Whatcha drinking (2023)?

[detroitdad]

 

[TastyReuben]

 

[TastyReuben]

May as well add the drinks menu:

 

[TastyReuben]

$8 Riesling from ALDI, using a bottle stopper inherited from my in-laws:

Where they got it, idk, because they’d never been to Frankfurt.

 

[detroitdad]

 

[Herbaceous]

Old-(ish) woman sitting in the yard, making love to her tonic and gin!

 

[TastyReuben]

After some hiatus, back on the beer:

I like how the color is almost metallic. Very pretty.

It didn’t pour all that hazy at first, so I rolled around the last tablespoon or so of beer in the can and poured that…much better:

I’d say this is an excellent example of an American brewer’s take on a German classic, in that it has the standard banana and clove aroma that marks any good hefe, but it trades the usual sweetness for just a bit of a hoppy crispness - not a lot, but enough to notice.

 

[detroitdad]

Frozen strawberry and basil margarita. They work fantastic.

 

[caseydog]

After some hiatus, back on the beer:

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I like how the color is almost metallic. Very pretty.

It didn’t pour all that hazy at first, so I rolled around the last tablespoon or so of beer in the can and poured that…much better:
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I’d say this is an excellent example of an American brewer’s take on a German classic, in that it has the standard banana and clove aroma that marks any good hefe, but it trades the usual sweetness for just a bit of a hoppy crispness - not a lot, but enough to notice.

That one is from Fort Worth, Texas, or as the locals say it, Foat Wuth.

CD

 

[TastyReuben]

Out of focus so you can see the tap, Braxton’s LaRosa’s Lager (local brew for a local chain):

 

[detroitdad]

Another, fantastic new drink. Peaches, mint, and honey muddled, shaken, and strained.

 

[TastyReuben]

It’s hot here today, very bright out, so this dry cider seemed appropriate.

Very nice, very crisp, a lot of the apple flavor is absent, which is a plus for me, especially on a hot, hot day. This would be a good sub for champagne, actually.

 

[Herbaceous]

Last-day-of-vacation Manhattan.

 

[caseydog]

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It’s hot here today, very bright out, so this dry cider seemed appropriate.

Very nice, very crisp, a lot of the apple flavor is absent, which is a plus for me, especially on a hot, hot day. This would be a good sub for champagne, actually.

My sister loves that particular cider.

CD

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I see the bubbles in the cider and am already bracing for impact