What are you drinking now?

[grampamark]

J J Scotch Ale at my daughter's house.

 

[lawdawg]

The Bull wcipa at brew lab 101. Check out the cool sample cups

 

[pshankstar]

Picked this up today to enjoy after a week of certification testing with a technology partner for work. It was a success and back at it again Monday for our other product.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Lots to catch up on...but here's my lonely beer.

 

[rhoadsst]

Dry January over. Been waiting for this Eraclea pilsner. CO2 needs to dissolve a bit more into the beer for crispness, but happy with the results.

 

[orionol73]

 

[JAReeves]

“The hits just keep on coming! – That’s 50’s-80’s Top 40 radio talk, and the same applies to all these delicious San Diego-area IPAs! Great job!

Today I’m splitting my 4-can presentation for the sake of sobriety and my IPA-swamped organs. Pizza Port out of Carlsbad has been on the scene since 1987, making it one of the true pioneers of the San Diego area beer scene. I’ll drink the first two cans today and chug the other two tomorrow.

I could find 4 Pizza Port IPAs, no doubt there are many more. As I’ve mentioned before, a lot of the creativity in brewing is in IPAs these days. Many of the other beers are more range-bound in their flavor, IBU color and appearance profiles. Not IPAs – the hops and the sky’s the limit!

Ponto IPA is a super-easy drinking “session” IPA (how often do you see that!?) At 4.5% it is an easy chugger, very light and spritzy, and a great starter IPA to get your BMC friends feet wet!

Swami’s - I’ve had good remarks on Swami’s before, thought I’d hit it again for this weeks’ Pizza Port tour. At 6.8% ABV, this is a delicious beer and has been brewed by Pizza Port since 1992. A terrific SoCal tradition.

My pick? Ponto! Surprisingly fresh and delicious, a terrific session-strength IPA. Enjoy!

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The Vacant for Winter goes down real smoothly. It's a dangerous IPA.

 

[MaxStout]

Having a TX beer, courtesy of the neighbors. A nice IPA, albeit a little fizzy.

 

[Rish]

Berry gose. Tart, refreshing.

 

[loganklaas]

Got off work early to stop by Gem State Brewing for this week’s new beer, Ponderosa Pale. I had to indulge in the tasty Black Hole Sun as well. I didn’t take a pic…thought about it on the way out, but their pics will save me this time.

 

[bwible]

Just finished dry Jan.

My first time trying this. May be my new favorite.

 

[Rish]

^^Definitely one of my favorites! Love that smokiness.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Joose

 

[Rish]

HB brown

 

[Dgallo]

My wife set up a blind tasting of my homebrewed Nelson heavy hazy double ipa and Fidens hazy double ipa with just Nelson. Pretty impressed how my beer went head to head (once I was told which one is mine). Which one do you think is which?

 

[bwible]

^^Definitely one of my favorites! Love that smokiness.

I’ve tried different regions and found Islay is defininitely what I like. I’ve been a big fan of Johnny Walker Double Black, I know that is a blend, that was probably my favorite.

 

[orionol73]

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

My wife set up a blind tasting of my homebrewed Nelson heavy hazy double ipa and Fidens hazy double ipa with just Nelson. Pretty impressed how my beer went head to head (once I was told which one is mine). Which one do you think is which? View attachment 840730

I say yours in on the right? Both look enjoyable.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Hb "new age" wcipa.. getting clearer and the hop bite is mellowing, 1 week after kegging. I can dig it. It's more pale then the photo suggests.

 

[Beermeister32]

Breaking these multi-IPA choice breweries into Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 is really the way to go. Weekends, I can handle the big reviews, 4-5 pints. Weekdays I’ve gotta get up the next day ladies and fellas. I need time to dry out!

These two Pizza Port beers really hit home what I’ve been suspecting – they are SO SIMILAR I really can’t even tell the difference. I have their hopping picks, I suspect the base beer is nearly identical. I think this way breweries can put out a lot of variants, just different hops in each big batch.

Vacant for Winter IPA – Excellent conventional 7.0% ABV IPA. Hops are Mosasic, Idaho 7, Citra and Loral. Perfectly balanced, just what you are expecting in an IPA.

Finding Paradise IPA – Excellent conventional 7.0% ABV IPA. Hops are Nelson, Citra, Eldorado and Centennial. Perfectly balanced, just what you are expecting in an IPA.

I for the life of me cannot discern any difference between these two. They are essentially the same beer based on my IPA-saturated taste buds. Maybe I need more between-brew pretzels or something….! Cheers

 

[JAReeves]

Drinking a Sculpin because I can't figure out why my smoked porter is not pouring. Already took the keg apart once, most of the beer didn't fountain out. Ah well, I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[beermanpete]

Toast Town English Brown Ale by Altamont.

