The Beer Nerd - what are you drinking / brewing thread

This weeks Burial drop. I will probably hold off ordering for a couple weeks as my “cellar” is quite full. Now that warmer weather is getting here I doubt I’ll be cracking too many of these open.

 

Took a trip to relax on the water in Arizona, broke the boat, fixed the boat, broke the boat a little, maybe fixed the boat, then drank to forget about fixing the boat, and then spent all yesterday packing and driving back hungover. Good weekend.

 

B.o.a.t
Bring out another thousand

My money pit.
Seems shit just happens with boats. Idk.

My little one was ready to go. I was not^.

 

Luckily it wasnt too expensive or hard to fix, but seems there's something every trip haha

 

Last rip I ran out of gas twice. Stupid pig of a motor.
Then the fuel pump took a shit. It was 15+ yrs old. Then my alternator wiring took a shit. Battery died. Was an interesting trip last year but still had a great time.

 

All weather is good for stouts. Drink them all all the time!

 

My alternator adjusting bracket broke in half last year, so it stopped charging, and I couldn't get it to start after I drove up river to float down.

This time the forward-reverse diverter cable housing finally broke (needed to replace it for like 2 years now, oops), then realized my fuel tank selector valve wasn't switching, and i couldnt draw out of one of my tanks. tapped it with a hammer a few times, and I think it started working, but we didnt have much more time to use it after that to make sure

 

Didn't see you drinking any stouts out there in the phoenix heat....?

 

Because I didn’t have any with me and I mostly drank tequila

 

A good wife brings beer home. An even better wife brings you a beer while your on the couch.

 

We will see, maybe I can hang until the humidity gets above 85%. It's cool and rainy the next couple days so I see myself breaking at least one open.

 

Wild ale’s are my favorite. This is delicious. Dunno the origin I’m drunk, and couldn’t find it on the bottle..I don’t care love you guys.


Ugh edit: Atlanta GA

 

I'm getting fat. I need more exercise than curling 12 oz.

 

Pretty good.



I’m still trying to find SN hoptinum or Lagunitas Waldo’s but this was a good substitute.

 

Kegged my @relkins0413 Best Bitter yesterday. It's pretty good now, but a little yeasty and will be much better once it clears...



Finished much lower than expected at 1.009 (was expecting 1.015 - must have been the Lyle's syrup), making for 4.6% ABV, which puts this brew right in line for the Best Bitter style.

 

I liked that one a lot more than Waldos. Have you had it? I wouldn't bother now, it's past it's prime, being a 4/20 release. When i bought a 6 pack the other year the first two were ok, and the next couple I had about a week-2 later were just slightly bitter syrup.

 

looks great! According to my notes, mine finished at 1.012 but my OG was 1.049. I plan to try my next iteration with Lallemand ESB yeast. It took a couple weeks, but the yeast completely fell out.

 

That’s been my experience with Hoptimum and Hopslam. I did have a good Waldo’s last year. I’ve pretty much given up on the big IPAs unless I can find them fresh.

 

I’m drinking this “cuvée” tonight. It was way too cold when I poured it as I forgot it in the fridge and it was pure alcohol on the nose and a slightly tart taste. After I let it warm considerably, it is much better with loads of vanilla on the nose and the palate.

 

Not much going on here today. Just lots of rain.