What's everyone drinking?

[chalmers]

That sounds right! Thanks HBC!

Now I've moved on to 8 month Bengali IPA from Sixpoint in NYC. Aroma is still great, tho different from fresh.

[KMcK]

I finally tried the Garrison mango/cider/too many hops beer and Adam's schwartzbier. I liked them both. I was quite worried about the former after Daniel's ginger firken that took me days to get rid of the ginger taste in my mouth. This amount worked and the mango gave it just enough sweetness to offset the hop absurdity.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

tap water tastes so bad, and the liquor stores are close, I resorted to drinking a bud light someone left in the fridge. I am an embarrassment to myself and to the club

[jeffsmith]

tap water tastes so bad, and the liquor stores are close, I resorted to drinking a bud light someone left in the fridge. I am an embarrassment to myself and to the club

Gotta do what you gotta do…

[KMcK]

tap water tastes so bad, and the liquor stores are close, I resorted to drinking a bud light someone left in the fridge. I am an embarrassment to myself and to the club

Couldn't you have least found a Labatt Blue?

[chalmers]

tap water tastes so bad, and the liquor stores are close, I resorted to drinking a bud light someone left in the fridge. I am an embarrassment to myself and to the club

1 Gallon homebrew batches, get on that! John G. has plenty of experience doing those (or at least setting up a buddy to do them).

Or bribe TonyL for some bottles of his. Tell him you'll lager them for him.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

tap water tastes so bad, and the liquor stores are close, I resorted to drinking a bud light someone left in the fridge. I am an embarrassment to myself and to the club

1 Gallon homebrew batches, get on that! John G. has plenty of experience doing those (or at least setting up a buddy to do them).

Or bribe TonyL for some bottles of his. Tell him you'll lager them for him.

im thinking 2 gallon, i am just getting a car tomorrow finally, so i will be able to buy a 16 or 20 qt pot and get on it. hey Jimmy, think if I gave you some dimensions, you could mail a custom BIAB to me? i'd pay premium, of course (i'll post in the proper thread/send you a PM with dimensions once i get the pot)

[jeffsmith]

Just pulled the first pint of my Stone Levitation clone. Needs a bit more time before it's at it's prime.

[spears104]

Enjoying the first glass of Citra pale while while I'm make my 2012 batch of Black Spruce Ale!

[jeffsmith]

The benefits of being a remote worker:

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[brufrog]

Sea Level Bue Heron - always good

[mr x]

I think you'd find more than some dis-agreement there. It's hit and miss a the Spitfire Arms, and most people I know have stopped buying it at Bishop's altogether.

[JohnnyMac]

I think you'd find more than some dis-agreement there. It's hit and miss a the Spitfire Arms, and most people I know have stopped buying it at Bishop's altogether.

I'm one of them.........

[chalmers]

I will always have a pint of it at the Port Pub, however it's a bit of a drive. It was sold out when I was there Tuesday, unfortunately. Took home a growler, hopefully it's good.

[mr x]

It's on tap at the Spitfire Arms, but had a diacetyl issue last trip. Not quite at dumping level, but too much for me to have another.

[chalmers]

So even the kegs have issues? Sheesh.

[canuck]

Currently having a pint of my Pliny The Elder clone. This is one hoppy Double IPA, just the way I like it!!

[LiverDance]

Looking good! I like that glass too, very cool.

[Jmac00]

gonna be having some Nit Wit and some Shock Top Belgian tonight

[mr x]

Well, aren't you in for a treat.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

sam adams summer ale, slight step up from the other night

[chalmers]

Drank one of HBC's Red Ale (yellow dot on a grolsch), very tasty. Then a 6-month old Stone Pale Ale. HNC's won the evening. Also cleaned out my kegerator lines, and whipped up my first attempt at Sodastream Coke in the kegerator. We'll see how it is in a day. If this works, next experiment will be Rye and Ginger on tap.

[pet lion]

Garrison 15th Anniversary and then my Glacier Challenger Pale Ale.

[brufrog]

The growler of Blue Heron Jeff gave me was fantastic. Then again, I like a little Diacetyl in my English and Scottish style ales. It is part of the taste profile. I just got back from drinking a gazillion cask ales in Scotland, and I imagine a lot had some D. But everything was very good. Some great.

I don't consider it a defect at the levels of what I've had from Sea Level or Picaroons. Always have enjoyed them (except for those periods when they were having other, worse issues - phenolic or sour, wild yeast/bacterial stuff, but only with the bottles). I know Jeff often whinged about D-levels in Granite's Stout, but it never bothered me. I'm not saying it is my favourite stout, but I still enjoy it.

I think some people are much more sensitive to D, kind of like Brett, VA or sulfur in wine. Some people don't even notice those until they get to quite high levels. It seems to me that some American craft beer people think Dl is a dirty word, but they didn't invent beer! Hmmm. I think I have a good topic for a future editorial!

[mr x]

Sea level has quality control issues across the board afaiac. And I quite like granite stout, in fact, that's my favorite of theirs, although it's a bit weak as a stout, but it makes for a nice change.