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Finished mowing the lawn right at dusk, that deserves a beer! Munich helles with Murphy & Rude malts (Charlottesville VA) and Mt Hood hops, triple decocted. Rather pleased with this one, although I under estimated my efficiency and it's closer to 6%.

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Karl Stauss is another favorite and well-loved San Diego brewer. I had some Mahi Mahi tacos and a flight of beers last time there – The tacos were to die for, and the beer was excellent!

Today’s Westie is their Tower X West Coast IPA. It’s a 7.3% ABV middleweight of an IPA, with all the San Diego area towns listed at the bottom of the can. Back in the day I’d call a 7.3% ABV IPA a heavyweight – now with all the 9%+++ ABV IPAs out there, a 7.3% seems a bit more diminutive. HA!

Tower X comes to us in a fantastic 19.2 ounce stovepipe. I’m noticing a lot of lower production brews coming to us in plastic-labelled, shrink-wrapped aluminum cans. I wonder if that might be an economical way of doing small-batch can labelling without the commitment of a specifically printed aluminum can. A great way to label seasonal and limited-release brews for sure!

Karl Strauss keeps knocking it out of the park with their SoCal area restaurant / brew houses. Tower X has noticeable pine and citrus notes, great clarity, reasonable head and great lacing. Enjoy!

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Long day, took the day off work to ... work .. on these damn trees that are everywhere.. oh and I'm sick so it's like I work for 20 minutes and have to take a 20 min break... not like me .. sorry I'm wining.. I did get to run a stihl 661 today with tuned intake and exhaust ports.. that was enjoyable... drinking a hb hazy which I served to my buddy for helping.. and bringing his stud of a chainsaw to help out.
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Fresh figs, dried figs, fig jam, fig preserves, fig liqueur, boiled figs, fried figs, fig scampi, fig ettouffee....
Peppered fig old fashioned. Goes very well with fig, goat cheese and prosciutto pizza. Think I might try some fig balsamic vinegar. I need more delayed gratification in my life.
 
Cheers to @Thorrak! What a great FotD submission. Very unique. It cost me $129 to get 3 W12s and a glass back in 2015/16?

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Between the flights, rental car, train tickets, and bribes for my partner to help carry it all, that sounds about right. 🤣

Absolutely worth it! Amazing beer.
 
Getting low on the Czech Pilsner. Been an awesome run of 8 batches over the last year, perfecting it to my taste buds. I love Saaz. But tomorrow I am doing a German Pilsner to change it up.

Still milking the Czech Pilsner & loving it. I win an reward on every sip.
 

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Speaking as a confirmed sourdough fiend, those loaves are beautiful. Fantastic work!
Thanks, I started my sourdough extravaganza almost a year ago, making a loaf or 2 a week, different variations.. now I'm starting to feel comfortable not following recipes and just doing whatever. Still working on my sourdough pizza crust though, that has been a little tough to nail down, I think more on the timing, my last pizza dough overfermented and I made it work but it was a challenge, a sticky one.
 
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