my La Chouffe clone bloody hell it’s good. Never tasted the original but followed a recipe and wow.
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my La Chouffe clone bloody hell it’s good. Never tasted the original but followed a recipe and wow.
Just finished brew day, having a HB best bitter.
Brewed a lager, half pilsner half Munich I, a little Melanoidin and acid malt. Citra for both bittering and late boil. Chilled to 56, pitched 2 packets rehydrated W-34/70.
I tried the new Apera PH60 meter. Mash pH was 5.40 at room temp. How did I live without one of these?
Brewing another tomorrow, Kellerbier with Triple Perle and Zappa hops.
Lagerpalooza.
Brewed a lager, half pilsner half Munich I, a little Melanoidin and acid malt. Citra for both bittering and late boil. Chilled to 56, pitched 2 packets rehydrated W-34/70.
I tried the new Apera PH60 meter. Mash pH was 5.40 at room temp. How did I live without one of these?
Brewing another tomorrow, Kellerbier with Triple Perle and Zappa hops.
Lagerpalooza.
Followed with the very last of the HB Dubbel I bottled 12/26/22. Not bad after just over a year. I taste very little oxidation.
If I had known it would last this long I would've saved more bottles of it. Guess I'll have to brew it again.
If I had known it would last this long I would've saved more bottles of it. Guess I'll have to brew it again.
Pretoria Fields Farmberry Gose. Fruity, tart, tasty.
Hb neipa
Took this growler of HB Best Bitter to our Wednesday bocce game. A bit chilly and breezy this afternoon so no one wanted to drink any of it. I guess it’s up to me then.
Today’s beer introduces some sanity to the IPA ABV arms race brewing in California. At 7% ABV this delicious LUSH IPA is from Fremont Brewing, Seattle, Washington, my old stomping grounds.
The can says “A lush tropical treat from the Pacific Northwest” – and I agree completely! I really wish a lot of IPA producers would back off the ABV push and work on the FLAVOR – something this Fremont Lush IPA has by the bucketful! THIS is an IPA I’d buy a 4 or 6-pack!
This is a much more delicious and drinkable beer than many of the 9-10% heavies I’ve been drinking this month. They figured it out! Not much head, great lacing, just what I’ve wanted for my January IPA-Fest. Cheers!
The can says “A lush tropical treat from the Pacific Northwest” – and I agree completely! I really wish a lot of IPA producers would back off the ABV push and work on the FLAVOR – something this Fremont Lush IPA has by the bucketful! THIS is an IPA I’d buy a 4 or 6-pack!
This is a much more delicious and drinkable beer than many of the 9-10% heavies I’ve been drinking this month. They figured it out! Not much head, great lacing, just what I’ve wanted for my January IPA-Fest. Cheers!
12BOC23 caramel quad. Nice caramel notes on nose and palate, good mouth feel. Very good beer. Thanks, @4_Sons_Brewing !
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Not bad, not great
Opposites, hb neipa, hb pub ale on nitro. Hump day is here and I feel like having some beer.
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Research!
All the flavors shine with this beer. Sweet but appropriate. No booziness either. Delicious!
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Black and Tan.
Hb neipa while making some habanero frog balls (pickled brussels)
SA Oaked Vanilla Porter. Malty, good level of vanilla, not getting much oak but a tasty beer.
The trip from Seattle back to California lands us in beautiful Placer County, California. Knee Deep Brewing Company out of Auburn, California brings us into California gold country with this TRIPLE IPA, 11.25%, yes 11.25%, 131 IBU monster of a brew SIMTRA Triple India Pale Ale. It is liquid Gold!
What the heck does an 11.25% ABV IPA taste like? Strong. STRONG! I’m sure some of you hop heads out there will appreciate the 131 IBU’s – I read somewhere we can’t really discern much difference above 100 IBU. I’m picking up some Simcoe here, maybe the 4 C’s. This is a pretty traditional IPA, just made very, Very, VERY strong. So much so I’ve decided to water it down with my Coors Light “Mixer” which I use on occasions like this.
I really do prefer the 6%-7% brews which I can chug. This one is a strong 11.25% ABV sipper, who wants to sip? Eck. CHUG!!!
What the heck does an 11.25% ABV IPA taste like? Strong. STRONG! I’m sure some of you hop heads out there will appreciate the 131 IBU’s – I read somewhere we can’t really discern much difference above 100 IBU. I’m picking up some Simcoe here, maybe the 4 C’s. This is a pretty traditional IPA, just made very, Very, VERY strong. So much so I’ve decided to water it down with my Coors Light “Mixer” which I use on occasions like this.
I really do prefer the 6%-7% brews which I can chug. This one is a strong 11.25% ABV sipper, who wants to sip? Eck. CHUG!!!
Back at you @Rish. Enjoying the full bodied porter you sent from Tuscaloosa, AL
A bit rich for me on a work night.
^^Yep, that's more a weekend brew!
$1/glass in the bargain bin for the Spencer glass? Yes sir! Collector's item.
OT: Treehouse ESB oak
Edit: checked on the date usually printed on the bottom of the can. There's also usually a little saying. This seems to have improved since I first had it. Checked the bottom of the can. No saying. Just "Winter 2024". That hurt
OT: Treehouse ESB oak
Edit: checked on the date usually printed on the bottom of the can. There's also usually a little saying. This seems to have improved since I first had it. Checked the bottom of the can. No saying. Just "Winter 2024". That hurt
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A freshly tapped Bell's Hopslam at dinner. Happy hour pricing on a 10% 10oz beer mistakenly served as a full pint. I don't often go for hoppy hops hops, but this was very tasty. Solid malt, stiff bittering, full fresh hoppy aroma. Good stuff.
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Out and about with friends today and ended up at Firestone Walker's Barrelworks tasting room and restaurant.
L. 26th Anniversary BBA Ale, 11% (2022).
R. Dark Ray, a barrel aged American Strong Ale, 11.6% (2021).
Then a larger pour of their 2023 Paraboloid, a 13% RIS aged in 14-year Old Fitzgerald bourbon barrels and 18-year Sazerac rye whiskey barrels.
L. 26th Anniversary BBA Ale, 11% (2022).
R. Dark Ray, a barrel aged American Strong Ale, 11.6% (2021).
Then a larger pour of their 2023 Paraboloid, a 13% RIS aged in 14-year Old Fitzgerald bourbon barrels and 18-year Sazerac rye whiskey barrels.
HB Bullwinkle Brown
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Spaten Optimator would be nice, draft hard to find, bottle: NO. Don't know to make it.
Black currant sour. I rarely say this but this one is a bit too sour. Hard to detect the fruit.
I needed add some dark beer for my chili con carne, since my wife is not here to complain this is the perfect beer.
Ferus bourbon and port barrel aged imperial stout. Very malty, thick, a touch of sweet, great barrel character, dark fruit. I really like this!
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