time we were having to shutter a factory, letting people go. I really was appalled by the strike, especially since in our case, we were actually having to let people go. These people at least had their jobs, the dichotomy between the two events was striking, er, noteworthy.
Anyway, a few months later and the supermarket chain capitulated, ended the strike, gave them the big pay increase and in so doing also decided to close down the non-performing locations. This is where I stepped in. Lunchtime, doing my typical small item food shopping, and HOLY HECK! ALL THE BEER IS IN CLOSEOUT AND SELLING AT 25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR!!!! I took the biggest shopping cart they had – and LOADED IT!!!! Full of craft beer, as much as it would hold, a couple hundred bottles. Big ones too, 16-22 ouncers included! CRAZY!
I got back to work and it was hard to think the rest of the afternoon. I couldn’t BELIEVE the Beermeister32 good fortune that day. 4:00 came quickly, and I rolled out and back to the store as quick as I could – ALL SOLD OUT! I should’ve guessed… DUH!
Yes, Bear Republic Racer 5 India Pale Ale was about 5 bottles of that big score, and the last time we met. Until again today, and I’m lov’n it! Cheers!
I really have to say this is GREAT IPA, and I strongly suggest you get up, lace up the shoes and get on down to your favorite bottle shop before it all gets bought up!
Funny thing, the first time I remember this beer was part of Beermeister32’s biggest craft brew score of all time, all the way back around 2003-2004. The local supermarket chain had been going through a strike about the same time we were having to shutter a factory, letting people go. I really was appalled by the strike, especially since in our case, we were actually having to let people go. These people at least had their jobs, the dichotomy between the two events was striking, er, noteworthy.
Anyway, a few months later and the supermarket chain capitulated, ended the strike, gave them the big pay increase and in so doing also decided to close down the non-performing locations. This is where I stepped in. Lunchtime, doing my typical small item food shopping, and HOLY HECK! ALL THE BEER IS IN CLOSEOUT AND SELLING AT 25 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR!!!! I took the biggest shopping cart they had – and LOADED IT!!!! Full of craft beer, as much as it would hold, a couple hundred bottles. Big ones too, 16-22 ouncers included! CRAZY!
I got back to work and it was hard to think the rest of the afternoon. I couldn’t BELIEVE the Beermeister32 good fortune that day. 4:00 came quickly, and I rolled out and back to the store as quick as I could – ALL SOLD OUT! I should’ve guessed… DUH!
Yes, Bear Republic Racer 5 India Pale Ale was about 5 bottles of that big score, and the last time we met. Until again today, and I’m lov’n it! Cheers!
Schlenkerla Urbock rauchbier. Haven't had this in quite a while. Great beech smoke aroma and taste, malty, a little caramel/molasses sweetness, just a touch of bitter, medium body, 6.5%. Great beer if you like the smokey ones. Last one from my last run to Hop City, so time to go back.
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Hotel beer. In Kentucky for a meeting tomorrow.
Head to the Old South. Nothing like a Yankee enjoying 70° temps in February. There was something about the evening when I realized besides the beautiful weather, there was jasmine blooming right next to me. Intoxicating. I've heard it described as the heavy smell of a dank lily. Burnt into my memory. I discovered a cold hardy jasmine that is surviving quite well
Edit: Jasmine Clematis
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TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
Honestly I'm here just for the chips!! Can only get these things on the East Coast.
Sip of my first arancello (I thought I had come up with something new!
). My wife eats about 5 oranges a week and it just dawned on me (duh) to zest them and make a digestif. Doing the sous vide method. I did 135°F for 3.5 hours (2 is good so this must be better
). I'll also give it a few days to meld at room temp but it seems good now. Hot (of course at 95% abv) but nice orange flavor. I'm thinking at this point I like it better than limocello. We'll see when it's done and sweetened.
). My wife eats about 5 oranges a week and it just dawned on me (duh) to zest them and make a digestif. Doing the sous vide method. I did 135°F for 3.5 hours (2 is good so this must be better). I'll also give it a few days to meld at room temp but it seems good now. Hot (of course at 95% abv) but nice orange flavor. I'm thinking at this point I like it better than limocello. We'll see when it's done and sweetened.
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If you ever get to PA grab yourself some Middleswarth BBQ or their "the weekender" if you like kettle cooked chips... you won't be disappointed.
