What are you enjoying tonight?

[DuallyBrew]

Waitig (im)patiently for my first brew to finish fermenting... Then bottling... I have been going threw the Stone Brew menu.

So far I really love their IPA. Tonight I enjoyed the Ruinition IPA... Very good, but so far their standard IPA is a little better. I really like the hop aroma of the Ruinition though.

Some kind of IPA has certainly become my second brew. Either a 90 minute, double, or standard.

 

[Dragonfly]

I'm takin' a different approach - altho I should be sippin' on some IPA before too long

tonight I'm enjoying Roy Hargrove's Moment to Moment cd with a few of my recently-bottled wheats. and then, before I realized what was happening, it turned 2:30 in the morning. Cheers!

 

[RogerN]

last night as it now is I enjoyed a bottle of Saison Pipaix from Belgium and a bottle of Brewferm 8% Triple from my garage. Hmmmmm.

Roger.

 

[wild]

Today after work I'll be finishing off my keg of Rye IPA and enjoying my last Kuba Kuba from Drew Estates.

Wild

 

[andre the giant]

Tonight I plan on mowing and trimming the yard, then enjoying a Hefeweizen or two while I clean all the floors of the house. (we're having a gathering on Friday night and want the house to look presentable.) Vacuuming and mopping go so much better when you've had a couple beers.

 

[user 574]

Tecate with a lime. Hotter than Hell here and I got no home brew left (ok a couple bottles here and there but I'm saving them). That Black cat mild I made is less than appealing...

 

[El Pistolero]

Waitig (im)patiently for my first brew to finish fermenting... Then bottling...

I'm in that same boat...seems like it's taking forever Meantime while I wait I've been "tasting" all kinds of stuff to get ideas for the second batch, and I must of gained twenty lbs

Anyway, last night I had to toast a pint of Belhaven Wee Heavy Scotch Ale to dearly departed Scotty...very good stuff.

 

[DuallyBrew]

Today after work I'll be finishing off my keg of Rye IPA and enjoying my last Kuba Kuba from Drew Estates.

Wild

Drew makes some awesome cigars! I was at tasting night they put on once at a friends smoke shop. Got an "egg" for free... Now THAT was an interesting smoke!

 

[Rhoobarb]

Nothing. I usually don't drink weeknights except for the occasional gathering of friends at a restaurant. But tomorrow is Friday, I'll be brewing Saturday and I have Monday off!

Tomorrow evening, I'll be trying out one of my Kilkenny, You Bastards! Irish Red ales, just to see how it's coming along. I bottled it two weeks ago and it is the last extract brew I did before going AG. I'll also be bottling a 'sort-of' Hop Rod Rye clone and I'll be having one of the real things while I bottle.

Saturday, I'm brewing a SNPA clone and I like to drink an example of the beer I am brewing while brewing it. So, I'll be having a couple SNPAs while I'm brewing, along with the last of my homebrewed Kolsch's - which turned out great, BTW!

The rest of the weekend is wide open!

 

[Dude]

Tomorrow evening, I'll be trying out one of my Kilkenny, You Bastards! Irish Red ales, just to see how it's coming along. I bottled it two weeks ago and it is the last extract brew I did before going AG.

Interesting name for the Irish Red.....I like it!

Last night when I was brewing I was drinking mostly Guinness cause I had some I wanted to get rid of. I made a few black and tans with the new turtle. I finished off the night with some Strawberry Blonde. I was ticked cause I forgot I had a Stone IPA sitting in my beer fridge behind a keg!

Tonight I'm gonna polish off the sixer of St. George IPA that I got for my labor of bottling them at the brewery...

 

[beergod35]

Like Rhoobarb I usually don't drink during the week 'cause I gotta get up for P.T. in the morning. But I am going to keg the double batch of Lawnmower Beer that I brewed 2 weeks ago. A cold Lawnmower with a slice of lime is great this time of year, it's hot here too. One keg is earmarked for a buddy's Beef and Beer Bash this weekend the other is for a Company Picnic a couple of weeks from now. I have plans to brew up a California Common (Anchor Steam) this weekend. I may have my apprentice brewers make a double batch of Kolsh too.
RogerN that is the greatest beer quate ever!

 

[RogerN]

RogerN that is the greatest beer quate ever!

Glad you like it, live by that code and you won't go far wrong.
Another good one is a poem I learnt in the Navy. To be recited when you get your first beer of the day.

Beer oh beer your such a pest
You often keep me from my rest
You sometimes turn my friends to foes
but now your here
F**k it
Here goes.

 

[El Pistolero]

Hey Rog,

This may go a little against the point of your original post, and for that I apologize, but tonight I DID NOT enjoy a St Arnold Amber Ale. I feel bad about that, as it seems necessary to support micro-brewers whenever possible, and I have enjoyed St Arnold's other beers in the past. But in spite of the fact that amber ales have always been my favorites, this one just didn't taste that great, and on top of that it was a screw top bottle. I ended up pouring half the beer out.

I was then doubly surprised when I DID NOT enjoy a Paulaner Octoberfest Marzen Amber. This one wasn't near as bad as the other tho, and I can see that at some point when my palate matures a little I may be able to appreciate the complex tastes of a beer like this. For now tho, I could kind of tell that there was a lot there, but for now at least I just don't have the tools to appreciate it.
Back into the spirit of things tho...I did enjoy a Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse this evening. In fact I enjoyed it so much that I'm gonna enjoy another right now.

