What are you drinking now?

[day_trippr]

Does the SanJuanWorm do the San Juan Shuffle?

 

[ClaudiusB]

It's quality control night. I brew beers for brewers from a local brewery by request for our monthly lunches.
This is a German Red without the smoke character.

 

[SanJuanWorm]

Does the SanJuanWorm do the San Juan Shuffle?

( bluegrass guitar ) Is your foot, a sticky little foot...? (full bluegrass har..mo..ny )

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Homebrew Imperial Stout (a pre-cursor variation on this recipe, only difference was I dropped the OG to 1.103, IBUs to 60, and got lower FG than typical [1.022])...

It's coming up on 11 months since bottled, and tasting pretty amazeballs!

 

[Brewsmith]

A beer and glass from the way back machine.

As I keep putting my brewing stuff away and organize all my brewing equipment, I opened the boxes with all my beer glasses. Included was this one:

The OG Vintage 2008 HBT Pint Glass
Anyone else around here have some of these?

Paired with a vintage 2008 beer

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 2008

Some carbonation on opening. Pours deep amber. Aroma is dark malts and a little pine. It’s a little sweet, very malty, and almost no hop character left. Some bitterness, but very on the malty side. The bitterness lingers as the sweetness fades away.

Definitely past its prime but drinkable.

The thread with the original glass discussion is here which had all of us on the edge of our seat the entire summer of 2008, with the glasses finally materializing in the fall.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

A beer and glass from the way back machine.

As I keep putting my brewing stuff away and organize all my brewing equipment, I opened the boxes with all my beer glasses. Included was this one:

The OG Vintage 2008 HBT Pint Glass
Anyone else around here have some of these?

Paired with a vintage 2008 beer

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 2008

Some carbonation on opening. Pours deep amber. Aroma is dark malts and a little pine. It’s a little sweet, very malty, and almost no hop character left. Some bitterness, but very on the malty side. The bitterness lingers as the sweetness fades away.

Definitely past its prime but drinkable.

The thread with the original glass discussion is here which had all of us on the edge of our seat the entire summer of 2008, with the glasses finally materializing in the fall.

I don't think I have anything from 2008. Between my kids and my own drunken carelessness, I'm constantly replenishing glassware. This is why I primarily browse Goodwill. I'll find winners once in a blue moon...no pun intended...

 

[MaxStout]

Out for lunch and beer at Rail Werks, Columbia Heights, MN. Excellent BBQ.

Having their "dry dark ale," not bad.

They make an outstanding Altbier, too.

Edit: and a flight of IPAs and a brown ale.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Out of power on the windiest day in years. It's either read a book or drink.

Edit, need to up my solar game!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

My Guinness West Indian Porter clone. Now 3 months old. Very nice.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Couple free Real Ales (previous post). This WCIPA is similar to Pinthouse Scorpion Disco in character. Welp, that's enough analysis for one day.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Last beer tonight a Leffe Blonde clone at 7.1%. Carbonation is good but head retention not so good, but tastes great.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

$1.69 for 24 oz of pretty good cream ale. What a deal!View attachment 870072

Pretty good? My good Sir, it is the quintessential cream ale!
I’m sipping H2O from the fridge tap. Well, from a glass actually.

 

[Rish]

HB brown

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Happy fat Tuesday!
What am I giving up for lent?Keto!(well for tonight)
@kurds_2408 Thanks Santa! After avoiding sweet for what seem to be forever, this really hit the spot! Typically I am not a fan of cinnamon in a beer (completely turn me off of an X-mass ale) but this hit just right. I am not getting a cinnamon roll for a while but this certainly scratched an ich for me.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

And that didn't last long... Another brew from Santa (@kurds_2408 ) and a good representation of one of my favorite styles. Considering I passed up on them last fall I was excited to un pack this one!
Thanks again Santa!

 

[Rish]

Abita Mardi Gras bock. Not bad.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Hb neipa

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[TwistedGray]

Drinking game time!!

 

[camonick]

Night cap

 

[ClaudiusB]

March is always the best time to live in El Paso, TX, with free sand for all our outdoor and indoor projects, including the brewery.

 

[hilljack13]

Time to double down when life says **** it all..

 

[firerat]

Coffee.

Hopefully in about 2 weeks or so the kveik IPA I plan to brew, which is my first anything in 2 years, will be ready to drink and participate in this thread again!!!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Pint of my Abbot Ale while having the first BBQ of 2025. It was a scorching 15 c today.