 

[BongoYodeler]

My wife set up a blind tasting of my homebrewed Nelson heavy hazy double ipa and Fidens hazy double ipa with just Nelson. Pretty impressed how my beer went head to head (once I was told which one is mine). Which one do you think is which? View attachment 840730

No idea, I'll guess "left" is yours, but both look delicious!!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Uncarbonated Belgian golden strong. The rest has been primed and bottled. A little darker than what I was expecting but it’s tasty.

 

[tdf]

Pliny the Elder from the local watering hole. It’s so good but it’s also 8%

 

[Beekeeper]

HB Dunkles Bock. Photo color seems off, is truest as shown at the bottom of the glass.

 

[grampamark]

Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale before supper.

J B Rye after supper.

 

[orionol73]

Pliny the Elder from the local watering hole. It’s so good but it’s also 8%
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Just don’t have the fourth one, you’ll be ok

 

[pshankstar]

A @jerbrew special.

 

[Ulisses4677]

My wife set up a blind tasting of my homebrewed Nelson heavy hazy double ipa and Fidens hazy double ipa with just Nelson. Pretty impressed how my beer went head to head (once I was told which one is mine). Which one do you think is which? View attachment 840730

Darker yellowish orange is definetly fidens. Did you use any citra hot side? I know fidens throws in some Citra in their all Nelson beers.

 

[Dgallo]

Darker yellowish orange is definetly fidens. Did you use any citra hot side? I know fidens throws in some Citra in their all Nelson beers.

Correct. I’m on the left orchid on the right.

I used citra whole cone and galaxy hotside. Then deyhoped with citra lupomax, galaxy, and some Freestyle Nelson I was lucky to get my hands on.

 

[Remmy]

UConn vs St John’s

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Having a TX beer, courtesy of the neighbors. A nice IPA, albeit a little fizzy.

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I always enjoyed the Negro version a bit better. Not bad for a Bud!

Work sucks and making me rethink the hiatus! Anyway, time for lunch.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Got home from work and what a beautiful day, hb Czech pils while breaking in my wife's coffee roaster.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

My hop water.

 

[balrog]

this may sound snooty but I chose left due to brighter (less oxidized) look of the fresher left one

My wife set up a blind tasting of my homebrewed Nelson heavy hazy double ipa and Fidens hazy double ipa with just Nelson. Pretty impressed how my beer went head to head (once I was told which one is mine). Which one do you think is which? View attachment 840730

Correct. I’m on the left orchid on the right.

I used citra whole cone and galaxy hotside. Then deyhoped with citra lupomax, galaxy, and some Freestyle Nelson I was lucky to get my hands on.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Got home from work and what a beautiful day, hb Czech pils while breaking in my wife's coffee roaster.
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That's a killer looking Czech pils! Nicely done!!!

 

[MaxStout]

Having another TX beer our neighbors brought us.

Beef barley soup in the crock for dinner later.

 

[Ulisses4677]

this may sound snooty but I chose left due to brighter (less oxidized) look of the fresher left one

It’s not oxidized at all different grainbill that’s all.

 

[Beermeister32]

One of my daughters lives up in NorCal. She and her clan are beginning to worry about losing Beermeister32 to this IPAFest 2024 Extravaganza. Quite honestly, I’m beginning to worry a bit too. If I see another can of IPA, I think I’m going to go out of my mind! NOT!

The truth is, we come from solid beer-drinking stock. For example, I have a video of her riding a mechanized bull after polishing off a bunch of beer, I know this capability runs in families “Y’all” !!! My Dad even made beer in the 1960’s… Back in the saddle again!

Today we’ll be hitching up next to some Northwest beers out of Seattle, my old stomping grounds. I guess to you High ABV Lager-soaked Canadians, that’s the Southwest! Ha!

Elysian Brewing, since 1996, needs no introduction. Their “Space Dust” IPA is one of the top selling in California. But it doesn’t stop there! I was able to round up even more Elysian IPAs. Cloaked in cans all relating to Outer Space, or making Human Contact of various sorts, the creativity of these IPA brew crews is unending!

Contact Haze – A 6.2% ABV Hazy, but not too hazy. I even upended the can a couple times to agitate the haze, but this is what you get. Mild hoppiness on this one, they packed the back end with flavor and aroma hops to keep the IBU’s down.

Space Dust – These days, their 8.2% ABV Space Dust is their Flagship beer. I also upended this one a bit, I thought “Dust” might mean hazy, but it isn’t. So is it a Westie? Not that either. Up to interpretation I think. Tasty IPA

Full Contact Imperial IPA – at 8.8%, Full Contact is Boozy, hoppy and full. Just like me after this review. Actually, it is a bit heavy for my taste, I blended it back with Contact haze to drop the ABV down a bit. Cheers!