What are you drinking now?

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Might be the saddest picture ever posted on HBT...

Guess you never had their beer...

The story is, the sons inherited this building. TP was late on rent and the sons found out this property is worth $15 million but their dad paid $5mils for it. So they booted everyone out to sell. To be honest, I'd probably do the same. Thanks dad! Yeah, someone came in and stole all the port caps. These are supposedly on auction.

When I was in SoCo Homebrew the previous head brewer happened to come in. He's now the head brewer for Ghost Note out west. Others have found jobs also.

HB French Toast Imperial Stout and HB Chocolate Porter.

( oh, breweries 'Friends and Allies' and 'White Stone's are rumored to be next on the chopping block.) I liked F/A beers...kinda sucks but that's the economy now a days.

 

[camonick]

HB NEIPA

 

[Lampy]

Celebrating All Saints Day with a healthy pour of graf after the late Mass.

 

[corkybstewart]

A surprisingly good cognac I picked up at Trader Joe's in Tucson. Duchene Cognac

 

[JAReeves]

The Cascade-Hopped Cider is almost fully carbed. Really a great flavor, grapefruit peel on top of dry cider.

 

[TwistedGray]

Lots of wine, cocktails, brown ale, a my first Anime ever (Spirit Away or whatever), a red ale, and a bock from @Noob_Brewer

 

[Pehlman17]

 

[grampamark]

HB Blonde while mashing in a SMaSH Lager.

 

[bwible]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/fig-stout-thoughts-as-to-the-fig-addition.728158/
I pasteurized them and added to carboy after 5 days of fermentation.
...and yes , delicious .

Apex Flavors sells a fig extract flavor. They make hundreds of flavorings specifically for the alcoholic beverage industry. I have been using their extracts for a couple years now and haven’t got a bad one yet. Haven’t used the fig though.

https://www.apexflavors.com/Beverag...ges-seltzer-hard-spirits-beer-cider-wine~5839

 

[bwible]

The Cascade-Hopped Cider is almost fully carbed. Really a great flavor, grapefruit peel on top of dry cider.View attachment 832973

I did a mead dry hopped with Citra a couple years ago. It was ok.

 

[bwible]

Pint of my American Mild. Basically a British Mild recipe but made with all American grains, hops, and yeast.

 

[MaxStout]

Having another one from the Samuel Smith assortment--the pale ale. Not too shabby.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Apex Flavors sells a fig extract flavor. They make flavorings specifically for the alcoholic beverage industry. I have been using their extracts for a couple years now and haven’t got a bad one yet. Haven’t used the fig though.

https://www.apexflavors.com/Beverag...ges-seltzer-hard-spirits-beer-cider-wine~5839

I've used a bunch of different Apex flavorings and have mostly positive things to say about them. I use their pecan flavoring in my Porter, and it scored a 46 in a BJCP-judged competition a couple years ago. I also use their toasted coconut in the Left Hand Milk Stout clone (found in the recipe section on this site). In fact that's what I currently have in my fermenter. Last time I made it it fared very well in a blind tasting against FW's Coconut Merlin and Maui's Hiwa Porter. Their apricot flavoring works fairly well in my American Wheat, though it doesn't pop as much as real apricot. I've tried their grapefruit flavoring in an IPA and it didn't work for me. Tasted very artificial, almost to the point of being medicinal. I've used the cranberry and lemon drop flavorings in NA seltzer waters, I like them, and the grandkids seem to love them. I have a couple I haven't tried yet - cacao nib and a chocolate cherry custard - that will find their way into stouts some day.

 

[MaxStout]

HB Blonde while mashing in a SMaSH Lager.
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You've been busy! How many brews is that this fall? Get that pipeline full.

 

[Rish]

HB wheat

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

 

[Rish]

Tasty wit

 

[orionol73]

 

[grampamark]

You've been busy! How many brews is that this fall? Get that pipeline full.

Second batch in a week. One keg kicked a few days ago and I’ve got one on tap that’s almost full. Two in primary now. We’ll be at the city house all next week and I’ll try to get a brew day in while we’re there.

 

[Beermeister32]

Stone Delicious IPA, advertised as a reduced Gluten IPA. Pardon the “kerbangled” can, that’s the way they come on the “singles” shelf! I know all you Celiac patients out there must be looking towards Stone to load up on your chugging brews these days, so here is your IPA.

Not advertised as a 7.7% heavyweight IPA, it is that nonetheless. It’s good, Celiac condition or not. Drink this with your rice spaghetti.

