What are you drinking now?

[ThirstyPawsHB]

It's a style that, frankly, intimidates me. There's no margin for error anywhere in your recipe or brewhouse performance. It's a rabbit hole that I don't want to fall into.

Like you, I enjoy the suggestion of roastiness. If I ever get brave/lose my marbles and take a serious stab at it, I'm thinking roast malt, not roast barley? That said, I've never gotten the "harsh/acrid/ashtray" thing that people use to slag off roast malt.

You dunked on that one. Last week's picture was even better.

I've talked to so many people over the years about home brewing. They ask what is the hardest beer to brew, thinking I'll say a DIPA or Imperial Stout, I say a 4.5% Pilsner. Like you said, you miss your mark by a mile on a Pils and it's undrinkable where as the others will be at least ok, ask me how I know!

Same with composers. People ask who's the hardest to play (piano). Mozart, I say. I get the ???? Look. You can miss 100 notes on Rachmaninoff or basically any Romantic period composer no issues but miss a note on Mozart and you can drive a truck through it.

 

[grampamark]

HB Amber Ale with some pizza.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Well said!

I never get sick of telling the tale, so I'll tell it again, of how Annie Johnson walked into the 2013 NHC Homebrew beer contest and casually slaughtered a competition brimming with all manner of IPAs, Imperials as far as the eye can see, barrel aged this, hazy that. All expensive to make, all trendy, all dead when Annie was done with them.

Annie gunned down twenty-six other style categories with her modest little Light American Lager and strolled out of there with the Homebrewer of the Year prize.

Any muppet can make a starter and throw dumb amounts of malt and hops at a beer. Sure, there's some skill involved, I'm not knocking it. But Light American Lager? You're not fooling anyone--even your mom knows when your Light American Lager sucks.

Annie Johnson, epic badass.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

My pineapple ginger booch.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

[Schaefer beer pic]

Schaefer sounded familiar, so I hit the Googles:

Yep, that's exactly what I remember!

 

[BongoYodeler]

Schaefer sounded familiar, so I hit the Googles:

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Yep, that's exactly what I remember!

Well it is the one beer to have, when you're having more than one.

 

[HM-2]

Itty bitty sample of Cryo BRU-1 IPA.

This still needs a few days to lose the last of the hop burn (and I need to fully regain my ability to taste post COVID) but... it's a bloody good'un.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Started out as a cup o Joe

 

[Remmy]

 

[Remmy]

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Lack of twine indicates it's beer time..

 

[Remmy]

Washing down rum.

 

[bwible]

Dang, I’m a rookie @ 23, or 161 years. I told her it’s like dog years. Guess that’s what happens when you wait until you’re 35 to tie the knot.

I was 34 when I got married. She ended up getting cancer, passed away about 6 months before what would have been our 20th. I remarried a few years later, we’re on 8.

 

[bwible]

Schaefer sounded familiar, so I hit the Googles:

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Yep, that's exactly what I remember!

Its owned by Pabst now. I read something a couple years ago they were supposed to do a re-brand and start brewing it again in New York. But I never saw or heard anything further.

I have a Schaefer logo t-shirt I wear sometimes and people stop me all the time and ask me if they still make that.

 

[bwible]

Kolsch in the fermenter, brew day over, now comes Miller Time

 

[grampamark]

HB Fizzy Yellow Lager

 

[orionol73]

Its owned by Pabst now. I read something a couple years ago they were supposed to do a re-brand and start brewing it again in New York. But I never saw or heard anything further.

I have a Schaefer logo t-shirt I wear sometimes and people stop me all the time and ask me if they still make that.

Damn dude, life puts us all through our own tribulations but cheers to you!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Not bad pretty much tastes like beer.

 

[Rish]

SA Holiday White Ale. A little orange peel and spices.

 

[BrewZer]

American Amber Ale outside enjoying a grilling session...

 

[BrewZer]

SA Holiday White Ale. A little orange peel and spices.
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Which holiday are we celebrating?

 

[Rish]

Which holiday are we celebrating?

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-banana-day-april-15

 

[Rish]

HB brown

 

[BongoYodeler]

King Citra, an 8.7% all-Citra dipa from Fieldwork Brewing in Berkeley.

 

[buckinin]

Urban Growler Maibock at MSP airport. Headed home!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Happy Banana Day

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I had read somewhere where it is saison day.

 

[orionol73]

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Urban Growler Maibock at MSP airport. Headed home!

I was passing through MSP early this morning

 

[camonick]

Tall boy 90 shilling

 

[Squirrels]

HB Barrel Ale. 12 months in the bourbon barrel done good.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Daughter's school chorus sang the national anthem at an AHL game today, Hershey bears.

 

[WesBrew]

Tropicalia from Creature Comforts Athens, Ga

 

[pshankstar]

These tonight. It was a good variety.
Damn I’m happy to be home.

 

[orionol73]

 

[Deric]

Another HB hazy …

 

[vikyvar]

 

[corkybstewart]

From Oleron Island, in the Cognac region of France. Pretty good, nice body and carbonation. I'm not sure what style it is, I was hoping for a saison.

 

[HM-2]

I think it's usually described as a Belgian Dark Strong Ale, but it's not really very "dark" so I'll go with "Belgian Amber Strong Ale"

 

[corkybstewart]

I think it's usually described as a Belgian Dark Strong Ale, but it's not really very "dark" so I'll go with "Belgian Amber Strong Ale"

And not really strong either.

 

[HM-2]

It's probably closer than Untappd, which thinks it's an American Stout.