What are you drinking now?

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Picking up the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale kit.

Edit, took me a minute but realized they have full 12oz plastic cups. FYI, free beer taste better in a bigger container

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Christmas shopping done! Oh look Treehouse Tewksbury is just down the road

Very Gggggreen and the first customer to try the Single Shot Winter Spice stout. Spicy!

 

[BongoYodeler]

West Coast Blue @ Monkish.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Sud Sucker, with Citra, Motueka, Necatron, and Superdelic hops.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

West Coast Blue @ Monkish.

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Um, that doesn't look blue me..

Picking up yet more alcohol at Spec's...but not this

 

[MaxStout]

Made taco biscuits for lunch. Later having some top-shelf wine.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Made taco biscuits for lunch. Later having some top-shelf wine.
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Taco Biscuits? Brilliant!

 

[CDS]

Off work for two weeks over the holidays, so it's happy hour every day of the week! Having an eggnog cocktail:
Maraschino Eggnog Ingredients:

• 2 oz Bourbon
• .5 oz Cognac
• .5 oz Luxardo Maraschino
• .5 oz Simple Syrup
• 1 Whole Egg
• Dry Shake first, then Ice Shake
• Top with Milk
• Nutmeg

One of these is guaranteed to put you in the Christmas spirit!

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[MaxStout]

BTW, happy Festivus, everyone!

 

[Beermeister32]

Today we meet Old Prague Premium Lager Beer by Old Prague Distribution, Kováň, Středočeský, Czech Republic. This is a delicious 5.2% ABV slightly hoppy lager. A lot of these Czech lagers predominantly use Saaz hops. The spiciness of what I believe I’m tasting is Saaz and really is a standout here.

The Old Prague label has 4 Gold Medals and a big number “12” at the bottom. Most of these Czech beers go by Degrees Plato, so I’m assuming that is what we are looking at, maybe not 12 medals. 12 Degrees Plato is roughly equivalent to a finished ABV of +/- 5% assuming all goes right with fermentation. Crafty fellas, them Czechs!

I’m seeing some internet traffic calling this a Pilsner – OK, I’m game. A Pilsner it is! Again, not quite as hoppy as some of the Bavarian Pilsners I’m usually marinating in, and the hop flavor is a bit different, but otherwise IBU’s on the low Pilsner scale, small amount of head, good carbonation, disappearing lacing.

Give this beer a try, I think you will like!

 

[Rish]

Very tasty O'festbier!

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

My newest beer--Reindeer Liniment Christmas Ale--is ready for sampling.

Ridiculously easy to drink. May need more fizz.

May have to come up with a better name.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

HB Nut Brown and Xmas gift from SoCo Homebrew. Guess I have to buy another chest freezer..

 

[Knightshade]

Finished up the last of the wrapping gifts and freekin hell does my back hurt from the hunching over.

Guess that means I neeeeeed a beer!!

 

[Knightshade]

I….freekin hate picking up metallic off flavors. This is a decent beer…and I killed (dumped) 3 winter ales last night due to similar issues. When you think you walked away from a WE gift exchange without total and utter and are genuinely excited and then….

One was oxidized to hell…freekin horrible. Other two tasted like I was licking cast iron. They must have been on clearance or something because they were so old.

 

[buckinin]

All Ohio ingredients in this version.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[Knightshade]

Alright…sticking with the holiday theme and I knew No Way In this one was going to disappoint me.

 

[Rish]

A little HM blackcurrant wine night cap. This is tasty, pretty, too.

 

[RumOnTheDocks]

Tektonik brewery Winter ale. The spice in this one is milder than the last Christmas ale I've tried, which is a good thing in this case.
Some pleasant, caramel and dried fruit flavour notes, which are complimented nicely by the nutmeg, cinnamon and clove, a small hint of vanilla in the background.

All in all an interesting experience, but I couldn't drink more than one, maybe it's just a tad too festive for my Grinch like personality.

P.S. I apologise for the picture quality, the outside lighting wasn't the best.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Last night my Belgian IPA

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

A little of the dark stuff while getting some sourdough started for tomorrow.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Afternoon project completed. This HB Belgian Tripel is in honor of the now gone Austin Belgian brewery Adelbert's. Hadn't thought of them until this sticker. They made some good stuff.

 

[South Arm Brew]

HB Brown, tastes great, finally got what I was looking for.

 

[beermanpete]

Let the day drinking begin.
Kamikaze.

 

[Tony B]

Having a Slam Dunkel at Hess while finishing up a little last minute shopping.
Merry Christmas!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Let the day drinking begin.
Kamikaze.

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You don't get into this hobby just to be average!

So the keggorator froze due to an unnoticed re-positioning of the T/C. Lost some Pinthouse stuff also. After unfreezing, the Munich Helles clouded up again. Oh well, "free" beer!

 

[Beermeister32]

Lobkowicz Ležák Premium is another delicious Czech Pilsner in our tour of Czech, Austrian and Swiss beers. Lobkowicz clocks in at a respectable 4.7% ABV using Saaz hops and “hop products,” whatever that is. Stems? Hop oil? Leaves? Roots? Dunno. It is a tasty lager, has a slight Saaz zing to an otherwise mellow malty backbone.

Similar to yesterday’s brew, these Czech Pilsners taste more like an amped up Golden Lager to me, these just have a settled flavor that doesn’t scream out Pilsner. IBU’s probably in the low Pilsner range, SRM definitely darker than most Pilsners out there. Maybe it is the softer water in the area accentuating the mellowness of these brews.

Pivovary Lobkowicz traces heritage back to 1466. Back then I’m thinkin’ pitch-lined wooden kegs - not these scary green bottles. Each time I see green glass, I’m wrapping my head around having to drink a skunker, but none here, thankfully. Maybe those “hop products” are helping out somehow. I know there are special hop extracts used on some American brews to allow shipments in clear glass.

Tasty brew, good to see they’re moving some beer into the States, we’re really thirsty this time of year!

 

[Knightshade]

Doorley’s 12 year rum. Intent was to compare it to Kaniche XO also out of Barbados but…the path was linear vs parallel. Oops.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Local WCIPA with a JD chaser in the middle..

 

[MaxStout]

Cranberry margaritas at home. On my 3rd, he he. My wife and her 98-year-old mother even imbibed.

It's the holidays, live large!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Youngest is 30 and I'm STILL putting together stuff for him (and DiL) for Christmas!

HB 16% Mead seemed appropriate. Mead is slowly improving with time. Or I just need to be toasted before drinking it!

 

[Rish]

Hofbräu Original. Tasty beer!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Hofbräu Original. Tasty beer!
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Anything from them is money!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Many folks probably don't think this is important but what a significant achievement from the human mind. I tend to look forward, not backwards for our species. Crazy speed!!

 

[TwistedGray]

Happy holidays
#workday

 

[camonick]

Sampling some of my offerings before company arrives…
HB Helles