What are you drinking now?

[BongoYodeler]

Next up a very non traditional Pilsner. Hoppy, a bit tropical, and hazy, with a nice clean dry finish. Local, There Does Not Exist, brews some amazing pilsners and this one doesn’t disappoint.....it’s just really different, in a good way.

 

[camonick]

HB Bohemian black lager

 

[BongoYodeler]

Firestone Walker Double Mind Haze.

 

[TwistedGray]

Always like seeing another mash & boil in action.

Love mine, too

Personalized, love it!

$10-15 on Amazon "customer license plate frame" or whatever

 

[TwistedGray]

48 Harvest Ale - homegrown hops and blackberries with an open ferment. Low ABV, so I could crush the growler

Also mid-70's today on the coast...so nice!

 

[Noob_Brewer]

Solid beer. VERY much fruit punch/citrus saturation. Reading the can - its almost like they were using leftover amounts of hops so they don't go to waste under the guise of "micro doses" and a "pellet" lol. Can't really pick out the nelson as this is primarily galaxy with simcoe.

 

[Immocles]

Supper prep beer. Hotdish night.
Not a bad beer, but it’s missing something. Goes down quickly though

 

[firerat]

Does anyone want to stop by and help me kick this keg? I mean it's an ok beer. Lol

More HB SMaSH and round 2 of my brew day double header.
That's a centennial cream ale mashing away.

 

[orionol73]

 

[Elric]

Spicy garlic katsu for dinner tonight. Figured it would take an ipa to tame the sauce, it was a good call.

 

[camonick]

HB Munich Helles

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

More River Roost.

Liking this one. I've had a couple of their other saisons. All good but a little chewy. Not a bad thing.

This one has a little more acidity and when I'm thinking I'd like to see it with lemon, it hits me they did the lime perfectly and not a usual addition. Nicely balanced

 

[John Coo's Brews]

Ending the night (maybe) on a North Coast Old Rasputin (served in a Guinness glass). A fav version of a style I've never been successful at.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Ending the night (maybe) on a North Coast Old Rasputin (served in a Guinness glass). A fav version of a style I've never been successful at.
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If you need any stout assistance, PM me. Stouts are my thing. IPAs? That's another issue....

 

[John Coo's Brews]

More River Roost.

Liking this one. I've had a couple of their other saisons. All good but a little chewy. Not a bad thing.

This one has a little more acidity and when I'm thinking I'd like to see it with lemon, it hits me they did the lime perfectly and not a usual addition. Nicely balanced

More River Roost.

Liking this one. I've had a couple of their other saisons. All good but a little chewy. Not a bad thing.

This one has a little more acidity and when I'm thinking I'd like to see it with lemon, it hits me they did the lime perfectly and not a usual addition. Nicely balanced

Starting to see more posts of the beers from Spencer but so far I haven't found it locally. I'm hopeful the traditional Belgian styles (including Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Ales) will continue to expand in the U.S. As for U.S. breweries that I've tried, I'm a big fan of Ommegang, which to me is most typical of the styles of Belgian (though they are branching out to appeal to broader tastes), so I'm eager to try Spencer. Cheers!

 

[John Coo's Brews]

If you need any stout assistance, PM me. Stouts are my thing. IPAs? That's another issue....

Literally, seems like every time I try a stout, an imperial stout, sometimes even a porter, something just goes wrong. Maybe it's fate. Example, just did a 5 gal chocolate milk stout (first time working with Lactose) - everything went fine until I transferred to a secondary (had to do the transfer because I ran out of space), and the only thing I had for secondary was a 6 gallon plastic bucket. What I didn't know was there was a crack in the side (luckily, far enough up on the side that it didn't leak, but still it wasn't airtight), so I may have gotten some oxidation in the 10 days prior to bottling. Hoping that the robustness (the batch included bourbon soaked chocolate nibs) will make any oxidation less apparent. But it's been one thing after another with my dark English ales. On IPAs, I've had better luck with extract than with all-grain. Go figure.

 

[fourfarthing]

HB Saison. Its ready.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Starting to see more posts of the beers from Spencer but so far I haven't found it locally. I'm hopeful the traditional Belgian styles (including Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Ales) will continue to expand in the U.S. As for U.S. breweries that I've tried, I'm a big fan of Ommegang, which to me is most typical of the styles of Belgian (though they are branching out to appeal to broader tastes), so I'm eager to try Spencer. Cheers!

When I lived back east and working for IBM I paid many visits to Cooperstown, and specifically the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame to do some IT work for them. Whenever I could I’d stop at Ommegang on my back home. One of my best scores was some bottles of cave-aged Hennepin. Didn’t really taste any different than the cellar aged version, but knowing the beer was aged deep underground in Howe Caverns drove the coolness factor off the charts!!

 

[John Coo's Brews]

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Huge fan of Duvel, but I have to think that the "Barrel Aged" is marketed for U.S. consumers. Still, it's on my list to try. I like the glass, too. My Belgian colleagues shudder at the thought of serving a "real" Belgian beer in anything but the glass it was intended to be poured into.

 

[John Coo's Brews]

When I lived back east and working for IBM I paid many visits to Cooperstown, and specifically the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame to do some IT work for them. Whenever I could I’d stop at Ommegang on my back home. One of my best scores was some bottles of cave-aged Hennepin. Didn’t really taste any different than the cellar aged version, but knowing the beer was aged deep underground in Howe Caverns drove the coolness factor off the charts!!

Yes! Big fan of the Hennepin Saison. I've got a batch that's conditioning that should be similar, if I can just have the patience to wait on it to mature.

