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GATR Brew Thread
tcdawg:
--- Quote from: clark123456 on February 18, 2014, 10:47:46 PM ---I was at Red Hare tonight with my brew club.
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tell us more of your brew club? I use to brew but don't right now. Plan to get back to it once I get my upcoming house sale and move out of my way.
clark123456:
It's Covert Hops Society of Atlanta. No membership fee, meetings monthly that move from place to place in the Atlanta area (mostly in the perimeter and usually at a good beer bar or brewery), group brews quarterly at someone's house or business, and usually a summer picnic and December holiday party. Almost all communication is done through email, but they do have a Facebook presence. Some people are passionate about beer, some are passionate about brewing, and some not much of either.
There are a lot of homebrew groups in Atlanta...some are very technically oriented and some are drinking clubs. CHS is in between and you can make it whatever you want it to be.
While homebrewing is legal nationally (has been for a while, thanks to president Carter and that congress), transporting homebrew has been illegal...but until recently no one cared. Then some jack ass in the state legislature submitted a law that legalized homebrew transport for certain functions (competitions, tastings) as long as a bunch of criteria were met and local officials passed laws to allow the event and charged for the license to do it. This has mucked up our routine since places with alcohol licensees don't want to risk a bunch of homebrewers bringing beer to their place for sampling without the proper legal stuff being done for fear of being shut down by the DOR. The legislation got the DOR off their asses and now they are scaring businesses. Local legislators are not all quickly creating the environment to support the new law. :(
tcdawg:
Had a mini growler of Victory's Hop Ticket Session IPA
Not impressed. Very light in color and in taste. Nowhere near enough hoppiness for me, not really sure how this could be considered an IPA but it is. Also had a light lemony taste to it that did not enhance my experience at all.
I give it a C-
Shit, no I don't. I give it a D.
clark123456:
There really is no such thing as a session IPA...unless you consider an APA a session IPA. By definition, IPAs are high hop, high bitterness, high alcohol, and not balanced.
I like Bitter American for a good bitter session beer.
prjohnson:
I found three bottles of Stille Nacht Belgian strong Pale Ale a couple nights ago. Had one last night. It's a very very good strong beer!
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