What are you drinking now?

[MaxStout]

I saw that one too
I think @MaxStout has visited him before, but I may be confusing it with another past post. @grampamark , we hope all is well with you and your family!

I tried to PM him a month or so ago, but no answer. I could try to text him on his cell.

 

[ClaudiusB]

Mother Nature pulled an April Fool's Day on all of us in El Paso, TX. What a great day today
I am drinking inside again, the outside is a mess.

 

[Rish]

HM arancello nightcap

 

[grampamark]

Hello HBT folks. I got a text from @MaxStout a little while ago, inquiring as to my location relative to the top of the ground so I thought I should check in here.

I brewed my most recent batch on Jan.16, a Mosaic Blonde, and posted about it here which was probably the last time I checked in. A week to the day after that I suffered a stroke. Spent 5 days in the hospital, of which I have no memory, and have spent the last couple of months shuttling between various medical appointments and physical therapy sessions. I had a Dr. appointment this morning and he was pleased with my progress. So, I continue to wake up still not dead every morning and the prognosis is that I should continue to do so.

I’ve been exploring the wonderful world of NA beer. I’m happy to report that there is no shortage of non-alcoholic male beverages beverages which taste very much like beer. I’m going to look into brewing NA beer so I can continue to brew. I did keg the Blonde a week, or so, ago to get it off the yeast after almost two months. The carb sampls tasted OK despite being on the yeast that long. So, I have HB to serve others while I stick with the unleaded stuff. I’m lucky to not have any significant, long term, effects from the stroke so I’m not about to jump off the wagon.

Thanks to those who noticed my absence and wondered what had happened. I’m still on the right side of the dirt and hope to stay there as long as I can.

 

[MaxStout]

Glad to see you back here, Mark. Lots of people care about you on HBT.

Looking forward to hearing about your NA brewing adventures.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I am enjoying a few Oktoberfest beers before my next truckload of play sand arrives. According to the National Weather Bureau, Mother Nature will start after 2 PM. It took me over two hours to move the sand around from yesterday's delivery.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Pre-game Space Dust.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

@grampamark thanks for the update! God speed on your recovery!!

HB Helles

 

[MaxStout]

Having one of the last of my HB Baltic porter, bottled almost a year ago. Three bottles left now. Has a nice complexity and just a hint of oxidation. Wish I had saved more of them for long-term aging, but I'm too impatient.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

It takes work to go into work hungover...wish me luck!

HB IPA

 

[Rish]

HB wheat

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Glad I bought these beers in aluminum cans a few months ago!

 

[camonick]

HB pale ale.
Still quite young and a fair amount of wheat in the grain bill. A lot cloudier than I would like.

 

[Beermeister32]

After a month-long review of Pilsners, you’d think I’d take a day off, or switch over to Stouts or Sours or something. No Way! I picked up this delicious 6-pack a couple weeks ago and I’ve been looking forward to it ever since!

Trumer is best known for fantastic German lagers from their two breweries, Salzberg, Austria and Berkeley, California. Trumer Pilsner is spot-on perfect, (das ist das gute zeug!) and a winner of many gold medals. Here comes another soon-to-be classic brew, Doppelgänger Northern Lager. With a name like Doppelgänger, you’d think this was going to be a Double or Doppelbock or lookalike or something - Nope! In this case it is a respectful mirror of their flagship Austrian brewery. In my case, it means I’m drinking two identical cans at once!

This beer really reminds me of two different tasty beers – First is my very own Citra-Pils recipe. The color is similar too, mine had a Pilsner backbone but added a lb of Vienna malt and a whole ‘buncha Citra hops. The second would be the several years old Bitburger/Sierra Nevada partner brewing venture of Triple Hop’d Lager – another hoppy favorite I wish they’d brew again. The American hops Citra and Mosaic we’re used to seeing in IPAs – and now we’re seeing them pop up in some great, refreshing and hoppy Lager hybrids.

This ties in with what we’ve been experiencing with some of the Pacific Pisners lately – hopped up Lagers (or is that up-hopped Lagers? Hmm….) Anyway, they are hoppier than a Pilsner, sometimes use American even IPA-familiar hops with a traditional Pilsner or mixed with a 2-row base and of course are Lagers, not Ales, giving way to a very crisp, refreshing gluggable beer with a super-clean finish!

Some of the advances happening now to the light hoppy Lager world are impressive. Alesmith’s Anvil Pilsner and now this. Maybe there is hope after all…. Prost!

 

[Rish]

Tasty winter ale with smoked barley and spruce tips, 8%. Getting a little of the smoke in this can which I haven't detected before. Maybe has to do with what I've drunk before I tasted this. Definitely enjoy it but still don't get the spruce tips.

 

[Bramling Cross]

A glass of Panther Piss while I get back to work on the Panther Piss Project write up.

EDIT: LMAO, that was an accident by the way! Needless to say, this photo isn't getting deleted!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Dated glassware..

 

[tdf]

The tail end of two bitters.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

A glass of Panther Piss while I get back to work on the Panther Piss Project write up.
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EDIT: LMAO, that was an accident by the way! Needless to say, this photo isn't getting deleted!

Happy Accident!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

It takes work to go into work hungover...wish me luck!

HB IPA

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Just to let everyone know I'm not a hypocrite, I texted my boss with my new 5yr plan with that screenshot. Reviews are already completed and he'll probably forget for 2026 anyway, or more likely, I'll have a different boss!

GBR!!

 

[hilljack13]

Desert...no cookie taste but still good

 

[BongoYodeler]

Ballpark ipa

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Halftime snack

 

[BongoYodeler]

Pilsner at Vons 1000 Spirits.

