The Beer Nerd - what are you drinking / brewing thread

Ah, north of Tampa. Never heard of that one. Lakeland is literally about halfway between Tampa and Orlando. A buddy of mine is from there. Lives across the Lake from New Orleans now.

 

Very cool set up!

I don't have a lot of space to brew in currently so I do 5 gallon BIAB mostly; with an extract batch every now and again.

I'm seriously considering doing a electric brew set up but I'm thinking I'd do a two vessel system with HERM and a bag/basket for mash tun/boil vessel. That way I could sparge a little.

Or RIMS system and stick with a single vessel no sparge method.

Unfortunately I blew most of my play money on a new truck... going to have to start stashing it away again.

 

no lunch time drool fest from @DrFunker today?

Giving the ol' liver a break?

 

Never.
I am on vacation, so it is lunchtime all the time.
Went to a local brewery yesterday for lunch.
Had a a stout, an ipa and their seasonal pils.
All were solid. The pils was my favorite.

 

I'm planning to go electric in the next year or so (I've been planning it for a few years lol). Probably 3 vessel. Haven't settled on RIMS or HERMS yet. Current setup is LP with pretty much all gravity feed. Going to look at hardware at NHC this year and decide.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=412029

 

Very cool. I like the wood stand. I wish I had space for something like that.

Let us know what you see at NHC. A buddy from my brew club is going too. Sounds like it's a pretty fun event.

 

If you like a super dirty,gritty, dbl ipa then I recommend it. Definitely a slow drink. I would pair it up with seafood, cold,cured, meats; or a fruit platter.

 

Went to a John Harvard's brewery/restaurant for dinner.
Tried a few samples.
Their White Widow Amber was my favorite followed by the IPA. Least liked was the stout. Was trying to be too much and never hit the mark on anything.
The most interesting brew they had was the "Bavarian Pretzel" ale. Smelled like fresh baked bread and had a nice flavor.

 

Southern teir makes some awesome stuff

 

No beer this morning but I'm have eats at a local brewery's breakfast joint. Tri-tip steak sandwich with rosemary potatoes

 

Yum!

 

I'm leaning towards SS BrewTech at the moment (I just bought a couple of their conical fermenters), but want to check out all the options in person. This is like my fifth or sixth year in a row of going.

 

Electric is my wish too. I have plenty of electric just not sure what method I want to do. Simpler is better

 

Something like this would be cool:
https://www.morebeer.com/products/blichmann-breweasy-turnkey-kit-10-gallon.html

But I'd want to build it myself.

Like this guy kinda: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=311273

 

Been getting into the Belgian Tripels. Duvel and Karmeliet are delicious.

 

The single vessel is exactly what I'm looking for. My hope will be for something much less complicated

 

Finally having one I've been wanting for a while.

 

Newaygo Brewing, Wet Hopped Seven Cousins IPA on cask.

 

How is it?