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"Craft" Beer Thread
« on: May 04, 2019, 08:42:39 PM »
I'm no expert by far but I enjoy a good beer or two. So if your looking for detailed reviews I'm not your guy.

How I'll post up beers that I found and enjoyed or didn't, feel free to do the same.


Tonight it's a Bourbon Barrel Stout by New Holland Brewery.

This a good beer, but at 11% it's not for the week of heart.

The bourbon element is strong on both aroma and taste. Also get some notes of raisins, vanilla and dark chocolate.
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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2019, 09:22:58 PM »
Good idea -- what's not to like about presenting good regional craft beers

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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2019, 11:10:36 PM »
They've done a good job with that beer if the alcohol doesn't overpower the beer flavor. Do have to be careful with beer that strong though. A six pack isn't far off the alcohol content of a fifth of 80 proof.

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2019, 09:36:09 AM »
oh i will be adding to this thread.  if the mudman allows........
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2019, 12:45:18 PM »
oh i will be adding to this thread.  if the mudman allows........
Add away!

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2019, 05:25:01 PM »
A friend dropped off a growler of TWB Brewery's (Together we're Bitter) Oatmeal Stout called "Oaty McOatface"

It is wonderful. Smooth, black as a coal miners lung, chocolaty and did I say smooth?

If you find yourself near Kitchener Ontario, I humbly suggest trying it.

http://www.brewing.coop/beer-type/oaty-mcoatface/


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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2019, 06:13:21 PM »
A friend dropped off a growler of TWB Brewery's (Together we're Bitter) Oatmeal Stout called "Oaty McOatface"

It is wonderful. Smooth, black as a coal miners lung, chocolaty and did I say smooth?

If you find yourself near Kitchener Ontario, I humbly suggest trying it.

http://www.brewing.coop/beer-type/oaty-mcoatface/


Looks yummy - and like a meal!
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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2019, 10:39:10 AM »
Had a Milk Stout from the Left Hand Brewing Company yesterday -- WOW~!!! It's one offering in their NITRO series; which means they introduce nitrogen into the beer to replace the CO2 -- nitrogen makes the beer taste smoother. If you've ever has a true pub poured English cream ale or Irish stout -- that's what makes them taste so smooth and creamy.

Tastes a lot like chocolate -- but in a good "beer" sort of way -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=yNCaV3e9BEg

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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2019, 06:22:26 PM »
I'm quite a beer snob, being from a Wisconsin beer family with my g-grandfather a brewmeister from Germany and my Father working at the local brewery for almost 40 years.  A three year tour in Germany only expanded my love of different types of beer.

I've found this very nice Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from the Hardywood Park Craft Brewers in Richmond VA.

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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2019, 08:26:40 PM »
I'm quite a beer snob, being from a Wisconsin beer family with my g-grandfather a brewmeister from Germany and my Father working at the local brewery for almost 40 years.  A three year tour in Germany only expanded my love of different types of beer.

I've found this very nice Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from the Hardywood Park Craft Brewers in Richmond VA.
That looks great!

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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2019, 08:33:16 PM »
Drinking a Long Trail IPA batch 3

It's an American IPA.

Cloudy and hazy it has a aroma of citrus and hops

It is very smooth and doesn't have the typical bite some IPAs do.









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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2019, 10:13:17 PM »
Usually not an IPA guy, but that looks good!

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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2019, 12:49:20 AM »
Behemoth Brewing Company's Chocolate Fish Milk Stout. Quite a few craft breweries are doing chocolate stouts. This one has a definite chocolate taste. I expected it to be a bit sweeter but it isn't. Quite drinkable.

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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2019, 01:16:36 AM »
Garage Project Pilsner with minimalist branding.


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« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2019, 09:35:51 AM »
Garage Project Pilsner with minimalist branding.


Cool!! Minimalist beer branding was once very common in the US. I'm old enough to remember that many grocery chains after WWII offered their own branded beer in very generic looking bottles and cans simply marked "Beer". It often was the least expensive beer you could find in a grocery store, but in many cases it also was very good brew. I also recall drinking cases of US Military supplied "Beer" out of olive drab green cans back in the day.

