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[Beermeister32]

Mexi Hazy is a 6.3% ABV Hazy IPA from Cerveceria Wendlandt out of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. This is easily the highest ABV brew I’ve seen coming out of Mexico!

I was really getting used to those thirst-quenching 24 ounce cans, so much so this 16 ouncer is starting to look skimpy! It’s not of course, and for all you ABV counting inebriant sippers out there, 4% x 24 = .96 oz; 6.3% x 16 = 1.008 oz. Mexi Hazy has the most of the big boys beat in total booze content. Joy!

A tasty brew and despite the haze, it tastes more like a West Coast IPA. Mexi Haze has terrific head that lasts all the way down to the bottom of the glass and decent foamy lacing too. We don’t see too many IPA’s originating South of the Border, ship up some more!

 

[Pennine]

The new HB best bitter and then one from the professionals.

 

[tdf]

HB pale ale that I somehow poured into a suspicious looking glass.

 

[Rish]

Last taste of a bottle of arancello. Time to start zesting!

 

[Remmy]

 

[Pennine]

A couple of these, got a little thirsty after reading about @Miraculix had to have one of these.

 

[Miraculix]

A couple of these, got a little thirsty after reading about @Miraculix had to have one of these.

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Cheers!

 

[beermanpete]

Manhatten at the Bourbon Library in LEX.

 

[MaxStout]

Poured the last of the HB London porter. Need to brew that one again soon.

 

[loganklaas]

HB Raspberry Hard Lemonade.

 

[loganklaas]

Why not?

 

[bwible]

Back of the beer fridge find

 

[loganklaas]

I put a couple shots of Tito’s vodka in this one. If @Bramling Cross has a “Panther Piss Bum Strength” version of his amazing looking Helles, I need to up my game somehow His is WAY more photo-worthy though!

 

[bwible]

I had a busy day doing car stuff, so I've earned a glass of Panther Piss Bum Strength.
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Just out of curiosity - what is bum strength? Like 7%?

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Real Feel at 106 but need some, err, fresh air? Tested out the leg without the boot and made it 30min before back in bed. Progress. I'll drink to that!

HB Rye IPA and HB 16%Mead

 

[Rish]

Aldi find. Pretty refreshing lime lager.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Just out of curiosity - what is bum strength? Like 7%?

6.5%. I'm used to drinking 1.040-1.045, so it hits me like a truck.

 

[Bramling Cross]

It's an improvement to see a different beer glass than that ****** standard. According to the American Brewers Association, we know only one glass style.

I'm sorry, I wasn't complaining about the glassware...I'm the last person that has a right to complain about that. It's the quantity of Marzen that would have me sliding under the table.

 

[Beermeister32]

Well what goes around comes around. Here I am at the end of my Mexican beer tour, and what do I have? A fantastic 7% ABV beer – Por Favor Mexican IPA from Baja Brewing Company out of Tijuana, Mexico! Just a few miles from San Diego!

Rivalling some of the best cross-the-border San Diego IPA’s this is a fantastic West Coast style IPA – Great flavor tasty hop mix, small amount of head and good lacing. This really makes me think there is a lot of brewing crossover between San Diego and the border areas like Tijuana. Talent, people, skills, flavors – All mirroring and influenced by what is going on a few miles to the North.

Well, what do we glean from this past couple weeks? Well, you never really know because we are being fed the beers by the importers primarily. It's not really a true snapshot of the market. A lot of those beers are imported to appeal to the Mexican-beer drinking population here in California and the West. Looking at the supermarkets, Modelo especially seems to have a huge wrap on the market. Beers styles are so similar to each other, it really is hard to differentiate them, especially when we are looking at the 4% - 4.5% ABV Golden Lagers. A few of them claim Pilsner status. As a devoted Pilsner drinker, I’m not going along with that one, however they are super clean, easy drinking Lagers not unlike Bud, Miller and Coors. Those BMC-type Lagers seem to predominate the market. You can buy a ton of those 24-ouncers, drink heartily and you still don’t catch much of a buzz!

Standouts this tour include Modelo’s Negra Munich Dunkel, and I really like this Por Favor Mexican IPA today. It’s spot on West Coast American (I guess when talking Mexico we’re talking North American) IPA fare, terrific job! For easy drinking Lagers, take your pick – with a lime they all taste like Corona! Cervezas fantásticas!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Enough of that, back inside.

