The Beer Nerd - what are you drinking / brewing thread

Close on the 30th and then we’re moving everything on the 1st. I start climbing school for work on the 2nd and that will take up every Saturday and Sunday for 8 weeks so have to get it all moved in on the 1st

 

Damn. Crunch time.
Shit....I would offer to help. That weekend is nuts here.
I need to take the following Friday off from work. Would be able to do two in a row like that. Sorry.

 

Eh no issue at. I have a couple buddies of mine that are going to come help with the furniture and we have some family coming over for the rest of it. Shouldn’t have any issues getting it all moved that day. I appreciate the gesture though!

 

Cool. Good to hear.

 

What bells were you looking for?

 

Two Hearted Ale.

 

Sloop has a stout up.

 

Tasty. Would drink it again, if I had to. I would love to find a fresh batch of it.

 

Ahhhhh, figured that would be an easy one to find. Don't worry you're not missing much.

 

Brewing a Adventures in Homebrewing "Great Lakes Pale Ale" kit.
I ordered it to get free shipping when I bought some kegs from them.

1G Filtered Tap Water
2G Windmill RO water
Phosphoric 10%, baking soda to 5.3

8 oz CaraPils
8 oz Toasted Oatmeal
4 oz Crystal 40 Steep for 20:00

7 lbs Extra Pale LME
1 oz Columbus 16.3% 45:00
Clarifier/Yeast Food 15:00
1 oz Cascade 6.6% 10:00

I added the toasted oats, since the GF toasted a lb for her Flanders Red and had extra.

I'll dry hop it with a couple oz El Dorado.

Lazy brew day.

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Since my last postings

1) My Homebrew Club (The Foam Rangers) held our big competition "The Dixie Cup" There were 874 entries. I got a 1st for my Rauchbeer. It was supposed to be an Urbock, was a little light so I entered it as a Rauch Bock.

2) There is another homebrew/drinking club in Houston called CCSD. Last weekend as their Novemberfest. We asked last year if we could participate. So they are split into 4 brew teams with their own booths. We setup and served beer also.

3) Friday night was the IPA meeting for our club. I served
Stone IPA
Stone Delicious
Stone Merc Double IPA
Stone Revolver Simcoe
Stone Ruination
Stone Seasonal WTF IPA with Pineapple and Mandarin Orange Juices
Odell IPA
Odell Drumroll APA
Odell Black IPA
Odell Rupture
FWalker Paler 31
FWalker Easy Jack
FWalker Luponic 7
Real Ale Axis IPA
Sierra Celebration
NOLA Double Dry Hopped IPA (diacetyl - AVOID)
Karbach Big and Bright IPA with Grapefruit
Great Heights Fruity Pebbles (Pellets) Crowler
Great Heights Denali IPA
Bells Two Hearted
SKA Modus Hoperandi

Maybe something else I cant remember.
There were a bunch of other beers I considered, but not with bottle dated from mid-October or earlier. There were a few exceptions to that, but not many



I also picked up for me and the GF
Death by Coconut
Bruery The Order
Boulevard Smokestack Foeder#2 Sour
Dogfish Head World Wide Stout (w/ vanilla and oak) (39/4pk)

 

Yeah, have had it before. Was tracking some down for a friend.

 

Just had one of these at a baptism.

 

Did you like that one?
Any baptism that has beer is a good baptism.

 

Yeah, wasn't bad. Not a fan of Sam Adams but this was good.

 

Odd 13 Brewery. Decent pale ale.

 

Gonna be getting more of these for sure!

 

That is one of my "house beers" esp. when it goes on sale.

 

Like the mario type stuff

Celebration is good as well when its around.

 

@TXpro4X4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wndLMINms2k

 

Old German. I really stepped my game up this time.