 

[Remmy]

Wow

 

[NotSure]

Made a Doppelbock for Lent. Put it on today.
3kg Pilsen
3kg Vienna
3kg Munich type 1
Saaz to 25 IBU
Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager

Brewhouse eff. 73%. ABV 8.5%

I'm happy with it!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

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Maybe its the pic but that doesn't look appealing. Looks oxidized and not the opaque yellow it suggests on the can.

 

[day_trippr]

I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully it's just the lighting.
After brewing hazies for the last five years I'm so sensitive to "that look" when I'm out at an establishment and the glass looks like that...or if I buy beer when I'm up at our mountain place and the first pour looks like that

Cheers!

 

[MaxStout]

HB ordinary bitter.

 

[Rish]

SN festbier

 

[Knightshade]

Aurora Hoppyalis IPA. Oh..it’s HH and this is only $6? Dangerous waters!!

 

[kurds_2408]

Happy fat Tuesday!
What am I giving up for lent?Keto!(well for tonight)
@kurds_2408 Thanks Santa! After avoiding sweet for what seem to be forever, this really hit the spot! Typically I am not a fan of cinnamon in a beer (completely turn me off of an X-mass ale) but this hit just right. I am not getting a cinnamon roll for a while but this certainly scratched an ich for me.View attachment 870158

Hey that’s awesome. I’m glad you’re liking them. That cinnamon beer really caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting to like it and was very surprised how delicious it is. I’ve got a four pack in the fridge now.

 

[Beermeister32]

When I began brewing, some of the first 5 gallon pilot batches I did were actually apple ciders. It was a great way to learn selection of ingredients, fermentation, yeasts, sanitizing, transferring liquids, bottling, specific gravity, air locks, carbonation – all the things so needed when you make the next step up, brewing your first beer. Before industrial America, ciders were the favorite fizzy light beverage. They knew it was good 300 years ago!

Fast forward to my misspent youth. I can remember Dad taking us hunting up in the hills in Eastern Washington. We had some friends who always had plenty of home-made cider sitting outside in the enclosed porch area. Obviously enough booze not to freeze. We’d grab 2 or 3 gallons and head up to the hunting cabin.

It goes to show that cider can actually be a fairly low technology drink. It’s been made by countless generations. I figured on this one I’d go as low tech as possible. A half-gallon of Tree Top apple juice and the dregs from one single bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Carefully open the juice container; Carefully decant the beer into a glass leaving behind about a half ounce; swirl the bottle a bit to kick up the yeast and then pour the dregs into the apple juice. Close up the top of the juice and go drink your beer. That’s it!

So for some family amusement I had this going beginning at the end of September of last year. Every day I’d watch that jug on the kitchen counter. It builds up pressure, and I loosened the top just a touch so that the non-pressure rated bottle wouldn’t explode. No airlock needed. Around mid-December I snugged up the top and let it increase pressure until I felt it was enough. Then into the refrigerator for our Holiday Drink-and-Tell Fest. 90 days. Don’t rush apple cider, it really does benefit from about 90 days if you can keep from drinking it.

So how did a completely low tech, maybe like the 1700’s, un-back-sweetened, un-sanitized, no Star San, un-filtered, still on the yeast bed, non-pasteurized apple juice fermented on the Chico strain taste? Now in March? Great! I’m drinking the rest of it this afternoon!

 

[camonick]

HB raspberry hard lemonade

 

[BongoYodeler]

HB raspberry hard lemonade
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My RHL keg kicked the other day. I think I'll hold off making it again until closer to summer.

 

[Rish]

Taster of amber ale. Kinda dark (slightly older lme) but tastes okay.

HB honey wheat graf. Tasty!

 

[camonick]

My RHL keg kicked the other day. I think I'll hold off making it again until closer to summer.

I think mine is getting close to dying. I’ve drank a bunch and shared quite a bit of it too.
I’ve got 2 beers fermenting right now and have to brew another one in about a week and a half for a group experiment I’ve been invited to participate in.

 

[TwistedGray]

 

[ClaudiusB]

Final quality control night. The German Red will be the featured lunch beer for our pro brewer lunch.

 

[Brewsmith]

Fremont Brewing B-Bomb 2019

I got this beer from a friend that lives in the Seattle area. He brought it down years back on a visit to the LA/OC area.

Pours deep brown and ruby, small head that dissipates. Nose is classic imperial stout with some barrel notes. Thick, chewy, velvety with the low carbonation. Chocolate, plum, fig, dark cherry, bourbon and oak. It’s barrel-aged imperial stout with fruitcake notes, and I like fruitcake. Lingering and coating on the palate. Other than the low carbonation, this has aged nicely.