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« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2019, 11:41:29 AM »
I remember when generic items became a big deal in the late 70's. The generic beer was crap and at a gathering in the Mojave Desert a guy showed up with a couple cases of that junk. We took it away from him and provided good beer. We left the cases of generic out in the hot sun. When they got nice and hot we shook them up good and took turns tossing them up in the air and blasting them with shotguns. Those things really exploded good but smelled like crap. ;D

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« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2019, 01:33:04 AM »
Captain Jack India Dark Ale from the local Mount Brewing Company.

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« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2019, 03:11:29 AM »


Tonight , it’s Friday night here , a few brews , I always get led astray by Christines family .......


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« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2019, 01:22:31 AM »
On the menu tonight , these are a fair way from where they were brewed ......


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« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2019, 09:10:42 AM »
On the menu tonight , these are a fair way from where they were brewed ......


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« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2019, 11:08:36 AM »


I don't drink much yuppy beer. Usually just cases and cases of 59 cent a can rolling rock (slightly alcoholic water). Been splurging on beer for range days and this is pretty tasty stuff. Hurts my inner cheapass to pay $2/can though.

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« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2019, 10:27:24 PM »


I don't drink much yuppy beer. Usually just cases and cases of 59 cent a can rolling rock (slightly alcoholic water). Been splurging on beer for range days and this is pretty tasty stuff. Hurts my inner cheapass to pay $2/can though.
Rolling Rock got worse once Anheuser bought them

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« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2019, 12:43:07 AM »
We have so many to choose here ..... picked this up today at our local supermarket.......



I like me a good APA .... nice and tasty .... not too much alcohol at 6%


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« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2019, 08:58:27 PM »
I love it.  .but is that really how you kiwis see us?


I mean there's no gun, or bacon?!!!

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« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2019, 09:38:31 PM »
I love it.  .but is that really how you kiwis see us?


I mean there's no gun, or bacon?!!!

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Much as I love America and the people and have many people in your country  that I’m proud to call my friends..... many people have not seen it as I have and they only judge by the  news that comes out of there on the media......this is not the right thread to discuss politics and you president ..... and how often do we read of another mass shooting  , guns are so freely available , and everyone grows up in the constitutional belief that it is their right to carry them .....


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« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2019, 08:44:54 PM »
I love it.  .but is that really how you kiwis see us?


I mean there's no gun, or bacon?!!!

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Much as I love America and the people and have many people in your country  that I’m proud to call my friends..... many people have not seen it as I have and they only judge by the  news that comes out of there on the media......this is not the right thread to discuss politics and you president ..... and how often do we read of another mass shooting  , guns are so freely available , and everyone grows up in the constitutional belief that it is their right to carry them .....


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« Reply #26 on: August 15, 2019, 12:54:20 AM »
One thing that is universal , no matter where in the world we are or what culture we are from is to appreciate a quality brew ...


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« Reply #27 on: August 16, 2019, 12:19:13 AM »
Friday night beers at work, this is in the fridge. Very hoppy.


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« Reply #28 on: August 16, 2019, 12:52:57 AM »
Friday night beers at work, this is in the fridge. Very hoppy.


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Thumbs up mate .... sure beats a Tui or a Speights..... they do another one called Hop Rocker that’s quite drinkable


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« Reply #29 on: August 16, 2019, 01:04:20 AM »
It would have been better if one of the graduates had remembered to put the beers in the fridge before 3pm and it was was actually cold!

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« Reply #30 on: August 25, 2019, 02:16:47 AM »
Carabinier - Cascadian Coffee Stout by Croucher Brewing.


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« Reply #31 on: November 01, 2019, 02:07:47 PM »
Real craft beer. Beer and Brats night at work. Beer and cider brewed by various workmates. Most were very good.



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« Reply #32 on: November 01, 2019, 02:15:17 PM »
Sounds delicious  -- home made hard cider is re-gaining a following here in the eastern past of the US. There was a time when many rural folks with access to locally grown fruit or wild berries made lots of hard cider for the winter months.