A bottle of my Double Maxim brown ale. Just finished carbonating so a sample. Good but needs another month.
Heritage IPA @ 6.8%, 45 IBUs.
HB American Amber Ale.
HB wheat
SA oaked vanilla porter. Definitely get the vanilla, oak is pretty subtle. Nice maltiness, a touch of coffee, 5.8%. Not bad.
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Few beers more classic than this – Hofbräu Original. Classic German lager, malty and restrained hopping.
The Beermeister32 clan had a bunch of this at the Las Vegas Hofbräuhaus back in December 2022. Great beer!
The Beermeister32 clan had a bunch of this at the Las Vegas Hofbräuhaus back in December 2022. Great beer!
HB Bitter
Hb strong bitter, first beer of the week, wasn't feeling tip top, but on the up now which is good cause I have a road trip this weekend and I'm stopping at treehouse on the wayyyyy.. puppy is watching me closely.
Definitely next big bottle event I'm driving up and staying over in Portland. Running thru another Barreled Souls barleywine. Not one disappointment yet
My pineapple booch.
Some joose for TNF
Thanks! Here’s a sample from the batch I kegged Tuesday night. Looking back at the “baby pictures” from the last batch, it was cloudy and lighter in color in the first few days and got clearer and darker as time went on. We’ll see how this batch turns out when it “grows up.”
Once I get started....oooffff. Only 2days left. Think I'm going to try a 2.5gal clone of this.
TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
TwistedGray
El Jefe Brewing Company
Hotel TV doesn't allow "input" changes to connect, boo!
PA, NY, NJ, MDI enjoy kettle cooked chipswonder if they get down to WV ?
HB Vienna Lager
Looks Great
Thanks - honestly in 27 years of brewing this is one of the very best I’ve ever done if I do say so. I’ve been focused on lagers the last couple years.
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I've been enjoying your pictures. You really nailed the color, it looks delicious. In fact, you've inspired me to dust of my Vienna recipe and make a hole in my schedule ~mid-Dec. I'm looking forward to it!
This is what I did with it. 3.5 gallon batch. No melanoidin or any cheats.
You can make a 5 gallon recipe by percentages.
2024 007 - Vienna Lager
7-A Vienna Lager
Date: 7/15/24
Size: 3.5 gal
Efficiency: 80%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Original Gravity: 1.049
Terminal Gravity: 1.012
Color: 12.07 SRM
Alcohol: 4.86%
Bitterness: 21.7
Ingredients:
2.5 lb (39.2%) Munich TYPE II
1 lb + 14 oz (29.4%) Vienna Malt
1 lb + 14 oz (29.4%) Pilsner Malt
.5 oz (0.5%) Chocolate Malt (color)
1.5 oz (1.5%) Acidulated Malt (to adjust mash ph, may vary)
.8 oz Perle (4.3%) - boiled 60 m
.15 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher (4%) - boiled 60 m
.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher (4%) - boiled 5 m
1.0 ea Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 2.1.4
You can make a 5 gallon recipe by percentages.
2024 007 - Vienna Lager
7-A Vienna Lager
Date: 7/15/24
Size: 3.5 gal
Efficiency: 80%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Original Gravity: 1.049
Terminal Gravity: 1.012
Color: 12.07 SRM
Alcohol: 4.86%
Bitterness: 21.7
Ingredients:
2.5 lb (39.2%) Munich TYPE II
1 lb + 14 oz (29.4%) Vienna Malt
1 lb + 14 oz (29.4%) Pilsner Malt
.5 oz (0.5%) Chocolate Malt (color)
1.5 oz (1.5%) Acidulated Malt (to adjust mash ph, may vary)
.8 oz Perle (4.3%) - boiled 60 m
.15 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher (4%) - boiled 60 m
.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrüher (4%) - boiled 5 m
1.0 ea Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 2.1.4
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A glass of my accidental Helles while I clean up the brewery. I made another batch of that Munich lager thing today.
Speak of the devil, here it is.
Speak of the devil, here it is.
That's very kind of you, I appreciate it!
Bags are packed, we're heading to San Diego tomorrow for 10 days. Woo hoo!
Hanging out now with some HM raspberry hard lemonade.
Hanging out now with some HM raspberry hard lemonade.
None of us are in any competition with each other. No harm in sharing recipes. I like when other people do it too.That's very kind of you, I appreciate it!
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