It's a very sad day in the FIT household tonight..... I poured my 3rd Oly-FIT IPA this afternoon and heard that dreaded... phhht. Darn near brought tears to my eyes, that will be one seriously missed keg in my life. I knew it was coming, for weeks I swear I could pick up the keg and it felt totally empty. I swore it was reproducing beer for me at night, it just refused to die. Well.... as the Taps play in the background, I fill the keg up with hot water and oxyclean for the soak.
I have one keg left and a few bottles of stout and winter ale stashed about and my pipeline is tot. The FIT household is in trouble.... OMG, I just can't let this home turn into a dry area, just can't, it's not right.....
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:46 am
by philm00x
Gloria Jean hazelnut coffee. making some breakfast now.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:07 pm
by philm00x
Bomber of Wheatoberfest I had hidden away. mmmm malty.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:21 pm
by docpd
Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale. This is a wonderful malty but hop forward beer.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:38 pm
by BeerRust
Southern Teir double milk stout....
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:46 pm
by Insanitized
Bell's Double Cream Porter, not sure I've ever had a better porter, darn tasty.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:14 pm
by swenocha
1809 Berliner Style Weisse by Professor Fritz Briem
This is a very nice berliner. I highly recommend...
Dr. Fritz Briem is technology Director at Doemens Institute. He has a PhD from Weihenstephan, and was a member of the technical and research staff there. Fritz teaches at the Siebel Institute of Technology, primarily in the areas of brewing and fermenting technology.
“1809” is a very traditional interpretation of the “Berliner Style” Weisse with an intense blend of lactic tartness and complex fruitiness.
It is bottle-conditioned, unfiltered and unpasteurized. “1809” will age beautifully in a dark and cool location. Its complex fruitiness and tartness will most likely develop in quite astonishing ways.
“1809” is fermented in traditional open fermenters and horizontal lager tanks. The applied mashing regime is a single step decoction mash with 50 % wheat malt.The total amount of hops is added to the mash so that isomerisation takes place in the decocotion part of the mash. The wort is not boiled but only heated up to boiling temperature and then transferred to the open fermenters and pitched with yeast and lactic acid bacteria (isolated from malt) at 18°C (64°F).
Appearance:
Very pale in color.
Aroma:
Aromas of white grapes and green apples.
Flavor:
Quite dry and tart, highly complex combination of fruitness and lactic sourness.
Finish:
Dry and tart, with a long aftertaste.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:22 pm
by philm00x
Poured myself a celebratory Mr. Rufus Chocolate Brown as I will be sending that very same beer into competition tomorrow afternoon, along with some Bubs' Pale Ale. Here's to great feedback, and great beer!
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:44 am
by mashani
swenocha wrote:
1809 Berliner Style Weisse by Professor Fritz Briem
This is a very nice berliner. I highly recommend...
I love that beer. My local whole foods carries it.
I'm drinking Fat Tire which is totally unrelated LOL.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:47 pm
by philm00x
Ridiculously early sampling of my Summer Quencher- SMaSH of Belgian 2 row and Belma hops, fermented with Wyeast 2112 steam beer yeast. A faux lager that's got a crisp malt flavor with a nice melon-y finish from the hops.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:54 pm
by JimH
philm00x wrote:Ridiculously early sampling of my Summer Quencher- SMaSH of Belgian 2 row and Belma hops, fermented with Wyeast 2112 steam beer yeast. A faux lager that's got a crisp malt flavor with a nice melon-y finish from the hops.
Yum! Sounds tasty!
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:12 pm
by swenocha
Tennessee Brew Works Basil Ryeman (Basil Rye Saison) paired with "Shut the Cluck Up" (extra-extra-hot) level Nashville Hot Chicken. Was initially a great pairing, but ultimately switched to PBR for the second beer, as by that point I couldn't taste the beer anyway...
For those not familiar with Nashville Hot Chicken, here's a fun (and short) documentary...
Here's a vid on the actual bird I had tonight. "Shut the Cluck Up" chicken is at 3 million Scoville Units.. Thus, the chicken is 3 times hotter than a ghost pepper, which averages at 1 million Scoville Units. I like to eat this about once a week, but seem to average about once a month these days. Kungaloosh...
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:15 pm
by philm00x
Man, that looks delicious.
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:04 pm
by jimjohson
bet he can't even taste that ice cream
Re: What are you drinking?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:16 pm
by Beerlabelman
Swen why do people try to kill themselves with hot ghost peppers? I see that it might be fun, but dial it down & it's probably great.
Doesn't your ass burn the next day? I'll never get the eat with pain thing. BTW I'm drinking Capt Lawrence IPA
I'll never get the eat with pain thing. 
BTW I'm drinking Capt Lawrence IPA 