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View attachment 770725HB Dry Hopped American Pilsner with Opal hops. Not clear, but it seems to get clearer (slightly) with each pour. A little floral & spicy notes while being easy drinking. Just my two cents.
How do you like opal hops? Good for dry hopping? I just got 5 kilos of it and need to sprinkle it everywhere. I've brewn my first batch with them, conditioning on bottle as we speak. I think I overdid the bitterness by quite a large margin unfortunately based on how it tasted after fermentation.
 
Grist is measured and milled for tomorrow and my water is sitting in the kettle, ready to go.

It’s too dark to take a picture on the red tool box, the CD rack will do. This is the first time since last Spring that I’ve been up after the sun went down.

A pleasantly insipid blonde ale with Mandarina Bavaria.

Bonus points for having Thelonious Monk and The Dead Milkmen in the same shot. :mug:
 
How do you like opal hops? Good for dry hopping? I just got 5 kilos of it and need to sprinkle it everywhere. I've brewn my first batch with them, conditioning on bottle as we speak. I think I overdid the bitterness by quite a large margin unfortunately based on how it tasted after fermentation.
It’s my first time using Opal. I get a lot of spicy notes with a little bit of floral on the backend. It was an old bag that was never opened and I wanted to give it a try, so I amped up the amounts based on the lost AA BeerSmith calculated. I’m happy with it but fresher lots may have a different character to it, or maybe not.
 
Happy Labor Day, morning coffee.
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Started grilling for Labor Day. Moved the Flanders Red out of cold storage and poured off the first glass. I mean, I have to taste-test it before I give it to guests, right? Brewed 11 months ago on mixed-ferm using the house sour culture. Amazing. These are the curry dry-rubbed pork ribs, later the Korean bbq chicken will be smoking as well.
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I don’t say this lightly, but this might be one of the best beers I’ve ever had. It’s a tad more rich than say a Paulaner Festbier but it’s not as caramelly as a Marzen. It’s incredibly clean and has this butter cookie note that keeps me coming back for another sip. I’ll most definitely be heading back to the local brewery to grab a couple more 4 packs of this.

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Lager keg gave the ghost. I’m gonna miss that beer. But gave me room to finally stick the Oktoberfest keg in the fridge and also figured I’d tap the wcipa.
First pour HB wcipa. Over carbed a bit, and I might have been too heavy handed w the Columbus lupomax hops but my ipas are starting to really come around. So far I’d rank this my best to date, or at least very very close to it.
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