What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3665

Dia de los Muertos.

 

Good day BAs! Thanks @DoctorZombies for starting today's thread!

Well, yesterday's rain never materialized but it definitely looks like it today, but at least it's (relatively) warm on my nekkid head. Ian's second box is in the wind and should blow onto his doormat on Friday, if FedEx is to be believed.

Today's New Breakfast beer is one I've never seen before:



Bitter, not at all like Hershey's chocolate, at least to my taste. Old?

 

G'day all!

Sipping on a 2019 Utopias is what I am doing.

Prost!

 

Back with a good milk chocolate Porter. Very easy drinking.

Prost!

 

My daughter worked at Virgin Galactic for eight years, but recently switched to Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin. She bought me this glass, and I'm sure it will get plenty of use.

 

Back from another ride. Cheers

 

Could not post last night due to poor reception in stadium but what an atmosphere to see a World Series game! Go Phillies!

 

Such a great brew.

 

Nice but not as good as the 2005 and 2009(I still have a few drops of it) that I had. Something different aboot it. Shrugs.

 

Hey-o everyone.
My usual early N/A beer, ItalPils this time, after a 10 mile run this a.m.
Felt great. Accidentally did a 60 mile running week last week, thought I had caught a cold or something but within 24hrs Monday to Tuesday night, felt fine. So here we are.

Good to back on the feed in a regular fashion. I'll be back with a real McCoy later on today.

Cheers!

 

Cheers y'all!

Odd Light American light lager - Odd Muse Brewing Co

 

Hey BA, long time no check in. San Francisco airport waiting to go home from a work trip. Russian River STS with breakfast & you know what’s next in the glass.

 

Glenfarclas? Or an homage to a Roman philosopher?

 

Having another round of odd light. Super easy drinking and some refreshing naunced flavors that keep you looking for another gulp. I'm digging it. Definitely better than any American macro lager I have had.

Cheers y'all!

 

Pliny is the answer. @rgordon what ever you’re talking about is way over my head.

 

Having some fresh Expedition Stout. Brewed my first beer last Thursday as a brewer in training, an old ale brewed with molasses. The wort turned out beautifully, now we just hope the yeast does its job.

 

Time for a Celebration.

Cheers y'all!

SN Celebration

 

Drinking Bud. Got a quick bike ride in today, will probably get a few more chances through the weekend

 

Makes me want a Cafe Racer 15:

Club Raul:

 

I know. I remember being at Russian River BC in the late 90s and just knowing that that IPA was stellar. But so was the food. Great place and memories. Pliny the Elder died in 79 AD. The beer lives on and is very well named.

 

Today's Blind Battle Beer Tasting Lineup:

1) Fair State Side Pull (4.1%): A Czech lager from Minnesota with flavors of pale malt, bready malts, yeasty with a full-mouthfeel.
versus
2) MORE Huntley Helles (4.5%): A German Helles lager from Illinois with flavors of pale bread malt, honey, and a yeasty, relatively dry finish.
versus
3) Bad Weather Helles (5.5%): A German Helles lager from Minnesota with flavors of earthy honey, and pale biscuit malt. Slightly sweet.

4) Modist Noteworth (6.2% no canning date): A NEIPA from Minnesota with Citra, Sabro, and Eukanot for flavors of earthy tangerine, grapefruit, and some dank pine flavors. Mildly bitter.
versus
5) Junkyard Werewolves at Luncheon (6.8% canned 8/28/22): A NEIPA from Minnesota with Sabro, Citra, and Mosaic for flavors juicy and tropical citrus, pineapple, and bright berries, with light notes of cedar.
versus
6) Portage Lost 40 (7.0% no canning date): A NEIPA from Minnesota with Citra, Mosaic, & Amarillo for flavors of sweet orange, melon, berry, and apple flavors. Leans sweeter.
(All beers correctly matched blind)
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Winners:

1) Fair State Side Pull: All three of these beers were a spectrum. Bad Weather drank true to the Helles style. Huntley was dry and yeasty for a Helles, sort of a mix between #1 and #2. Fair State Side Pull has grown on me. Didn't initially impress me. I've learned not to drink this one for the flavors, but the strong carbonation and full mouthfeel are one of a kind. ...and thus the name "Side Pull" (https://fairstate.coop/beer/side-pull)

5) Junkyard Werewolves at Luncheon: Labeled as a Vermont-style IPA, which to me is really no different from a NEIPA (An entire Beer Advocate forum thread on the topic). It drinks extremely well with juicy tropical notes of citrus, papaya, and berries. Juicy and bright with hints of cedar give the complexity to this NEIPA. Junkyard seems to consistently make good NEIPAs, worth checking out if near The Cities.

 

Zero Gravity Black Cat porter

 

Enjoying what IMHO is the best Hefeweizen in the world - G. Schneider & Sohn Schneider Weisse Original Tap 7.

Lol! My home office faces my backyard. I had cleared the leaves off the lawn a couple days ago. It literally snowed leaves all day today and pretty much covered it back up. Sigh.

 

Happy to see Side Pull prevailing. I hope for another Fair State/ Bierstadt collab in the future.

 

I had the same thing happen, but that will be the case for the next several weeks.

 

Lol! How do you accidently run 60 miles???

 

Oh well. It is fall after all. I wish I had a bunch of Gingko trees like the one in my front yard. That tree is cool. It produces the most beautiful gold leaves; then they all fall off the tree at one time, within a few hours. Just one clean up. That's it!

 

Einstök - Icelandic Arctic Lager

 

Just awesome weather the last couple days, got my walk in, did 10 miles on the bike, enjoying Revolutions Deth's Tar from 2021......still terrific......enjoy what's in yer glass........

 

Cheers y'all!

Graveyard Ghosts dark lager - Odd Muse Brewing Co

 

Finishing up one of my Halloween beers on this sunny and warm Wednesday.

Happy Jack ~ Heavy Riff


Happy Jack ~ The Who

 

Field Trip ~ Modern Brewery


The Class Field Trip ~ Fast Times At Ridgemont High

 

Fueled by Eminem Till I Collapse and I suppose no alcohol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @eppCOS

 

I've seen @SABERG with this one so I picked some up, it's pretty damn tasty and only $11.99 a 4 pack.

 

Man, that's impressive. I couldn't accidently drive 60 miles in a week.