Nope, didn’t see it at all. You’re full of surprises.
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Thank you for the laugh, Bongo! I needed it.Nope, didn’t see it at all. You’re full of surprises.
It's the first time, as an adult, that I've ever had the chance to see the first pitch of the season live and MLB screwed it all up. I'm pissed!
Hurray for baseball!
More of my Panther Piss.
More of my Panther Piss.
HM ginger beer blended with a couple of ounces of HM blackcurrant wine. Not bad.
HB dunkleweizen
Think i fermented a bit too cold as there isn't much in the way of the banana clove I was aiming for, but it's not bad.
Think i fermented a bit too cold as there isn't much in the way of the banana clove I was aiming for, but it's not bad.
Scream of the Living (L) and Force of Will (R) at Treehouse. Optimism of first day.
Bit chilly and windy but no one outside. Peace.
Bit chilly and windy but no one outside. Peace.
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Hb neipa on the last of 3 kegs, hopefully this one lasts .... forever.
Enjoying an 81° March day in NE Colorado. I swear, our weather is bipolar. Several inches of snow are forecasted for the weekend and cool unsettled weather for next week.
Oh well, I’ll enjoy it while I can. A HB raspberry hard lemonade tastes pretty good. Too bad I think this keg is about to kick.
Oh well, I’ll enjoy it while I can. A HB raspberry hard lemonade tastes pretty good. Too bad I think this keg is about to kick.
Smog City Brewing produces Little Bo Pils – In the heart of La La Land, Torrance, California!
What is it with these California, for that matter mostly West Coast Pilsners that spins the dial when it comes to style – these definitely aren’t your Grandad’s Pilsner! Where the heck do I start? Well, for one thing, this brew is definitely in “session beer” territory – at 4.4% ABV this is definitely one you can tip back multiple times without getting tipsy.
Stylistically Smog City calls this a “Czech Style Lager” on the can. Similar to other West Coast Pilsners I’ve had, and comparing it to the real-deal Czech Pilsners in the past weeks and months, I have to point out a couple things. First, there’s no Czech Pilsner I’ve seen that is so hazy. “Them Czech Brewers” make darned sure their beers come out crystal clear. If it is going to be “hazy”, it usually is called out as an unfiltered beer or maybe a Zwickle beer of sorts. This much haze knocks it out of the Czech Pilsner category IMHO. Iway on'tday inkthay osay!
Number Two – yes, once again, a VERY hoppy beer, especially for such a diminutive ABV. This hoppiness is touching on the low end of the IPA scale (I know it’s a Lager), but using continental Saaz hops. So a very up-hopped brew. Sure makes it refreshing, but Czech? Czech Pilsners are MELLOW with much lower hopping levels.
So again, here we have a great beer – and prime example of the Pilsners being produced on the Left Coast. They are hoppy; they are hazy; The are PACIFIC PILSNERS!.... I know, I know, get over it… Prost!
What is it with these California, for that matter mostly West Coast Pilsners that spins the dial when it comes to style – these definitely aren’t your Grandad’s Pilsner! Where the heck do I start? Well, for one thing, this brew is definitely in “session beer” territory – at 4.4% ABV this is definitely one you can tip back multiple times without getting tipsy.
Stylistically Smog City calls this a “Czech Style Lager” on the can. Similar to other West Coast Pilsners I’ve had, and comparing it to the real-deal Czech Pilsners in the past weeks and months, I have to point out a couple things. First, there’s no Czech Pilsner I’ve seen that is so hazy. “Them Czech Brewers” make darned sure their beers come out crystal clear. If it is going to be “hazy”, it usually is called out as an unfiltered beer or maybe a Zwickle beer of sorts. This much haze knocks it out of the Czech Pilsner category IMHO. Iway on'tday inkthay osay!
Number Two – yes, once again, a VERY hoppy beer, especially for such a diminutive ABV. This hoppiness is touching on the low end of the IPA scale (I know it’s a Lager), but using continental Saaz hops. So a very up-hopped brew. Sure makes it refreshing, but Czech? Czech Pilsners are MELLOW with much lower hopping levels.
So again, here we have a great beer – and prime example of the Pilsners being produced on the Left Coast. They are hoppy; they are hazy; The are PACIFIC PILSNERS!.... I know, I know, get over it… Prost!
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Minnesota Rain Drops on a sunny day in California?
