What beer are you drinking now? #4405

1) Drekker Hausterhosen (5.5%): A Marzen Oktoberfest from North Dakota with flavors of earthy bread, toast, brown sugar, and smoke. Clean and dry.
versus
2) Steel Toe Marzen (5.8%): A Marzen Oktoberfest from Minnesota with flavors of smooth caramel and earthy toasted notes. (Mismatched the two beers blind)

Winner: Drekker Hausterhosen
Oktoberfest Marzen Battle. First is Drekker. Great smooth bread flavors. Finishes clean and drier.
Next is Steel Toe. A bit sweeter with more caramel. Very good too.
The drinkability of Drekker is excellent.

 

I have no idea how that picture got posted since I copied the new one.

 

Thanks to all that have served and are serving now on this Veterans Day. Grocery shopping, a walk, and yardwork finished, time to relax. Goose Island Honker's Ale. Really liking the release of the original beer from Goose Island. Will definitely be buying more. Cheers!

 

Forgot to pay tribute to the many heroes who served our country on this Veteran’s Day. My dad and his high school buddies graduated in 1950 just as the Korean War was gearing up. They all volunteered to join the Air Force knowing the draft was coming. Fortunately, he spent his time in Germany on search and rescue and came home without wounds, but many stories. He passed in 2008. Miss you, Dad!


Juicy Bits ~ Weldwerks


Heroes ~ David Bowie

 

I was very impressed with the first Von Trapp offering i had last week, wish more drops would happen in Western NC!

Another great comparison of the German Styles, personally i have had a palate reawakening to the Marzen style this fall, enjoyed several while watching NFL games yesterday!

Onto round 2 and enjoying my first Hopslam in a few years along with some more Allman Bros.
Cheers!
Tom

 

Stone IPA here also, pregaming for the men’s basketball Buckeyes at 6pm. BTN. Cheers!!

 

Bought a 12PK of Celebration today . Celebration bottle or can is delicious . On the back porch this afternoon.

 

1) Hop Butcher Through The Uprights (7.8% canned 9/4/24): A NEIPA from Chicago with Citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Nelson with flavors of tropical orange, pineapple, stonefruit, and sweet grape.
versus
2) Hop Butcher Your Wish is Hazy (8.0% canned 8/27/24): A NEIPA from Chicago with Citra, Simcoe, Nelson, & Moteuka for flavors of orange, blueberry, tropical melon, strawberry, cotton candy, lime and mango. (Correctly matched the two beers blind)

Winner: Your Wish Is Hazy
Hop Butcher IPA Battle. First is Through The Uprights. Some older school and citrus flavors hops. Some of that resinous Simcoe flavor in here of tangerine and stonefruit.
Next is Your Wish Is Hazy. Again Citra, Nelson, and Simcoe, but more of a hop variety with Moteuka. Give it sort of that lime/piney bite.
Two very similar hop profiles, and probably the same actual hop batches given the canning dates, but this is a cool experiment that shows the dynamics from the addition of the Moteuka hop. Some nice green pine and lime flavors. Moteuka is quickly becoming one of my favorite hops. Another couple of great IPAs from Hop Butcher.

 

More Urquell and a couple pics of my Dad.








Cheers Everyone!!

 

IMPERIAL BISCOTTI BREAK

 

Got yard work done on my day off. Thanks for everyone who has and is serving our great country. Cheers!

 

You're making me want to try Urquell again...

First time I ever had it was from the bottle and it was skunked. Tried it from a can and it tasted weird. That was several years ago, maybe I have matured palate-wise...

Total Wine once sold a brewery holiday gift pack...an Urquell metal lunchbox with 4 cans of Urquell in it. I was in law enforcement and gave it to one of our dispatchers (RIP, he died of cancer shortly after) , since he loved Urquell...dared him to pack a lunch in the lunchbox and see what the supervisor said.

Cheers!

 

Beautiful dogs!!

 

Technical Ecstasy ~ 2nd Shift


She’s Gone (Alternate Mix) ~ Black Sabbath

 

Good evening BA
I found this mug in a thrift store years ago and always wondered what stories it might tell

I never served, but I hope all of you who did have the day that you need filled with people who love you. This one goes out to all the veterans at the bar tonight and my next door neighbor John (Purple Heart - Vietnam). Cheers all!

 

Big Nose IPA at Bonefish.

 

Thanks, they're both rescues..tan dog was adopted in 2019 from Oklahoma (pulled from a New Mexico shelter - found wandering the streets, owner took her friend back but didn't want her) area and black dog in 2021 from Minneapolis area, abandoned without food or water inside.

We are in a big city but there's about 25 acres of open area for them to play in our back yard, thanks to private property and city park all butted up against each other, so we play and do zoomies (they do more zoomies than me hahahaha)