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This is a Helles
Good beer, bad lighting. Dirt nap^3.
Weekend starts now
Still have some bargain bin beers from last year
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Now a Pilsner.
Wheat harvest is just getting started in these parts.
Wheat harvest is just getting started in these parts.
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Prost defintely make some fine beers. Haven't had a disappointing one yet.
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I will take your advice and happily buy the occasional pint for $6 at the lodge. I'll stick with the quest for the perfect best bitter.
Shoe Tree dipa and a HB hazy.
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Bottoms up
Went to a fun murder mystery tonight at a nearby winery. So having some wine at home after. By its description, this is a California red blend known for its rich, full-bodied flavor profile. It features notes of ripe blackberry, black cherry, dark chocolate, espresso, and roasted oak. The wine is crafted to be smooth, balanced, and enjoyable as an everyday red, with a good depth of flavor and complexity. It used to be called Witching Hour dark red blend. Now its called Stories and Spells. Its one we’ve had a few times.
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Not a super huge fan of the style, im trying though. A little more golden than hazy you think??
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Guess I had too many. Can’t spell!
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I accept your drinking challenge for this evening. Keep on practicing. I will bring a stein you may not have seen.
Cheers
Need to start the ABV catch up race....
Today I kickoff at least 11 days of delicious Helles beers! So what constitutes a Helles beer? Well, I rounded up the 11 Helles Lagers currently available in Southern California to find out what makes these tick. Traditionally, a Helles is a “Light” beer, and not the way we view “Light” in the US. Literally, Helles refers to “Light” in the German way, meaning “Light” in color, but not light in Calories or ABV.
So when we see the words “Hell” or Helles”, we are referring to a “Light Color” but malt-forward Lager. Whereas with a hop-forward Pilsner, we might see 25-45 IBU, on a more malt-forward Helles we might expect between 16-22 IBU. Hey, what about that 3-point IBU gap between a Helles and a Pilsner? We’ll that’s sort of the grey area you might find more highly-hopped Helles beers or more lightly-hopped Pilsners. It’s that crossover range between the two.
A good example of this is the North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner I drank last month. This is a beer in that crossover range. Last month, I felt this was more of a Helles than a Pilsner – drink a bunch of Bavarian Pilsners in a row then drink a Scrimshaw and you’ll see what I mean. It is delicious, but definitely more of a Helles in my humble opinion. Because of that, I’m including Scrimshaw in this tour of Helles beers.
When I’m buying the beer for newbies, I generally suggest most non-beer people have a Helles rather than a Pilsner. My personal preference is Pilsners, but I find Helles Lagers are more what your typical non-beer drinker is looking for when they are forced into actually drinking a beer!
So, we have 8 German Helles Lagers, 1 can of Austrian Steigl which essentially is like a Bavarian Helles, even though they are out of Salzberg, and we have two California beers, Scrimshaw by North Coast Brewing in San Jose and Ruekeller Helles produced by The Bruery, located in Placentia, California. I have to point out, it takes a while to round up all participants here. Any time I do one of these tours, it might take a month or two to round up all the usual suspects, supply chains being what they are.
First up is Weltenburger Kloster, the World’s oldest Monastery Brewery since 1050! Not to be confused with Weihenstephaner, the World’s Oldest Brewery, Since 1040! Amazing that through all the European conflicts in 1000+ years, there are still records out there documenting this. Think about that – Weltenburger Kloster – cranking it out for 2025-1050 / 25 = 39.4 generations! Ice cold beer – great way of “bringing in the flock!”
This is a terrific, malt-forward beer, 4.9% ABV with a 20 IBU. You don’t see this brand much, but it is on the shelves now, go pick up a 4-pack! Prost!
So when we see the words “Hell” or Helles”, we are referring to a “Light Color” but malt-forward Lager. Whereas with a hop-forward Pilsner, we might see 25-45 IBU, on a more malt-forward Helles we might expect between 16-22 IBU. Hey, what about that 3-point IBU gap between a Helles and a Pilsner? We’ll that’s sort of the grey area you might find more highly-hopped Helles beers or more lightly-hopped Pilsners. It’s that crossover range between the two.
