The Beer Nerd - what are you drinking / brewing thread

Great way to end the night.

 

Kegging is a great step - I went straight to it. As for the manifold; I have seen many types but the simplest is to just lay a hose on top of the grain bed and control the flow. I know a couple guys that brew awesome beer that do it this way.

 

My first attempt of making anything was to make 4 gallons of hard apple cider. Drank all but two in the name of sampling the progress. The last four growlers are heading to the night race at Bristol and a jar of this weird clear liquid .
And yes it has cleared up a lot this is the first day in the bottle.

 

That's awesome. I made 3 gallons about 10 months ago. Still have a gallon and a half in secondary. Never could get the bottle carbonation down so I kind of forgot about it. Poured a glass off last week and it's 10x better than it was at month 2. Now I really wish I had a forced carb setup.

 

Yeah I know, I am just waiting to upgrade everything else to a 10 Gal. system and then I will splurge on the false bottom. Even without it I still make (at least my friends tell me) very good beer....but having a nice false bottom with a good sparge setup would really be nice.

 

I always see you guys talk about Pliney. Is it somewhat easy to find on the shelves in stores?
Going to be Sacramento next month and want to try some and/or bring some back.

 

Kinda...this is from Russian River's Sacramento Area Distribution list.

Here's the link if the list below is a little messy.

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A1 Mart 2550 W. El Camino AveSacramento
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Burgers & Brew1409 R St. Ste 105Sacramento
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Capitol Beer & Tap Room2222 Fair Oaks BlvdSacramento
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Compton Market4065 McKinley BlvdSacramento
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Corti Brothers5810 Folsom BlvdSacramento
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Kitchen The2225 Hurley Way Ste 101Sacramento
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Metro Food & Liquor5380 H StSacramento
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Mission Liquor & Deli4654 Whitney Ave Ste ASacramento
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Pangaea Cafe2743 Franklin BlvdSacramento
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Pizza Rock1020 K StreetSacramento
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Prestige Liquors & Wine1050 Howe AveSacramento
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Price Cutter Market3033 Hurley Way #106Sacramento
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Select Wine & Spirits7485 Rush River Ste 730Sacramento
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Selland's Market Cafe5340 H St.Sacramento
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Streets of London Pub1804 J StSacramento
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Taylors Kitchen2924 Freeport BlvdSacramento
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Taylors MArket2900 Freeport BlvdSacramento
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Ten 221022 2nd StSacramento
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Total Wine and More 2121 Arden WaySacramento
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Tower Cafe1518 BroadwaySacramento
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Waterboy Restaurant4315 Arden WaySacramento
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Whole Foods 4315 Arden WaySacramento

 

Thanks! I will start calling some places next week and ask if they can hold some. Does it come in 6 packs, 4 packs or singles?

 

Start with Whole Foods (I'm guessing they get these types of calls often, so be extra curteous, lol).

I've never seen Pliny come in "packs", only single bottles.

Also, if you find and enjoy PtE, or just like DIPAs, be on the look out for Stone's Enjoy By "Date" (<--The date changes).

 

Damn, a beer thread on this site? I didn't think to look.

Picked up a couple of these last time I was in Newport...damn good beer.

 

Was gonna post a full glass pic of the Youngs Double Chocolate Stout but I got thirsty.

 

Yeah buddy! I only paid half the round so I only get half credit.

 

Victory hop ranch. It is oh so delicious

 

Wow! I am very impressed with this one

 

I was indifferent about that one. It was good but I think I was expecting something a little different. There were a lot of flavors going on with it. I remember how much it cost at the store. I can only imagine how much it is at WOB.

 

As it got warmer I did not like it as much, but it was 13 bucks at wob

 

Three floyds is on point

 

ALL of Boneyards brews are unreal but Hop Venom is my favorite beer out of all brews...any brand. Anyone ever travel thru Bend Oregon, you HAVE to stop at these guys place. Amazing shit!

Our Growler Fill Station just down the street got the RPM and Hop Venom back in stock a couple days ago. Heading there after work for a big ole growler of this stuff!!!! Such high demand it's been gone for awhile.


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