Totally off topic now, with my brews I also enjoyed a nice Pimento Cheese Spread , on some crackers (that's biscuits for you Rog, I think), and of course most importantly, I also enjoyed some time with my kids.

Sorry to hijack your thread...waiting for that first batch to finish is just making me crazy

 

[RogerN]

on some crackers (that's biscuits for you Rog, I think),

El Pistolero we call them crackers too, however if you wanted cheese and crackers in a resteraunt you would order cheese and biscuits.
Crackers isn't it? thats crazy to you mate

Roger.

 

[wild]

Drew makes some awesome cigars! I was at tasting night they put on once at a friends smoke shop. Got an "egg" for free... Now THAT was an interesting smoke!

I may not be a fan of their business practices but I do enjoy some of their cigars such as the White Rabbit, One, and of course the Kuba Kuba. I have only seen the Egg but never dared to try it.

Wild

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

last night i floated my keg of Cerveza Acuna and kegged my Red Bird Irish Ale. I'm brewing a 15 gallon batch of ESB w/ a couple HBC bud's Saturday......aaahhhhh...a day of brewing, BBQ on the smoker, and a fresh Irish Red ale on tap....ain't life great!

mmmmmmm...cheese and biscuits.......mmmmmm......fish'n chips..........

damn i'm hungry!

 

[uglygoat]

i'm moving to texas.. all you guys with your beer and barbeque!!!

i have a 'scottish pale ale' i am enjoying now. it's a basic pale ale with a eidenburg ale yeast... the yeast is wild flavor wise, hard to describe... rather malty and sulfury at the same time... but it accentuates the hops really well. the hop flavors just stick to yer tongue.

i bottled a batch of bitter i made with the same yeast last night, and tonight i will bottle my 'civillian bitter' (this one an english style bitter with london ale yeast) named in honor of my brothers discharge from the military!!!

 

[DuallyBrew]

I also enjoyed a nice Pimento Cheese Spread...

OH! Now you are giving me cravings... I may just have to whip up a batch this weekend...

 

[El Pistolero]

i'm moving to texas.. all you guys with your beer and barbeque!!!

Yeah, but if we want a decent slice of pizza we have to make it ourselves

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

my wife and i make homemade pizza every Sunday night, and toast it with homebrew!

there is an awesome book called "American Pie" that has the best pizza doughs and sauces recipes. we do deep dish and Newy York style. killer stuff......
we do 'em on a pizza stone in the oven or on the smoker......

 

[El Pistolero]

I never thought about using the smoker for pizza...brilliant!

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

I never thought about using the smoker for pizza...brilliant!

awe-yea babe! BBQ chicken pizzas rock on the smoker. homemade dough, BBQ sauce, cilantro, red onion, fresh mozzarella, and honey-jalapeno chicken from H.E.B. (or any shredded roasted chicken will do).

man, what an awesome weekend of brewing. we did 15 gallons of ordinary bitter, sunny-hot day, boudain, beer bullets, t-bones, tunes..........that my friend's, is the good life!
we're gonna enter this beer into the Dixie Cup Homebrew Competition in Houston, TX. one of the oldest and biggest.................

 

[El Pistolero]

honey-jalapeno chicken from H.E.B.

Hand's down the best roast chicken I've ever had. I know one of the exec chef's over there, and she claims it's commercial brand of marinade they inject them things with...I think she's fibbing a bit myself

we're gonna enter this beer into the Dixie Cup Homebrew Competition in Houston, TX. one of the oldest and biggest.................

Best of luck there...I may get brave enough to try that someday, but first I've got to win a chili cookoff and a bbq competition, so the beer thing when it comes will complete my career grand slam Of course I'm also still hoping someday for my limit of specs, reds, and flats to complete that gulf slam!

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

i think it's Tony Chachere's injector seasonings? i asked our local HEB and that's what the chick behind the deli counter told me..... we've used it on fried turkey's and chickens before. tasty!

man, i can relate to the spec's, red's, and flounder's! those babies are tasty too. a friend of mine is planning onm competiting at the Leauge City cook-off this fall. he asked if i'd help out, so i probably will. never been in one, so it should be fun.

 

[El Pistolero]

i think it's Tony Chachere's injector seasonings? i asked our local HEB and that's what the chick behind the deli counter told me..... we've used it on fried turkey's and chickens before. tasty!

Yep, Tony Chachere's is what I've been told also...supposedly straight from the horses's mouth. It's strange tho...all of their other roast chickens are good, but not exceptional...this one is exceptional.

By the way...my apologies to the original poster for this being so totally off topic...or is it

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

yep, sorry also.

but, since it's already shot to hell, there's a brewmasters dinner at Two Row's tomorrow night. $35/person, 4 course meal and a brew matched w/ each dish. then a tour of the gadgets after dessert. my wife and i are gonna make the 1.5 hour trek. what the hay, right?

 

[DuallyBrew]

Nope - not off topic...

What is "HEB"?

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

H.E.B. is a Texas chain of grocery stores. based out of San Antonio, TX. their honey-jalapeno roasted chickens kick boutte'! they inject them w/ Tony Chachere's cajun injector. www.tonychacheres.com

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Anyone have any idea how far east Stone distributes? What about that Smoked Porter out of Alaska. Itching to try both brewers, but even our best stores aren't stocking 'em.

 

[DuallyBrew]

Damn - another good reason to move to Texas...

There isn't really anything worth writing home about here in Central California...