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DirtRacer
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Re: What are you drinking?

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A cup of black coffee for now.
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Old Mr. Beer Oatmeal Stout. Yum.
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Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout

Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.

Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand -  13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
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Rolling Rock tallboys. Cheap and refreshing.
Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
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Come to life and fade away:
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Re: What are you drinking?

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Red wine for now... time to make a trip to the garage for a bit.
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Re: What are you drinking?

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Great Divide Hercules IPA
It is freaking AWESOME!
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Had a Belgian Dubble based on Mr Beer's recipe and then a Wee Heavy also based on their recipe. The two have identical grain bills with 1 can of Bewitched Amber and 1 lb of amber DME. The Dubbel used T-58 yeast and I did a 15 minute boil with Saaz hops. The Wee Heavy used S-04 and no additional hops. It is amazing to taste the difference between the two beers. The Belgian definitely has fruity elements and the Wee Heavy has a maltier taste.
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Re: What are you drinking?

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Gymrat wrote:Great Divide Hercules IPA
It is freaking AWESOME!
+1 Roger, it's one of the best of it's style I have ever had...

Was able to get it around here once and a while...

Gonna have to drive around and check again!

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Drinking a variety of things from my pipeline, one of which is the latest incarnation of Trilby Brown Ale. Still not where I want it. I think I'm going to eliminate the chocolate malt entirely and pursue the color and flavors I want with crystal and caramel malts.

Don't get me wrong; this is drinkable, and by no means unpleasant. It's just not what I was aiming for. It's more of a porter in color and profile, so it's back to the drawing board.
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Re: What are you drinking?

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This past week I blew through a batch of MrB ... the pale ale, what's it called, craft .... which I had added some extra hops boiled into their half pound lme to the mix. It was good, but eh ... yah good.

I prefer the AG's. This weekend I tapped a 5 gal corny of a batch I call "Dan's Wood Ale". I named it after my friend Dan who passed away

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... he always said he didn't like beer because it tastes like wood. :lol:

I don't have my notes in front of me, but it's two row base, a bit of 60L, and a nice hop schedule of northern and centennial. Whatever malt of hops I used, he'd say, 'it taste like wood, can I have a diet coke?" :lol: You don't have to like beer to be my friend .... :lol:
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Re: What are you drinking?

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I have opened the DS Brewery this morning and am making a 5 gal Fat Tire clone. I am drinking a 1554 at 10:AM :jumpy: Do I have a drinking problem? :clink:
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DS Brewery wrote:I have opened the DS Brewery this morning and am making a 5 gal Fat Tire clone. I am drinking a 1554 at 10:AM :jumpy: Do I have a drinking problem? :clink:
If you're drinking at 10AM and you're not tailgating, then I'd say yes. :cheers:
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...

Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology

Sites to find beer making supplies: Adventures in Homebrewing - Mr. Beer - MoreBeer
My Beer - click to reveal
Currently using 6 LBKs.

Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout

Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.

Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand -  13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
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Re: What are you drinking?

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FedoraDave wrote:Drinking a variety of things from my pipeline, one of which is the latest incarnation of Trilby Brown Ale. Still not where I want it. I think I'm going to eliminate the chocolate malt entirely and pursue the color and flavors I want with crystal and caramel malts.

Don't get me wrong; this is drinkable, and by no means unpleasant. It's just not what I was aiming for. It's more of a porter in color and profile, so it's back to the drawing board.
I'm in the same boat Dave, I keep hoping my brown ale will mellow out but I think I've come to the conclusion that I don't care for chocolate malt. We tweaked ours and taken it out but haven't brewed it yet.


I think I'm going to be drinking a lot of lemon shandies. I made a huge batch of lemonade for the kids at the home brewers club picnic yesterday and they all brought their own drinks. :opps:
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Currently at Sparkling Ice Lemonade with Tea. Basically a carbonated Arnold Palmer. :homebrew:
Fermenting: Bucket 1 - Fresh Squeezed IPA; Bucket 2 - Empty

Kegged: Keg 1 - Irish Red; Keg 2 - Cream Ale; Keg 3 - Amber Ale; Keg 4 - APA; Keg 5 - Empty; Keg 6 - Empty; Keg 7 - Empty
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Drinking my #1323 Innkeeper, a Northern Brewer clone of Timothy Taylor's Landlord bitter (CAMRA beer of the year). At 16 days in bottle, it is a good example of an English bitter. Definitely a session ale at 4.3 ABV.
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Re: What are you drinking?

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Whoop'n up on some schnopps.
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