What are you drinking now?

[AlexKay]

HB Helles.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Trekked just a mile down the road to support opening day at local brewery. I'm sure I'll get flamed but Im not a fan of daycare tap rooms. Waiting line was out the door. The Hazy IPA meh

Black IPA was pretty good. I'd actually say best black IPA I've had in a while.

 

[Rish]

Ferus amber lager. Pretty good.

 

[loganklaas]

I’m a retired and disabled Veteran, and salute you other Veterans and supporters. I took out a couple of other older Veterans today around Boise for some of the great things the community does. Had some laughs, great food, and free pints at my place. REALLY great time. We all get together and brew from time to time. GO ARMY! ESSAYONS! I was in the Army, one was in the Air Force, and the other was in the Navy during Vietnam. I think this picture should be named “Fat Guys in a Tiny Booth.” (Trademark pending)

 

[leedspointbrew]

Thanks to some good advice, a fully carbed / vastly improved Insidious Pumpkin. It tasted good flat, but is way better after repriming and sitting for a week. The vets on these forums are right : put in the effort, don't abandon a brew prematurely.

 

[grampamark]

HB Blonde Ale.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Pulled a car in the garage after work today to prep it for head gasket and timing chains and guides, also upgraded cams, when draining the coolant the drain cock was stuck so naturally when I got it loose it came out entirely giving me a coolant shower, I hate coolant, eff this, I'm gonna have a founders now. It's gone already, next.

 

[Rish]

Ferus rye imperial stout. Very tasty!

 

[bwible]

Thank you to those who have served!

Hb’d Columbus (homegrown) wet hop ale.

Me about 1985. When I was alot younger and skinnier. I was on USS Independence (CV-62) now gone, cut up for scrap.

Short pour, homebrew amber lager

 

[Rish]

I’m a retired and disabled Veteran, and salute you other Veterans and supporters. I took out a couple of other older Veterans today around Boise for some of the great things the community does. Had some laughs, great food, and free pints at my place. REALLY great time. We all get together and brew from time to time. GO ARMY! ESSAYONS! I was in the Army, one was in the Air Force, and the other was in the Navy during Vietnam. I think this picture should be named “Fat Guys in a Tiny Booth.” (Trademark pending)
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Thanks to you and your friends for your service! I don't see a single beer on that table!

 

[Rish]

HB chocolate stout graf. I just left a gallon of the stout in fv and dumped in 4 gallons of apple juice. It had a very bitter chocolate taste early on. This last one isn't bad 1 1/2 years later.

 

[Apmarand]

Pulled a car in the garage after work today to prep it for head gasket and timing chains and guides, also upgraded cams, when draining the coolant the drain cock was stuck so naturally when I got it loose it came out entirely giving me a coolant shower, I hate coolant, eff this, I'm gonna have a founders now. It's gone already, next.View attachment 786046

Bonus points would have been the grease-laden hand print on the can

 

[AlexKay]

HB California Common, with too much foam:

 

[bwible]

I wasted the last three years of my life trying to learn how to make insipid fizzy yellow swill, of course I'll head to the Rockies with you.

HB American Lager - yeah I’m with you. I spent a whole year trying to perfect a “pseudo lager” recipe with different ale yeasts. In the end I just bought a fridge for making lagers.

34/70 works ok at ale temps. Its even better at lager temps though. This one is 34/70. I have some Diamond Lager yeast to try next.

 

[Section1]

Coast 2 Coast from @JaggersBrewingCo and was really good. Light, clean, and easy drinking. Great beer!

 

[Section1]

A few of these today on my day off thinking about what I should be doing but couldn't be bother to do.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Bonus points would have been the grease-laden hand print on the can

How about a step up in abv, with the mess in the background, including the aforementioned drain cock, still stuck in the pliers... I dont mind grease on my can, but coolant... no I hate coolant.

 

[Apmarand]

How about a step up in abv, with the mess in the background, including the aforementioned drain cock, still stuck in the pliers... I dont mind grease on my can, but coolant... no I hate coolant.
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Bonus points achieved

 

[Apmarand]

Moving on to local fare made by a good friend - Akademia (Athens area in GA) is fantastic brewery operated by great people if you ever get the chance.