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Re: "Craft" Beer Thread
« Reply #33 on: November 04, 2019, 08:29:08 PM »
Yuengling's newest creation... Chocolate Porter.... Collaboration with Hershey's Chocolate.

https://www.yuengling.com/our-beer/yuengling-hersheys-chocolate-porter/





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« Reply #34 on: November 04, 2019, 08:32:27 PM »
Well! How's it taste Tim? I'll see if it's available in my neck of the woods.

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« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2019, 09:03:18 PM »
Well! How's it taste Tim? I'll see if it's available in my neck of the woods.
It's great, if you've ever been to Hershey's Chocolate World it's like you step into it in the first sip, but the porter smoothly balances it out and it'd not overly chocolatey
(Is there is such a thing?)

Definitely worth a try even if your not into "thick" beers. It's only available on draft (I e been getting it by the growler at my local distributor) so try it while you can!

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« Reply #36 on: January 05, 2022, 01:28:37 AM »
It’s a while since we had anything on this thread , but here’s tonight’s brew……


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« Reply #37 on: January 05, 2022, 04:19:34 AM »
Beautiful view, enjoy your trip!!

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« Reply #38 on: January 05, 2022, 07:02:12 AM »
Wow! -- What a view to wake up to and have your morning coffee. A view like that is priceless, because all seems right with the world.

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« Reply #39 on: January 05, 2022, 07:43:19 AM »
Be tough to leave a view like that.

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« Reply #40 on: January 05, 2022, 02:14:14 PM »
My favorite local place just got back up and producing. I heard mark Cuban(Dallas Mavs owner) had shut them down by ending the lease on their space and that had not planned for that contingency.

I'm a lager guy. Bud Light, Michelob Ultra but will spend to help support the local breweries.

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« Reply #41 on: January 05, 2022, 02:50:40 PM »
If there were tall pines around the lake it would look like Lake Tahoe. We have the snow covered mountains surrounding us but Lake Tahoe is about 15 miles west.
I love seeing the pictures of NZ as it looks like a beautiful country with rich lands.

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« Reply #42 on: January 05, 2022, 09:10:01 PM »
Glad to see some activity on this one!

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« Reply #43 on: January 05, 2022, 10:00:31 PM »
Glad to see some activity on this one!

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Hardly craft beer tonight but not a common brew here ……

But was available online …….

These guys have lots of interesting stuff…..

https://beercellar.co.nz/


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« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2022, 04:15:20 AM »
Not really a craft brewery.


I usually avoid the Mount because the traffic is chaos at this time of year, and it is full of Aucklanders. I had to go to my pharmacy on that side of town so I had a quick look at the beach. This is 6pm and it is still 23C/73F. It has been a bit cooler today. The rest of the week has been around 30C/86F.

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« Reply #45 on: January 08, 2022, 10:27:36 PM »
For tonight a Dogfish Head Rasion D'Extra

A Belgian Brown, loaded with malt, brown sugar and raisin. A bit on the sweet side, but she'll knock you down at around 15%!




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« Reply #46 on: January 22, 2022, 10:26:52 PM »
New Holland Brewing Dragons Milk Reserve.

The regular dragons milk is a smooth very tasty (and pricey) stout. Their reserves are aged in bourbon barrels.

When new these are a bit heavy on the bourbon taste. However this one has been in my fridge for a bit. It has mellowed down and is rather smooth.

This time the bourbon mixes well and gives a nice smooth taste along with a vanilla accent and a small sweetness.



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« Reply #47 on: January 24, 2022, 05:08:14 AM »
Another dark beer from a smaller brewery and something different to snack on.


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« Reply #48 on: January 24, 2022, 08:30:11 PM »
I like the looks of that porter....

The anchovy..... Not so much, but I'd definitely have to give them a try after I had a beer or two.

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« Reply #49 on: January 25, 2022, 07:21:32 AM »
I'd give the anchovy a whirl.  Had on pizza once many years ago.  Didn't hate it.  My palate has broadened since then and I am enjoying unique flavors.  Have a foodie buddy who I will try anything he makes even if it is something I don't normally eat.  haven't been disappointed yet. 