Golly, that's some amazing O2 control. Good stuff!
My signature brew, cascadian black IPA, i.use golden promise midnight wheat and rye malt, perl hops provide the bittering cascade and citra provide the aroma and flavor..shes still green only been bottled a week ( natural carb with corn sugar) but shes carbed. And tasty..
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Locally brewed Czech dark lager. It's good!
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Out for dinner at a steakhouse in St Paul. After tucking in to a nice filet and a couple glasses of Malbec, had dessert of spumoni and a chilled shot of limoncello. Glad my wife was driving!
That's gotta be Mancini's!
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For tonight, I chose my old German Dampfbier or Steam Beer. It is the crystal clear version I prefer. The beer was brewed in June and still has all the qualities of a wheat beer.
I like 53% Pils, 22% Vienna, and 25% Munich I Weyermann malt in my Dampfbier and the 3068 yeast.
I like 53% Pils, 22% Vienna, and 25% Munich I Weyermann malt in my Dampfbier and the 3068 yeast.
ClaudiusB
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Aren't we being told on another thread that black malt and wheat are the magic ingredients for a perfect beer with a great-looking foam head, what went wrong? A very nice black beer. I brew black wheat beers too.
Yup. Love that old-school supper club vibe.
My all-Citra hazy puts the gold in Golden Promise
Cheers!
Cheers!
I started my Thirsty Thursday with a Stone delicious IPA. Now going back and forth between my HB Belgian Single and my HB Triple C ale. This is the Belgian. I fermented it on the cool side and it’s not quite as… Belgianie as I prefer, but still delicious. I’ll do it a bit warmer next time. 
Here’s the Triple C
Here’s the Triple C
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Thanks! I've been working on it for quite some time, think I've finally nailed my post fermentation process.
Here’s a California / Austrian brewer that knows what a delicious Pilsner is supposed to look like! Trumer Pils, is the World’s top winner of 18, count’em EIGHTEEN gold medals! Check out the clarity!
I’ve had Trumer here before a few times, it’s one of my perennial favorites. Really a fantastic Euro Pilsner (Bavarian style really, but they are on the Austrian side of the border, so Austrian.) The great thing about Trumer is they ponied up and built a companion brewhouse here in California, Berkeley no less. So we get the fantastic and majestic Trumer Pils locally, hey that’s one way to avoid those import booze tariffs! You guys listening Hofbrau and Hacker-Pschorr!
Trumer Pils is a 4.9% ABV Pilsner, from a 400 year old enterprise. Trumer built the Berkeley brewery in 2004. I had the great opportunity to visit the Berkeley location with family. A great way to spend a weekend afternoon. Any afternoon actually! Prost!
I’ve had Trumer here before a few times, it’s one of my perennial favorites. Really a fantastic Euro Pilsner (Bavarian style really, but they are on the Austrian side of the border, so Austrian.) The great thing about Trumer is they ponied up and built a companion brewhouse here in California, Berkeley no less. So we get the fantastic and majestic Trumer Pils locally, hey that’s one way to avoid those import booze tariffs! You guys listening Hofbrau and Hacker-Pschorr!
Trumer Pils is a 4.9% ABV Pilsner, from a 400 year old enterprise. Trumer built the Berkeley brewery in 2004. I had the great opportunity to visit the Berkeley location with family. A great way to spend a weekend afternoon. Any afternoon actually! Prost!
I experimented with roasted barley in this just because I had sone but I won't do that again. Not terrible, but seems out of place for what im used to. As far as head, that glass sucked and I don't think was rinsed well as I'm getting a decent head on this beer in other glasses. I won't use roasted barley again as it really doesn't fit and i got a bit heavy handed with it, but whatever, it's still a drinkable break back into the hobby beer.
To stay on topic, a better pour of my was supposed to be dunkleweizen but more of a black wheat roasted barley beer.
Hb Czech pils, now it's carbonated, this will go fast.
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TGIF! HB WCIPA "Hello Dankness". Has a bunch of CTZ and even a pound of crystal (albeit 15L) Cheers!
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Glass seats at the Cleveland Monsters. Plus free beer!
Tasty Belgian blond ale
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Local brewery, Bo Pils.. pretty decent, same glass I posted my hb Czech in... weird.
1/2 day tomorrow, pre-gaming now for a weekend.
Pacifico for me, Jarritos for her.
Yum yum!
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