 

[day_trippr]

You suppose they count all those duplicates in that 1000 spirits?

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Last night, split this with my wife.

 

[hilljack13]

Lunch time in Ft. Walton Beach

 

[firerat]

Pregaming before a wedding. Yes a wedding on a Thursday. Who gets married in a Thursday? My guess is people who don't want a lot of people at their wedding. But they supposedly have an open bar and I don't have any meetings until noon tomorrow so.....

More of the HB black wheat ale so so was supposed to be dunkleweizen but i fermented too cold and oxidized it me thinks but who cares i made beer to get back in the hobby....beer. i couldn't fit all that on my tap handle.

Oh and the mug my 8 year old saw at a yard sale and got for me!!

 

[firerat]

2 for the show....

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Rusty rail - fog monster

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Not a double post, in fact not the same beer, though you coulda fooled me, this is evil genius, something about baseball players crying, I donno..

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Long arse week. This is my Friday.

Had my order all prepared and then they tell me NH Beer week at Spyglass. $12 for the glass and a pour. Brain freeze!

Binary Stars Galaxy (L)
Quadratics is Big (R)

I like the can art

Food to come......

Edit: tried to see what happens when I ask for a glass and full pour of the high octane Belgian quad. Bartender actually knows my weird spelling last name. Answer? No!

Steakhouse smash and water..... Domain Wall Dipa

 

[Rish]

2 parts lemon wine (tart), 1 part blackcurrant wine (sweet). Interesting, tasty blend.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Homebrew Raging Red Irish ale

 

[Beermeister32]

Well I received the good news. Yes, Beer-Loving Daughter #1 has announced that she and Beer-Loving Best-Dude #1 will be moving to the “Beer Mecca” of the West Coast, San Diego California! Just check out the phone text below – she’s excited about being close to all the local breweries – I’m so proud she’s a chunk off the old block!

To celebrate, what finer way than to crack open a delicious and yummy San Diego brew, Mission Brewing’s Blonde Ale. Well, this is great. Now we all have a place to crash in San Diego! A great way to spend more time sampling the local brew scene!

Mission Brewing is a San Diego favorite – and they brew a Beermeister32 approved range of light Ales, IPAs and Lagers. They also have a number of tasting rooms in and around the San Diego area. Mission Blonde Ale is a tasty and perfectly balanced, 5% ABV Ale brewed with Noble hops no less. So there is definitely a European influence here, and not unlike a good Kolsch. Next time you are in the Southern California or better yet the San Diego market, track down one of these stove-pipes. At 19.2 ounces, buy yourself a bigger beer glass while you are at it! Enjoy!

 

[hilljack13]

Dinner with a stout

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Well I received the good news. Yes, Beer-Loving Daughter #1 has announced that she and Beer-Loving Best-Dude #1 will be moving to the “Beer Mecca” of the West Coast, San Diego California! Just check out the phone text below – she’s excited about being close to all the local breweries – I’m so proud she’s a chunk off the old block!

To celebrate, what finer way than to crack open a delicious and yummy San Diego brew, Mission Brewing’s Blonde Ale. Well, this is great. Now we all have a place to crash in San Diego! A great way to spend more time sampling the local brew scene!

Mission Brewing is a San Diego favorite – and they brew a Beermeister32 approved range of light Ales, IPAs and Lagers. They also have a number of tasting rooms in and around the San Diego area. Mission Blonde Ale is a tasty and perfectly balanced, 5% ABV Ale brewed with Noble hops no less. So there is definitely a European influence here, and not unlike a good Kolsch. Next time you are in the Southern California or better yet the San Diego market, track down one of these stove-pipes. At 19.2 ounces, buy yourself a bigger beer glass while you are at it! Enjoy!

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Good to see the craft brew craze has made it out to the west coast

OT: dessert. Nice little lager by Treehouse

 

[loganklaas]

Went to the brewery a half mile down the hill from me and had a couple of delicious IPAs.

Tropical Thunder:

Haze of Glory:

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Hello HBT folks. I got a text from @MaxStout a little while ago, inquiring as to my location relative to the top of the ground so I thought I should check in here.

I brewed my most recent batch on Jan.16, a Mosaic Blonde, and posted about it here which was probably the last time I checked in. A week to the day after that I suffered a stroke. Spent 5 days in the hospital, of which I have no memory, and have spent the last couple of months shuttling between various medical appointments and physical therapy sessions. I had a Dr. appointment this morning and he was pleased with my progress. So, I continue to wake up still not dead every morning and the prognosis is that I should continue to do so.

I’ve been exploring the wonderful world of NA beer. I’m happy to report that there is no shortage of non-alcoholic male beverages beverages which taste very much like beer. I’m going to look into brewing NA beer so I can continue to brew. I did keg the Blonde a week, or so, ago to get it off the yeast after almost two months. The carb sampls tasted OK despite being on the yeast that long. So, I have HB to serve others while I stick with the unleaded stuff. I’m lucky to not have any significant, long term, effects from the stroke so I’m not about to jump off the wagon.

Thanks to those who noticed my absence and wondered what had happened. I’m still on the right side of the dirt and hope to stay there as long as I can.

So sorry to hear of your misfortune, glad you are upright and amongst us - sorry for the high Jack-

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Homemade sourdough grilled cheeses with homemade pastrami and a side of homemade tomato bisque, why I didn't pour a home made beer is beyond me, whatever it's a new trail stuck in the background of the pic, solid west coast ipa.