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« Reply #50 on: July 23, 2022, 08:46:06 PM »
Slyfox Vulpulin (Vul pew lin)

A nice light hopped ipa


 



 

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« Reply #51 on: August 02, 2022, 01:22:47 AM »
I had some US beers show up today , here’s the first , I thought I’d try …

Firestone Walker , out of Paso Robles , Ca. Hazy IPA , 5.6%. I’ve had some of their brews before ….. wasn’t disappointed…. Easy drinking !!

Paso Robles is probably more known for its Wines , we did a tasting there that same year we got to the GTG when we traveled through there on the way back up to San Fran.


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« Reply #52 on: August 06, 2022, 08:47:16 PM »
I've been liking Hazy IPAs lately as well.

This one is by Oskar Blues they have breweries in Colorado, North Carolina, and Texas.



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« Reply #53 on: August 06, 2022, 11:02:17 PM »
Last nights brew ….. , I’ve never really been like a “Guinness guy “…… but this was really quite tasty !!





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« Reply #54 on: August 08, 2022, 08:19:58 PM »
Last nights brew ….. , I’ve never really been like a “Guinness guy “…… but this was really quite tasty !!





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Guinness is kinda unique. It's a taste of its own. It's smooth and leaves no bitter after taste.  I like it.


However stouts come in all sorts of flavors (pun intended) if your into strong you can get a bourbon barrel stout. Or setter ones like milk stout (more popular)

I like a good stout. I'm a darker beer kinda guy for the most part. But I've had plenty that aren't dark that I really like as well.

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« Reply #55 on: August 09, 2022, 04:13:07 AM »
Because someone who shall remain nameless keeps sending me photos of what he's drinking, while I'm still at work, I knocked off at a reasonable hour and went to the wholesalers on the way home. One each of these came home with me.
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« Reply #56 on: August 12, 2022, 08:34:21 PM »
Because someone who shall remain nameless keeps sending me photos of what he's drinking, while I'm still at work, I knocked off at a reasonable hour and went to the wholesalers on the way home. One each of these came home with me.
We all need those bad influencers in our life :))

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« Reply #57 on: August 13, 2022, 12:58:27 AM »
We all need those bad influencers in our life :))


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« Reply #58 on: August 15, 2022, 02:41:49 PM »
 :)) :))

I was a fan of dark beers as well, don't drink anymore

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« Reply #59 on: August 16, 2022, 01:46:43 AM »
Back on the California beer tonight , had this one before….. liked it last time



I’m not a big drinker ….. but do enjoy just one which lasts before and with dinner . And it’s good to drink with the “ other half “ , she’s a red wine girl , often Australian Shiraz , NZ  Central Otago Pinot Noir , and sometimes Californian Zinfandel….


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« Reply #60 on: August 18, 2022, 11:29:55 PM »
He's done it again, and it was not even 2:30pm 

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« Reply #61 on: August 19, 2022, 01:26:06 PM »
Not necessarily a "Craft" beer, but lately I've enjoyed Sam Adams Summer Ale sitting on the deck in the evenings. It pairs well with a medium/heavy body cigar from Nicaragua or Ecuador.

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« Reply #62 on: August 24, 2022, 08:00:18 PM »
Not necessarily a "Craft" beer, but lately I've enjoyed Sam Adams Summer Ale sitting on the deck in the evenings. It pairs well with a medium/heavy body cigar from Nicaragua or Ecuador.
I'm not a huge fan of SAM Adams. Occasionally I'll grab one of theirs that I like but for the most part not for me.

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« Reply #63 on: September 04, 2022, 07:50:05 AM »
Whistling Sisters Dry Irish Stout. OK but not as good as the Cassels' Milk Stout.


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« Reply #64 on: September 08, 2022, 07:45:40 PM »
Tis the season.






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« Reply #65 on: September 08, 2022, 08:13:25 PM »
Cheers guys!