“Citrussy”, lemon-drop and bright, this is a Sunshine and Summertime brew to me. I wasn’t expecting the haziness, I don’t see anywhere it is a viewed as a hazy. Little bit hazy, starting to clear in my glass so who knows.

Great beer!

 

[buckinin]

Taking the day off work tomorrow to brew. A couple tonight to pre game.

 

[JAReeves]

A couple SNPA for TNF. No pics, you know what it looks like.

 

[skleice]

Stone Delicious IPA, advertised as a reduced Gluten IPA. Pardon the “kerbangled” can, that’s the way they come on the “singles” shelf! I know all you Celiac patients out there must be looking towards Stone to load up on your chugging brews these days, so here is your IPA.

Not advertised as a 7.7% heavyweight IPA, it is that nonetheless. It’s good, Celiac condition or not. Drink this with your rice spaghetti.

“Citrussy”, lemon-drop and bright, this is a Sunshine and Summertime brew to me. I wasn’t expecting the haziness, I don’t see anywhere it is a viewed as a hazy. Little bit hazy, starting to clear in my glass so who knows.

Great beer!

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As the resident celiac, I will say to other celiacs, "Please don't drink this!!!".

The "gluten reduced" market is a numbers game based on arbitrary PPG numbers and inaccurate testing. The bottom line is that no gluten is safe for celiacs. Some celiacs can drink this and feel fine, but still have major damage to their small bowel that leads to crohn's and eventually cancer. If you just have a gluten sensitivity, enjoy. Celiacs beware...

*steps off soap box*

 

[day_trippr]

That beer has been around for at least 9 years iirc...

 

[orionol73]

 

[JAReeves]

Halftime and a bottle from the 12 Beers of Christmas share. 8.7%? Doesn’t taste like it. Gruit, aka beer without hops? Amazing, this has aged magnificently.

 

[mullet6577]

 

[grampamark]

Meadowlark Brewing Teddy Roosevelt American Badass Imperial IPA. A pretty average WCIPA with a killer label.

 

[day_trippr]

Teddy Roosevelt American Badass Imperial IPA

Almost too awesome!

Cheers!

 

[camonick]

Not even worth pouring in a glass.
8 more after this one.

 

[orionol73]

 

[Deric]

HB Hazy (ish) Pale …

 

[pshankstar]

Some fruit juice while I prep my system for a work trip to Austin, TX next week.

 

[Deric]

HB WCIPA …

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A pint of my Sussex Bitter clone yesterday evening.

 

[bwible]

I've used a bunch of different Apex flavorings and have mostly positive things to say about them. I use their pecan flavoring in my Porter, and it scored a 46 in a BJCP-judged competition a couple years ago. I also use their toasted coconut in the Left Hand Milk Stout clone (found in the recipe section on this site). In fact that's what I currently have in my fermenter. Last time I made it it fared very well in a blind tasting against FW's Coconut Merlin and Maui's Hiwa Porter. Their apricot flavoring works fairly well in my American Wheat, though it doesn't pop as much as real apricot. I've tried their grapefruit flavoring in an IPA and it didn't work for me. Tasted very artificial, almost to the point of being medicinal. I've used the cranberry and lemon drop flavorings in NA seltzer waters, I like them, and the grandkids seem to love them. I have a couple I haven't tried yet - cacao nib and a chocolate cherry custard - that will find their way into stouts some day.

I’m a fan. They have so many to pick from. My best ones so far were a maple wine I did using 1 gallon of real maple syrup in a 3 gallon batch with their maple flavor and an apricot mead with their apricot flavor. I just bottled a Christmas beer with their oatmeal cookie flavor that seems like its going to be very good. It really does smell and taste just like an oatmeal cookie. I have their cocoa nib extract on hand that I’m going to use soon in a RIS. The trick is to dial in the right percentage. Its not much. They almost all say .1 to .3 percent. I test each one in different 12 oz beers and it ends up being something like .6 ml per bottle. I have little 1 ml syringes for dosing pet medication, etc

 

[HM-2]

First beer of the weekend!
5 day kegged NEIPA.

6.8%, 1.017 FG, hopped with Cryo BRU-1, Cryo Motueka and Cryo Vic Secret.

Fermented with Lallemand Koln, my "secret weapon" in juicy IPAs.

Absolute banger. I'll actually share the recipe at some point.

 

[MaxStout]

Not even worth pouring in a glass.
8 more after this one.
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You know, you don't have to keep punishing yourself for buying that. It's OK to pour it down the drain or use them for target shooting.. We won't tell. Honest.

 

[tdf]

Short pours of hb German pils (crystal clear) and Czech pils (still conditioning).

 

[skleice]

GF German Pilsner