Went up a couple of years ago for a cousin's wedding very close to Cooperstown. Did the HoF and toured the Ommegang Brewery, so a very enjoyable trip.

I've never had the opportunity for the cave-aged version of Hennepin, but we are to vacation in nearby later this spring - hoping I'm close enough to swing by.

 

[John Coo's Brews]

HB Saison. Its ready.

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Looks good! I've got a Saison style batch that I was anxious to try, so I opened the first one yesterday. Mine is a not quite as pale as yours, and needs another week for better carbonation, but it's got a decent spicy bite to it. Very satisfying Belgian flavor profile.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Huge fan of Duvel, but I have to think that the "Barrel Aged" is marketed for U.S. consumers. Still, it's on my list to try. I like the glass, too. My Belgian colleagues shudder at the thought of serving a "real" Belgian beer in anything but the glass it was intended to be poured into.

I actually bought the box for the glass more then the beer. It clearly had barrel qualities but not the heavy whiskey as you get with BA RISs.

Is this a proper glass for a Westvleteren-12 clone??

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Starting to see more posts of the beers from Spencer but so far I haven't found it locally. I'm hopeful the traditional Belgian styles (including Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Ales) will continue to expand in the U.S. As for U.S. breweries that I've tried, I'm a big fan of Ommegang, which to me is most typical of the styles of Belgian (though they are branching out to appeal to broader tastes), so I'm eager to try Spencer. Cheers!

To be honest I find Ommengang a lot better than Spencer. The brewery is within an hour from me. I don't think they come close to the european trappist beers. Their patersbier is awesome with a pizza but it's a patersbier Im a little bit of a purist and I was hoping they'd only offer one recipe and make it outstanding. They've released several recipes including ipas.

I regret never going to the Ommengang belgian festival when a coworker use to continously invite me for the campover.

OT: I'm enjoying the Fate line. Plus putting together a bought rig today. I need that Rasputin recipe. One of my fav RIS

 

[John Coo's Brews]

I actually bought the box for the glass more then the beer. It clearly had barrel qualities but not the heavy whiskey as you get with BA RISs.

Is this a proper glass for a Westvleteren-12 clone??

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I see no issue here! Wish I had one, as I have the last doz from my first Westy 12, and another 35 from the most recent batch.

 

[John Coo's Brews]

To be honest I find Ommengang a lot better than Spencer. The brewery is within an hour from me. I don't think they come close to the european trappist beers. Their patersbier is awesome with a pizza but it's a patersbier Im a little bit of a purist and I was hoping they'd only offer one recipe and make it outstanding. They've released several recipes including ipas.

I regret never going to the Ommengang belgian festival when a coworker use to continously invite me for the campover.

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Well, because I like to try new things, I went and found the Spencer Beers online, shipped to NC. So I've purchased a few of the traditional offerings (in 750 ml format) to try out. I may have reconsidered had I seen your post first, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Well, because I like to try new things, I went and found the Spencer Beers online, shipped to NC. So I've purchased a few of the traditional offerings (in 750 ml format) to try out. I may have reconsidered had I seen your post first, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Ah no. Like you said exploring is fun. I have a bunch of quads and stouts in the cellar I haven't even tried yet. I'd be curious to hear what you think. In the end it's only opinion and pref I def need a westy connection. I think I finished my last bottle months ago

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Had all 4 of the kids solo today (6 yr old girl and 4 yr old boy x3) so I decided to have a beer as I cleaned up after the chaos. Just had a hard time deciding on which one:

 

[Immocles]

HB vanilla oat stout.

 

[John Coo's Brews]

Had all 4 of the kids solo today (6 yr old girl and 4 yr old boy x3) so I decided to have a beer as I cleaned up after the chaos. Just had a hard time deciding on which one:

I like the battle, and I like the victor - though I would have been satisfied with either. Good luck with the chores.

 

[John Coo's Brews]

Ah no. Like you said exploring is fun. I have a bunch of quads and stouts in the cellar I haven't even tried yet. I'd be curious to hear what you think. In the end it's only opinion and pref I def need a westy connection. I think I finished my last bottle months ago

I'm only doing Westy 12 clones in 3.5 gal batches. I just don't have the equipment for a 5 gal batch - I've only got an 8 gal brew kettle, and that's just a little too tight for the OG. But I've done two of the smaller batches now, and I'm happy with the outcomes. Will definitely be on the regular rotation - once in the early fall, and once in the winter (until I can get a fermentation chamber set up).

 

[Immocles]

HB Irish red.

 

[orionol73]

@DrGMG BA Quad from the back of the fridge. Well done! Carb was a little light after all this time but probably added “age”

 

[TwistedGray]

Guinness with dinner

 

[orionol73]

 

[DuncB]

Oatmeal Stout. The last pour from the keg, brewed from a partial mash kit from Northern Brewer. My first partial mash, and that's enough incentive to go all-grain now (at least BAIB). Brewed tons of pure extract kits, so this attempt was by far the best yet. Mmmmmm love it!

Agree as an all in one user good direction.

Also dark beer good choice for first brew on a new rig.

 

[DuncB]

Guinness with dinner

So good to see a sell by date that is realistic.

 

[grampamark]

A little CC 1858 after a long day.

 

[DrGMG]

@DrGMG BA Quad from the back of the fridge. Well done! Carb was a little light after all this time but probably added “age”View attachment 723746

Sweet! The non barrel version won best of show in a FL comp and got brewed at a local Orlando brewery. Glad you liked it.

 

[NotSure]

Dark Kölsch.