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« Reply #66 on: September 23, 2022, 01:07:49 AM »
Friday night at work and the brew is Mount Brew Co. Golden Hour Hazy XPA. Comes in a 20L keg (5gal approx) keg to reduce glass waste (glass is expensive to reccycle in NZ due to there only being one place that does it). https://www.mountbrewingco.com/shop/p/golden-hour-hazy-xpa

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« Reply #67 on: September 23, 2022, 01:43:11 AM »
You started before me mate ……,


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« Reply #68 on: September 23, 2022, 01:45:28 AM »
You started before me mate ……,


With the week I've had, when the email went around that tap flows at 4:30pm, I wasn't the first in line but it was close  :party0036:

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« Reply #69 on: September 30, 2022, 02:07:27 AM »
Emerson's Daisy Milk Stout


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« Reply #70 on: October 07, 2022, 04:13:31 AM »


About as craft as you can get, Octoberfest at work featuring beers and a ginger beer brewed by various staff members. Only five entries this year, our best year had eleven. Judging was by the brewers from Mount Brewing Co. plus popular vote, with a prize for the best costume (a hot dog).










Our Regional Manager won the judged and popular vote with his white coffee vanilla stout.



The Mount Brewing Co. guys brought a keg of their hazy IPA, pink G&T and this.

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« Reply #71 on: October 07, 2022, 11:40:12 PM »


Garage Project - Cereal Milk Stout, with pouring instructions. Smooth, drinkable but not spectacular.

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« Reply #72 on: October 08, 2022, 03:21:43 PM »
Looks like at great company to work for!

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« Reply #73 on: October 15, 2022, 12:51:10 AM »
Stoke Legacy Stout



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« Reply #74 on: October 20, 2022, 08:19:32 PM »
Stoke Legacy Stout


That looks good!

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« Reply #75 on: October 20, 2022, 10:23:23 PM »
Stoke Legacy Stout


That looks good!

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It’s Friday afternoon, close to quitting time …..I better get todays brew up before Rural finishes work !!!!


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« Reply #76 on: October 20, 2022, 10:35:00 PM »
Crowd funding…. Do you guys in the US have that there ? I did this yesterday …….

https://equitise.com/

For these guys………

https://www.twothumb.com/

And this was the result……..




Just one of 274 new co-owners ……
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« Reply #77 on: October 21, 2022, 11:15:39 AM »
Crowd funding…. Do you guys in the US have that there ? I did this yesterday …….

https://equitise.com/

For these guys………

https://www.twothumb.com/

And this was the result……..




Just one of 274 new co-owners ……
Yes we do have that.  I've thought of doing it myself.

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« Reply #78 on: November 08, 2022, 02:47:22 AM »


Not an appropriate pairing!
Not a beer!





Roaring Meg (Lower) Power Station, the location in the Kawarau Gorge on the road to Queenstown that the vineyard is named after.
- Two turbines
- Operating Head 304 metres (997 ft)
- Combined Output 3,000 kilowatts (4,000 hp)
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« Reply #79 on: November 17, 2022, 11:47:43 PM »
Tonight’s brew ……. Not usually into that high %abv…. But this is quite nice !!!



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« Reply #80 on: November 18, 2022, 08:48:20 PM »
What the hell is a burger ring?!

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« Reply #81 on: November 18, 2022, 08:55:52 PM »
What the hell is a burger ring?!

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Thats for him to know and you to ask goober!  :hee20hee20hee:
You boys better hold on cause I'm gonna have to stand on it!

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« Reply #82 on: November 20, 2022, 05:06:44 AM »
What the hell is a burger ring?!

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Burger Rings are a type of corn and rice based, burger-flavoured snack food sold on the Australian and New Zealand market. Not surprisingly they are burger flavoured and are ring shaped. (Random internet picture).


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« Reply #83 on: December 17, 2022, 06:56:38 PM »
What the hell is a burger ring?!

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Burger Rings are a type of corn and rice based, burger-flavoured snack food sold on the Australian and New Zealand market. Not surprisingly they are burger flavoured and are ring shaped. (Random internet picture).
Interesting. Not sure how I'd like them lol

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« Reply #84 on: December 20, 2022, 03:09:11 AM »
Small local brewery - Lumber Jack Brewery Coastal Haze, a hazy IPA. The brewery is so small I actually met the brewer at his day job where he works a couple of days a week in the kitchen at Okere Falls Café.