HB Rye IPA

 

[Bramling Cross]

Here's a glass of failure. It's an APA that failed to launch despite gobbling up three successive sachets of Cellar Science Chico yeast over four days. They were a bit less than 1 year past their use by, but when is that ever a problem with dried yeast? It finally took off on day five after I pitched a sachet of Verdant. It's fine at best and I only kegged it because I had a slot open. It'll get dumped once I have something better available. I do believe I'm done with Cellar Science.

 

[NotSure]

Drinking a HB of "Only The Cheapest Ingredients." This is a joke about Budweiser's "Only The Finest Ingredients" marketing. Every once in a while, I try to make a beer that is good quality, but cheap. I make it from whatever is on sale at the brewshop, so the beer is different every time. This year it ended-up being a Session Belgian Blonde. I got it under 25 US cents for each 20 US fluid ounce glass. This is the first time I've used this yeast strain, but it chugged hard, then called it a day - produced a strong banana taste, but the beer is refreshing. Lagering made it really really clear. I love lagering, it fixes everything.

• 23 litres kegged and bottled
• 4.1% ABV
• 4.5 kg Pilsner Malt
• 20 g of Aurora hops only for bittering
• Safale T-58 yeast

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

80° and "humid". Time to get rid of the winter beer.

Schilling. Still tasty

 

[Rish]

Tasty Scottish ale.

 

[bwible]

Here's a glass of failure. It's an APA that failed to launch despite gobbling up three successive sachets of Cellar Science Chico yeast over four days. They were a bit less than 1 year past their use by, but when is that ever a problem with dried yeast? It finally took off on day five after I pitched a sachet of Verdant. It's fine at best and I only kegged it because I had a slot open. It'll get dumped once I have something better available. I do believe I'm done with Cellar Science.
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I have a Czech Pils going now with a starter of Wy2001 Pilsner Urquell strain. The pack was over a year old and I made a starter. Still took a little over 3 days to get started. Its at 1.013 now, hoping it will be good.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Poured the last of the HB London porter. Need to brew that one again soon.

I must say, I'm honored to have gotten the second-to-the last bottle! Looking forward to trying it later tonight!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Some port

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[Willy]

Refreshing HB Czech Pils. (Already sampled the stout and the bitter. )

 

[ClaudiusB]

We had some minor dust storms with a 30-second burst which kept me busy. This year the weather has been crazy.
I was enjoying a Maibock before local homebrewers, and neighbors showed up for the Maibock season celebration.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

A bottle of MaxStout's London Porter, it's really nice!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Tastes this one’s a Wit.

 

[ClaudiusB]

A few homemade German reds are needed for lunch, and no unhealthy foods are involved.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Kentucky common

 

[NotSure]

I'm drinking a HB Wee Heavy I bottled on 22 August 2024. A simple recipe, just Golden Promise and a bit of Roasted Barley. EKG for 26 IBU and US-05. 8.8% ABV. Usually I drink these when it's a bit colder outside, but opened it to check the carbonation of the batch. Tastes like boozy caramel and raisins.

 

[RCope]

Don't you love it when every beer you have on tap is a winner? Where to start? With a Wry Smile, of course ;-)

 

[Beermeister32]

After two weeks drinking Mexican beer, boy was it ever time to crack open some fine German beer! Check this out… Hofbräuhaus Helles is now available in half-liter cans! So much better than the light brown Euro glass, somebody back at the Mothership must be tuning in… Fresh brew - Love these cans!

Helles Lager is the one most everyone likes. Let me re-phrase that… Pilsner is the biggest seller in Germany, but when I’m around non-beer people here in the states, you have a lot more success giving them Helles Lager. Not quite as hoppy as a Pilsner, it is a bit more of what your beer-timid friends might expect in a beer.

This glugger conforms to the 1516 Reinheitsgebot, the German Beer Purity Law. 4.9% ABV, Nice head and decent lacing – Plus that malty flavor, fantastic!

I still have fond memories of our fun at the Las Vegas Hofbräuhaus. Next time you’re out that direction, make sure to figure in a visit… None better than Hofbräuhaus Helles! Prost!

 

[MaxStout]

HB APA. I didn't get the hops utilization I expected, so it's more like a blonde ale. Still like it. I think I'll stop using the hops spider for a while and just have the hops go commando to see if it gets better in upcoming brews.

 

[beermanpete]

Old Fashioned (x2)

 

[RCope]

I think I'll stop using the hops spider for a while and just have the hops go commando to see if it gets better in upcoming brews.

I quit using my hop spider in 2019 ;-). On topic, HB PA, tapped just a couple of days ago so needs to clear. A slow pour...