What are you drinking right now?

Sunfire96 · Nov 12, 2020

Lagunitas fresh hop pale ale

Josh Hughes · Nov 12, 2020

Been a few days without a beer. Death wish Cauldron Pumpkin cold brew this morning. I steep extra in the jar so it kicks me a little harder.

BOB357 · Nov 12, 2020

Enjoying a Celebration Ale. Great beer, as expected every year at about this time. Found a new clone recipe to try out. Dunno about anyone else, but I've never been able to come close to any Sierra Nevada beer I've tried to clone. Tried several recipes of their Pale Ale, using both the old and newer hop schedules from their web site, and none really come very close. Most were nice, but failed to hit the mark. After standing on the catwalk above their boil kettles and smelling the wort aroma, I know early on in the process that it just isn't gonna be close.

thunderwagn · Nov 13, 2020

Cheers @BOB357 also enjoying a 2020 Celebration finally! I look forward to drinking this one over the next couple of months.
I 100% agree with cloning Sierra Nevada. I've tried time after time to clone the pale ale and it just doesn't happen.

There's also a bit of Larceny small batch being enjoyed over on the left.

Josh Hughes · Nov 13, 2020

London Porter

GFHomebrew · Nov 13, 2020

thunderwagn said:
Cheers @BOB357 also enjoying a 2020 Celebration finally! I look forward to drinking this one over the next couple of months.
I 100% agree with cloning Sierra Nevada. I've tried time after time to clone the pale ale and it just doesn't happen.
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There's also a bit of Larceny small batch being enjoyed over on the left.

Looks like your not on call anymore

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thunderwagn · Nov 13, 2020

Trialben said:
Looks like your not on call anymore!

No, in fact I've been put on 14 day quarantine. And with American Thanksgiving holiday falling into that, the email I received late this afternoon, from HR today states, I can't return to work before November 30th.
Covid needs to end.

GFHomebrew · Nov 13, 2020

thunderwagn said:
No, in fact I've been put on 14 day quarantine. And with American Thanksgiving holiday falling into that, the email I received late this afternoon, from HR today states, I can't return to work before November 30th.
Covid needs to end.

As long as your getting paid

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Getting some bunyip into me this evening

This is the keg that keeps on giving glad it hasnt kicked yet either way though I'm happy.

GFHomebrew · Nov 13, 2020

Litenfizzy

For reference @Hawkbox I used 8g of sulphate in this beer and just relied on my tap water chloride and dropped PH with Phsophoric acid
It's still pretty malty considering the gravity was 1.040 ish and I cut it with cane sugar but I spared not the hops plenty of Sazz went In 100g all up most at FWH and the rest 30mins .

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That's the water profile.

Zambi · Nov 13, 2020

Not really right now (as that would be a cup of tea), but last nights:
Since I had to travel to Europe, and coming out of Africa, I am apparently a high risk covid person and have to self-isolate (even though I had to have a negative PCR certificate before I could travel)
So, it's just me, beer and my new best quarantaine-buddy

thunderwagn · Nov 13, 2020

Trialben said:
As long as your getting paid .
Getting some bunyip into me this evening View attachment 12852
This is the keg that keeps on giving glad it hasnt kicked yet either way though I'm happy.

Yes, I'll get paid from the sick time I've saved up. Even though, people might learn to be more responsible if the person who knowingly exposed 12 people had to pay the lost wages. 9 months into this thing and I still can't believe some peoples lack of common sense. What's the saying? "you can't fix stupid"

Nosybear · Nov 13, 2020

thunderwagn said:
No, in fact I've been put on 14 day quarantine. And with American Thanksgiving holiday falling into that, the email I received late this afternoon, from HR today states, I can't return to work before November 30th.
Covid needs to end.

Sorry to hear that. I hope the 14 days are uneventful for you. Great news on the vaccine, although we're unlikely to get it before Spring.

thunderwagn · Nov 13, 2020

Nosybear said:
Sorry to hear that. I hope the 14 days are uneventful for you. Great news on the vaccine, although we're unlikely to get it before Spring.

Thanks, I guess the next few days will tell. My notice yesterday states I can't return to work till Nov. 30th.
My wife works for UCHealth and several of her co-workers are beginning the 3rd (and final i think) stage of testing the vaccine. My wife and daughter are front line so it's possible they'll be vaccinated relatively soon. Like possibly next month. We shall see.

Hawkbox · Nov 13, 2020

thunderwagn said:
No, in fact I've been put on 14 day quarantine. And with American Thanksgiving holiday falling into that, the email I received late this afternoon, from HR today states, I can't return to work before November 30th.
Covid needs to end.

Our province is going into another lockdown(Badly planned one) because the cases are overwhelming the system again. Until people smarten the hell up this isn't going anywhere unfortunately.

Hawkbox · Nov 13, 2020

Damn Ben, 4:1 Sulfate in a Pilsner? I would not have thought of that but now I want to try it.

Josh Hughes · Nov 13, 2020

thunderwagn said:
Thanks, I guess the next few days will tell. My notice yesterday states I can't return to work till Nov. 30th.
My wife works for UCHealth and several of her co-workers are beginning the 3rd (and final i think) stage of testing the vaccine. My wife and daughter are front line so it's possible they'll be vaccinated relatively soon. Like possibly next month. We shall see.

My mom is a maternity nurse and they have had 3 nurses on her floor catch COVID and have bad symptoms. She worked with 2 or the, so has have 2 different quarantine/wait on a test periods. My brother’s wife is a dentist and she just ended a quarantine that closed the dental office for two weeks when a hygienist caught it. That hygienist gave it to her son, his wife, and 2 year old. I coached the son and taught his wife. Small town...but all around

Hawkbox · Nov 13, 2020

So far no one I know directly has caught it, but a coworker has lost 10 family members to it in India so he's freaked right out. I know of a lot, we're a city over 1M and Alberta is doing better than most but we're losing control.

GFHomebrew · Nov 13, 2020

Hawkbox said:
Damn Ben, 4:1 Sulfate in a Pilsner? I would not have thought of that but now I want to try it.

And pretty smooth considering not at all too bitter but I think IBUs are in the mid to high 20's.
I really think it's the yeast it just softens it up and gives a lovely malty mouthfeel. It's not near as dry as I expected and it finished 1.008.
Brewing hay perplexing sometimes

On the vaccine stuff looks like were beginning manufacturing of the oxford one.
Knowing Australia some people wont even want it interesting times ahead I wonder what the government will do....