A good example of this is the North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner I drank last month. This is a beer in that crossover range. Last month, I felt this was more of a Helles than a Pilsner – drink a bunch of Bavarian Pilsners in a row then drink a Scrimshaw and you’ll see what I mean. It is delicious, but definitely more of a Helles in my humble opinion. Because of that, I’m including Scrimshaw in this tour of Helles beers.
When I’m buying the beer for newbies, I generally suggest most non-beer people have a Helles rather than a Pilsner. My personal preference is Pilsners, but I find Helles Lagers are more what your typical non-beer drinker is looking for when they are forced into actually drinking a beer!
So, we have 8 German Helles Lagers, 1 can of Austrian Steigl which essentially is like a Bavarian Helles, even though they are out of Salzberg, and we have two California beers, Scrimshaw by North Coast Brewing in San Jose and Ruekeller Helles produced by The Bruery, located in Placentia, California. I have to point out, it takes a while to round up all participants here. Any time I do one of these tours, it might take a month or two to round up all the usual suspects, supply chains being what they are.
First up is Weltenburger Kloster, the World’s oldest Monastery Brewery since 1050! Not to be confused with Weihenstephaner, the World’s Oldest Brewery, Since 1040! Amazing that through all the European conflicts in 1000+ years, there are still records out there documenting this. Think about that – Weltenburger Kloster – cranking it out for 2025-1050 / 25 = 39.4 generations! Ice cold beer – great way of “bringing in the flock!”
This is a terrific, malt-forward beer, 4.9% ABV with a 20 IBU. You don’t see this brand much, but it is on the shelves now, go pick up a 4-pack! Prost!
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A beer a day keeps the plumbing OK.
Beer for me, Claw Tail for her.
X2. These are tasty and just fun to drink. Reminds me of cookouts with friends back in the '80's.
Niece and her high school friends wanted and then didn't want to use the pool. Uncle Uber duty done. Yeti tumbler has teq neat. Calgon. Take me away
Something refreshing on a warm day.
My house ordinary bitter.
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I'm a rank amateur in comparison. Pick a table; you can drink me under it.I accept your drinking challenge for this evening. Keep on practicing. I will bring a stein you may not have seen.
Cheers
Since we're apparently in a race, 16oz X 10%= 160 Alcohol Units, AU for short. Adding this beer is now 264AU. My table still has a force field under it. 
I'm watching The Mummy so this many units of beer in ancient Egyptian. What a time to be alive!
𓃊𓃎𓃌 𓃀𓅂𓅂𓂋
I'm watching The Mummy so this many units of beer in ancient Egyptian. What a time to be alive!
𓃊𓃎𓃌 𓃀𓅂𓅂𓂋
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Brewers up 3-1 at home. I don't want a bottom of the ninth. Secret weapon? American Brown, HB... Live at the Apollo. Wham. 5 runs insurance. Love that beer!
Good stuff.
376AU. For my own sanity, I'll be stopping the counting...
Meh, WCIPA
Meh, WCIPA
Okay, maybe 10-12 more units..??
Having a drink to calm my nerves…
Just killed a big ol ‘effn rattlesnake chillin by my back door. I absolutely hate snakes and hate them even more when they surprise me. Sorry for you animal lovers, but venomous snakes don’t get second chances on my farm. (Dude was deceased when I took the pic with my daughter’s legs)
Just killed a big ol ‘effn rattlesnake chillin by my back door. I absolutely hate snakes and hate them even more when they surprise me. Sorry for you animal lovers, but venomous snakes don’t get second chances on my farm. (Dude was deceased when I took the pic with my daughter’s legs)
Glad everyone is okay! We run into Coral snakes the most on the back yard but dogs handle them well. No rattlers nor Copperheads yet.
Great great beer! Although, my liver might disagree.
UPS that to @Rish to make some wine out of it stat!
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That's a big one, oddly I haven't run into any of them on the trail this year yet. Knocks on wood.
Maybe a nice belt… or hat band
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