 

[Elkobrewer]

 

[j1laskey]

Proper Porter

 

[orionol73]

 

[grampamark]

HB Bullwinkle Brown

 

[DBhomebrew]

This is really enjoyable. Bready with a soft floral hop.

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

In honor of my father and grandfather on Veterans Day! Cheers to all of you who served.

 

[loganklaas]

Great beer

 

[Bramling Cross]

HB American Lager - yeah I’m with you. I spent a whole year trying to perfect a “pseudo lager” recipe with different ale yeasts. In the end I just bought a fridge for making lagers.

34/70 works ok at ale temps. Its even better at lager temps though. This one is 34/70. I have some Diamond Lager yeast to try next.

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I think you'll really like Diamond. It's hyper-clean, very attenuative, and an absolute wort-destroying monster that hits TG on day four...on the second pitch.

The first pitch is a bit funny. You can pitch a single sachet on anything up to 1.050. Expect a day of lag, then it'll start going slowly. I've found that letting it go at 54F yields a nice beer while helping it through its first fermentation. Expect to cold crash around day seven or eight.

On the second pitch, however, it's an unstoppable monster at 50F* that will outpace many ale yeasts at 68F. If you like a dry lager, mash in at 145 for 60, then recirculate at 165 for 30 and Diamond will lay waste to that wort. It's my go-to warm weather yeast.

I use S-189 in the colder months. It's every bit as easy and quick to use, but it isn't as starkly dry as Diamond. It's certainly dry, but not as transparent as Diamond. S-189 is just a bit softer and favors malt a bit more than hops.

Welcome to the cold side, bwible! There's all kinds of fun waiting for you!


*My results utilize the "modern fermentation method." That is, you gradually increase the temperature of the fermentation once you reach half-gravity and keep elevating until you let it finish the last 1/4 of gravity around 58F-62F. Me, I start elevating at 1/4 gravity, but I never let it get above 58F because I don't want to tax my anti-suckback rig during the crash.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Trekked just a mile down the road to support opening day at local brewery. I'm sure I'll get flamed but Im not a fan of daycare tap rooms. Waiting line was out the door. The Hazy IPA meh
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"day care tap rooms" it's stuff like this that reaffirms my decision to make my own beer and be excited about what I have in the fridge.

I don't know what that is, but I'm pleased to learn that I don't.

 

[j1laskey]

 

[beermanpete]

 

[Bramling Cross]

This is the last of the summer beer.

As you can see, my Panther Piss Classic LODO is sucking yeast off the bottom. It's about to die. This was a really good beer. Yeah, the hops faded a bit, but it was pretty much the same beer over its (just slightly over) four month life in the keg.

I'll see you again this Spring, until then, you've been a great beer. Thank you.

 

[wepeeler]

Latest NEIPA. All Citra, Coastal Haze. Kegged yesterday Couldn't wait to sample it

 

[Noob_Brewer]

Celebration from SN. Still don't think its as good as it used to be but I like this year definitely better than last year. Still enjoy it regardless every year.

 

[cfrazier77]

Monk's Cafe Flemish sour ale, very complex flavor.

 

[aharri1]

Tis' the season!!! It's a celebration *******!

 

[Dgallo]

Trekked just a mile down the road to support opening day at local brewery. I'm sure I'll get flamed but Im not a fan of daycare tap rooms. Waiting line was out the door. The Hazy IPA meh
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Hahaha hey parents need to drink beers too. That said, We only take our boys to taprooms/breweries that it make sense for kids to be and they are decently behaved lol

 

[Dgallo]

Tis' the season!!! It's a celebration *******!

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I haven’t seen bottles yet by me. That is my favorite commercial seasonal beer. And I love bottles are back, an added plus for bottling for competitions lol

 

[cfrazier77]

Enjoying I nice home brewed philly sour pilsner while smoking pork butts. I am should on this yeast.

 

[user 299976]

Not really hazy, but ok. The hops (loral & Mosaic) didn’t work for me…..too bitter. Mosaic is great, so guessing the loral was the culprit

Loral (red) and mosaic (green) below.

 

[cfrazier77]

Round two, Weihenstephaner Festbier, this is amazing, but I love Festbier. And, the pork butts are crazing along nicely.