 

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« Reply #85 on: December 20, 2022, 03:54:53 PM »
Pukehina? How's that pronounced?

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« Reply #86 on: December 21, 2022, 01:21:36 AM »
Pukehina? How's that pronounced?

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We just know but maybe like….
Pook( rhymes with book )- a- heena


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« Reply #87 on: December 21, 2022, 07:07:51 PM »
Pukehina? How's that pronounced?

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We just know but maybe like….
Pook( rhymes with book )- a- heena


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Yeah definitely not how it looks :))

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« Reply #88 on: January 21, 2023, 09:49:11 PM »
Sunday session ……have some friends we often go have some craft beers with on a Sunday afternoon, here’s the selection today ……
 ….. includes a couple of Jabberwocky brews , and then these …….



The bottle on the left is what we call a rigger, refillable at the brewery……


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« Reply #89 on: January 22, 2023, 06:04:17 AM »
Looks like a lot of fun. I love some of the names that the company outs on its products.

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« Reply #90 on: January 23, 2023, 06:34:11 PM »
Sunday session ……have some friends we often go have some craft beers with on a Sunday afternoon, here’s the selection today ……
 ….. includes a couple of Jabberwocky brews , and then these …….



The bottle on the left is what we call a rigger, refillable at the brewery……


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Great looking selection!

Over here we have "growlers" that we take to the breweries to gett refilled.



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« Reply #91 on: January 28, 2023, 08:59:13 PM »
A nice stout tonight.




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« Reply #92 on: February 25, 2023, 10:56:03 PM »
"Ring the Bell" a  celebratory phrase used by the Philadelphia Phillies.

So it's Fitting for an American Lager by a brewery located about 30 minutes from Philly.




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« Reply #93 on: February 27, 2023, 04:02:15 AM »
Since COVID I've been working from home on Mondays if I don't have meetings or site visits. Just before lunch I heard a van door slam and thought it was in my driveway. I got up, opened the dining room window, looked out and there was a courier van parked behind my ute. As the driver stepped off the front deck I asked him if he had the right address as I wasn't expecting anything. I opened the front door to find this box addressed to me.



It contained two each of the following.



Thanks to Midnitemack. I tried the Strastosphere Westcoast IPA that paired quite well with the steak, onion and mushroom pies I made yesterday.



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« Reply #94 on: February 27, 2023, 09:49:51 PM »
Would love to try that Kiwi Draught see what it's all about.

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« Reply #95 on: March 04, 2023, 11:41:26 PM »
Royal Docks Leatherhead American IPA








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« Reply #96 on: March 06, 2023, 06:55:04 PM »
I love craft beers, but hate all hoppy beers. Dark and chewey is best.
You boys better hold on cause I'm gonna have to stand on it!

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« Reply #97 on: March 07, 2023, 08:33:26 PM »
I love craft beers, but hate all hoppy beers. Dark and chewey is best.
I hated them at first too. I don't mind them now. As for sitting and "drinking a few" ill go with a lager or something heavy like stouts.

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« Reply #98 on: June 17, 2023, 11:03:42 PM »
A gift from a friend (she now works for the Ohio craft brewer association, so she gets all kinds!)

Not as "juicy" as a lot of hazy IPAs I've had but still smooth crisp and good!



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« Reply #99 on: September 27, 2023, 09:13:13 PM »
Tis the season!  Prost!








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« Reply #100 on: October 19, 2023, 11:00:42 PM »
It's Friday and it's beer o'clock, Mount Brewing Co.  Mermaids Mirth APA from the keg at work.



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« Reply #101 on: October 21, 2023, 06:49:24 PM »
It's Friday and it's beer o'clock, Mount Brewing Co.  Mermaids Mirth APA from the keg at work.


"keg at work" damn im on the wrong line of work :))

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« Reply #102 on: October 22, 2023, 12:18:24 AM »
Good George Cow Town Hazelnut Milk Stout 5.5%

Can't really taste the hazelnut. Not the greatest milk stout I've tasted. I'll probably not buy it again.
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« Reply #103 on: November 24, 2023, 09:26:39 PM »
Tonight's choice.



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