beer Being Crafty

[t0mato]

They both suck lol.


Jk. Marriage is cool.


I miss GM too.

 

[Grass Snake]

 

[The Hot Pepper]

The holidays is about arts and craft beers!

 

[MikeUSMC]

Local and yummy!

 

[t0mato]

This is the most drinkable IPA I've had in a while. It's crisp, clean, and very well balanced.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

My favorite holiday stout! It's so nice to have this beer back in my glass again. I nursed a keg of the bourbon barrel aged GBS so hard last December, that my wife and a friend of mine had to carry me out of the party.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Float it!

 

[t0mato]

Yeah float it!

That looks like the nectar of the gods.

 

[Grass Snake]

what does "milk" mean in a stout?

 

[The Hot Pepper]

sweet

 

[Grass Snake]

ahhh

 

[The Hot Pepper]

You know how milk chocolate is sweeter than dark?
 
Milk stouts have no milk but are sweeter, like chocolate.
 
Kinda weird naming.

 

[Grass Snake]

Yeah every milk stout I've tried I didnt really like.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

what does "milk" mean in a stout?

It means lactose is used in the brewing process, which is unfermentable to Sacch yeast. It leaves a residual "milky" sweetness to the beer, since the lactose is never actually converted into alcohol.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

boom!

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Pretty sure I've read that before but forgot. All I remembered was sweet.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

HB Russian Imperial Stout, aged 14 months. I didn't realize I had any bombers left of this 15% bohemoth until a few days ago. I was packaging some mead for Christmas presents, and I found a box of these bad boys tucked away that I had completely forgot about...until now. This beer is freaking delicious!

 

[t0mato]

Very nice!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

HB sour palate cleansing sour saison

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

I just put 23 lbs. of pork on my smoker...I'm looking at a high of 34 tomorrow, so I'm smoking all night. I have my alarm set for 5 AM. I'll check temps, and throw a few logs on, if necessary, then promptly drink some mulled mead, and go back to sleep.