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Dampfbier. Simple and refreshing.

A box of Belgians... Literally... From Ithaca...

Two down, ten to go...

Drank Budweiser all night. It was necessary, I was at a fundraiser for a friend with leukemia, and they only had Bud or Bud Light.
I also bought some stuff I don't need.

Im a hoppy camper! Was at Merchants Fine Wine returning all my weird craft bottles (they pretty much accept anything) and lo and behold came across a 12-pack of Sam Adams Latitude 48 Deconstructed. For those who may not know, it is basically six 2-packs. One 2-pack is their Latitude 48 IPA. The others use the same base wort but showcase the 5 different hops. I was looking for this several months ago when I found out we had a couple thousand pounds of Zeus to sell, as it had a Zeus-only brew and I had never brewed with Zeus. To get maximum effect, I will most likely have to polish this off in one extended sitting. Of course, half of the 12-pack will be offered up to fellow hophead in crime SWMBO. Hoppy Birthday to ME!

Drinking my Rushin' Pale Ale. Quite tasty. I reviewed in the Reviews Forum.

I started with a bottle of English Strong Ale bottled 11/27/11. This was was the fall seasonal for 2011, and I had lost this bottle behind some others in the basement. After 2 1/2 years in the bottle it was still quite good.

Now I am drinking a Wee Heavy at 4 weeks in the bottle and am noticing more hop flavor than I expected. I need to pull up my notes on the computer to see what hops I used. Actually I like this better than my last Wee Heavy batch, so I need to see if I did anything different. I think I may have dry hopped this one, which was not part of the original recipe.

Nothing, not a darn thang. My pipeline is dead, no hidden bottles, nada. Going to be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG 2 weeks waiting on my brew to carb up.

reached a dead spot in the pipeline been drinking Southern Pecan from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. and Truck Stop Honey from Back Forty Brewing Co. both are English Brown Ales

Wow, all these people with dead/empty pipelines. Very sad.

While my pipeline is doing ok, my breadth of beers has dwindled as I finish off old Mr. Beer batches that I won't be making again. Today I reached a milestone when my refrigerator inventory only filled one shelf (5 beers deep on that shelf, 6th beer of each type that has enough inventory on the next shelf). My sons have been devasting my pipeline, but the one just left for new horizons with his girlfriend so that consumption goes away. The two of them would drink 8 - 10 beers per visit. Quite upsetting.

Current brewing batch is unfortunately going to my younger son's inventory, so my pipeline gets no help. And unless I get my controller built and figure out either how to brew at my in-laws or I bring their freezer home, I'm done brewing for 2 - 2 1/2 months. Good thing I have 11.3 cases in inventory.

Well...
I'm drinking a Long Hammer IPA and munching down on some Planters Cashews....Not that it matters in the micro scope of life...

Looks nice Alb - I just had a Long Trail Blood Orange IPA very nice & a Firestone Walker Easy Jack Session IPA which was delicious. Firestone Walker never disappoints.
Now that I'm back home I had to sample my "Apocalypto 7" - It's so good I'm not sharing.

Bit O' Bitter. Light and crisp; very good after a day working out in the heat and humidity.

Had a flight at oblivion tap room with Phil. N'ice chuffe, Popperings Hommelbier, Cucumber Saison and a Saison Framboise. Thanks for the homebrews and hops Phil!

Anytime, Andrew! I had fun hanging out at Oblivion with you and swapping homebrews. Can't wait to try yours!