What beer are you drinking now? #2509

They say A. virosa is delicious too! What a horrible way to die from what I've read.

It is a lot to learn to pick safely, but when you love em the way I do you put in the time to learn. I joined a club and learned from the pros. Took some years for sure. BTW A. muscaria var. guessowii can be safely prepared so you don't get ill or stoned.

 

Delicious

 

Was informed last night that we had to evacuate the OBX, NC. Left this morning. Since I am not there I might as well bring back a few brewed there and drink them in Richmond.

OBX Beer. A kolsch brewed by Weeping Radish.

 

Grill is preheating, finishing off the last one of these ...



This site has been really slow periodically - I have decent speed and other sites load quickly, anyone else noticing this?

 

By the time you realize you've eaten A. Virosa they say it's usually too late. Before the effects are felt it's already starting to destroy organs. I'll pass on the A. Muscaria's even though there may be ways to safely prepare them . I have eaten psilocibin before though, many years ago.

 

Starting light on taco Tuesday.....

Good lord, I hope this thing turns like expected. @Roguer and @DoctorZombies are much closer to the current track than I am.

 

This is what Lanternflies do to your hops (a.k.a. - "shreds them" ) ...



... and this is what we do to Lanternflies ...



... while enjoying a very flavorful local IPA.







Prost! !!

 

Hope everyone had a good Tuesday back to work. Had a mini class this afternoon to learn how to use some fuel economy calculation tools. Have a half day aerodynamics class on Thursday. I've been thinking about changing jobs to either Fuel Economy or Chassis systems. They are the groups I deal with on the most regular basis. Safety/Impact too.

Drafting Table Professional Pils. Excellent German pils. Nice fluffy head retention/spotty soapy lacing. Aromas and flavors of big lemon, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nutty malts; with moderate wood, peppercorn, herbal, floral, grassy hops. Moderate pine, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation, light-medium body, and moderately crisp/clean finishing. Balanced bready/grainy malts, sticky hops, and some resins in the mouthfeel. Moderate increasing bitter dryness, no hop astringency. Very flavorful/refreshing, not overly aggressive, 5.2%. Very clean lagering, minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Awesome clean pils malt showcase, with perfect noble hop presence/balance. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. No complaints. Spot on style. 4


Cheers

Went back to Tech Death today. One of the top favorites. I love all their albums, but this is the pinnacle one.

 

Psilocibin. Isn't that brain candy?

 

Funny that is the first thing folks usually ask me, do I find any Psilocybe sp.? The one we have here, common name blue foot, grows on wood, not shit, and has a deadly poison lookalike, Galerina marginata, so no one I know picks them. We get Panaeolus and Gymnopilis sp. which have the same active ingredient, but less of it, and I found about ten pounds of G. junonius that I gave away to friends some years ago (I don't do them). I don't even bother to inspect them now if I see possibles.

If you love wild shrooms you should join a club and go out with folks who can ID your haul safely and teach you to do it! It is soooo much fun to do.

 

I am probably way too old to have listened to his music but would give it a try. If you suggest one tune I should listen to, let me know. Thanks. I hope you had a good holiday weekend.

 

Last of this four pack. Redbugatti. A TIPA brewed by Veil. I see that @jvgoor3786 had one awhile ago and lived to tell the tale.

Damn, this is a good beer. I usually favor DIPAs but I would definetely buy this again. And not just one four pack!

 

Wagyu beef burger adorned with fresh Thai chilies and some aged Cheddar cheese.



Finishing off the Shed Mountain Ale with the burger ...

 

Red. White. Blue. PBR.





I'm large.