What beer are you drinking now? #2948

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  1. wally_world

    wally_world Pundit (890) Nov 27, 2015 Illinois
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    I lied, I have another beer in me:

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    CBS '19. Last bottle of this. Barrel is mellowed, but still has the maple nose and taste. Just an awesome beer that has good distribution. I'll have to get some '20 here soon.

    Cheers, BAs!
     
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  2. SABERG

    SABERG Grand Pooh-Bah (5,001) Sep 16, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Enjoying this lovely lager.
    Comments at NBW
    Do good
    Be well
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  3. LarryV

    LarryV Grand Pooh-Bah (5,420) Jun 13, 2001 Massachusetts
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    I'll offer you a rating - 5 out of 5 on the LV charcuterie scale.Looks damn tasty to me, especially where I'm a bit hungry at the moment. Nice mix of items, enjoy!!!
     
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  4. snaotheus

    snaotheus Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,924) Oct 6, 2008 Washington
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    Haze in the Hood from Reuben's. Yum.
     
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  5. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
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    NFL action is kinda meh at this point for me. I still love it. MC3 will get things headed in the right direction. I just know it. Hunter, you're nuts. No, mfer, I'm nuts'd. There's a difference. Peace...
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  6. AdmiralOzone

    AdmiralOzone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,352) Jun 26, 2014 Minnesota
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  7. CanConPhilly

    CanConPhilly Grand Pooh-Bah (4,421) May 17, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Beer #8. Following the lead of @VABA .
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  8. GoBearsWalter34

    GoBearsWalter34 Pooh-Bah (2,770) Aug 1, 2014 Illinois
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    Old Nation Cart Horse.
     
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  9. WheelsPSU

    WheelsPSU Initiate (0) Aug 25, 2013 New Jersey

    Tonewood - Fuego. Batch from 11/9 tasting delicious as always.
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  10. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    That was so good, I'm doing it again. More 512 Pale Ale, and already regretting only getting a six pack, when I should have gotten two :slight_smile:

    Spinning the wonderfully weird Tune-Yards Nikki Nack.
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    Also, now browsing what BBQ spots I could easily get too on short notice. There is one new place near me that just opened, but some of the pictures I have seen make it look like a joke. One of the best places near me is closed on Sundays, the other two I could go to are very good but they have huge multi hour line waits, and I"m not doing that. Hmm...
     
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  11. HaoleBoy

    HaoleBoy Savant (1,004) Mar 3, 2017 California

    Another winner from Almanac
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  12. jzeilinger

    jzeilinger Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,847) Dec 4, 2004 Pennsylvania
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    This 11% monster tastes like a chocolate caramel Sunday. "Decadent" is the only way I can describe it and could smell it from two feet away when poured into the glass.

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    Prost! :yum::beers:!!
     
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  13. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    I haven't had Middle Ages in, well, ages. I haven't had Dragonslayer, though.

    As for my Buffalo sauce, I make it myself, and I've made a lot of Buffalo sauce (including as a professional cook many moons ago), so I'll have no aspersions cast my way on that front. Needless to say, there are a bunch of different ways to make the sauce, depending on exactly how hot, or how savory, you want it. Buffalo sauce should be a point of departure, and customized for how you really want it.

    This base was butter (naturally), Frank's, Crystal, and a healthy dose of El Yucatan Habanero sauce. Any habanero sauce will do if you're looking to add heat, as long as the base is still Frank's (or similar), but I prefer to keep all my pepper sauces "red" when making Buffalo.

    I suppose other chilies would work well, but I'm not a heat freak. (Asian chilies? Maybe? Never tried.) Habanero is more than enough to add plenty of heat, while maintaining the flavor base.

    Garlic powder is a nice addition, but only if you go with a light touch. Honey (scream blasphemy if you must) is also a nice addition, but again, it has to be very light, to the point that it's not really noticeable in the final product. If it tastes sweet like honey, you haven't made Buffalo sauce; you've made honey hot sauce, which might still be really good, but it's different.

    (That's kind of the key, too: you can make all kinds of delicious hot sauces. I love various wing sauces. Thai chili lime, garlic lime, honey hot BBQ; go with whatever floats your boat. Those sauces aren't "Buffalo," though.)

    I've never added Worcestershire. I just don't see the need. It's savory enough just from butter. It might be really good; I add quite a bit of Worcestershire to my Bloody Mary, after all. I've just never tried it.

    That's it. No pepper or additional salt necessary.

    Sadly, as you mentioned, the chicken is a delivery mechanism*, but I would have preferred real, bone-in wings. These worked out OK - the emphasis was on the sauce (and blue cheese dressing, naturally) - but good crispy wings would have been better. :slight_smile:

    *(Since this chicken was skinless, I had to "add" the skin. Buffalo does not work properly on skinless chicken, it just doesn't. Flour or panko work about equally well, and it's personal preference (I suppose it also depends on if you have a deep fat fryer). I went with melted butter, panko, pepper, garlic salt, and a dash of lemon juice. Chicken dipped in raw egg, then covered in panko. Not as good as no kidding bone-in wings, but it got the job done.)
     
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  14. Blogjackets

    Blogjackets Grand Pooh-Bah (4,816) Nov 22, 2017 Ohio
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    Never seen mc3, just mc2 - which is delicious. Is 3 a higher ABV or are there more differences?

     
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  15. DoctorZombies

    DoctorZombies Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,827) Feb 1, 2015 Florida
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    What did you two think about this beer?
    Cheers!
     
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  16. DavetotheB

    DavetotheB Grand Pooh-Bah (4,241) Sep 30, 2017 Pennsylvania
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    Doesn't Suck. Jus sayin. Cheers!
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  17. Insomniac

    Insomniac Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2019 Canada (ON)

    Very windy here today and a large limb has broken off my neighbors tree and is hanging by what looks like a thread about ten feet over the roof of my shed. It's partially supported by another limb, but it won't take much for it to go. If it falls today, I think it's good bye shed. Very difficult to get someone on a Sunday and I doubt they'd go up in this wind anyway. I've got a ladder long enough to reach and cut off a lot of smaller branches, but it looks dodgy given the wind and I'm not sure it would make enough difference anyway.

    Second beer of the day is Collective Arts Grapefruit & Elderflower IPA. 6.3% and made with Azacca & El Dorado hops. A very good beer. I think I might have quite a few today and see how things look tomorrow morning. Will definitely need a pro to cut out the bulk of it if it hasn't fallen by then. Cheers.
     
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  18. officerbill

    officerbill Pooh-Bah (2,228) Feb 9, 2019 New York
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    After a disappointing St. Nikolaus bock (see NBW) I've switched to a very, very good doppelbock.
    HB's Winter Spezial (bottled 10/01/20).
    If you see this beer, buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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  19. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
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    Higher abv, no doubt, but that #eqjuice is on full display. Bubble gum in your face. I love it.
     
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  20. Bhubbard34

    Bhubbard34 Pooh-Bah (2,585) Mar 4, 2016 Pennsylvania
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    The King

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