Hi! I am drinking a Belgian IPA right now! Homebrewed, of course!

I love all craft beers, from a good flavorful Bock to a strong hoppy IIPA.

Feel free to add me as a friend!

I also love red wine and craft beers! I have lost over 100 lbs still drinking every weekend. I am just smart about it now.

I used to be a binge drinker 5 nights a week on crap booze. My new lifestyle change lets me drink quality drinks in moderation. I enjoy myself (and my weekends!) so much more now.

I feel the same way about alcohol that I do about food. If I am going to use calories on something, I'm going to make damn sure it's something good. So if I'm going to eat chocolate cake, it is going to be the best damn chocolate cake I can find - and maybe I won't eat an entire piece of it . And if I am going to drink beer, it's going to be high-quality,

I am SURROUNDED by some of the finest breweries in the country, and I go frequently. But my GF and I will usually get 5 or 6 4-ounce tasters and share them with each other or one or two other people. That way I get to have a little bit of everything, I don't deny myself, I don't get drunk, and I can keep my calories under control.

The biggest changes I've made is that I don't drink as often as I used to - so I'm down to one or two days a week at this point - and I no longer drink to get drunk - which, honestly, is good for a lot of reasons other than weight loss.

But I LOVE beer (as my name might indicate) and a life without good food and good beer is not a life worth living, for me. So if it takes a little longer to reach my goals, or if I have to work out a little harder, that's ok. I fully plan to ENJOY my life.

oh it will not be empty.,

thanks, i did, i just asked td connor in, i have some more too, great group!

Hi all and thanks for the invite!

Matt here. I do some PR work for a local brewery startup here near me. Central NC. We're a growing craft beer mecca (I don't mind tooting the horn.) and I try to hit up a new brewery at least every month. I love craft beer and don't play favorites with styles, and there are very few on the list of "I don't know that I would seek that out again."

Also: Happy Hopslam Release day. I'm picking up my sixer after work.

That said, if any of you are on untappd, I post a review for every beer. Not sure if there's any interest in the group for that, but if so, I'll find my username and pop it in here.

Hey all! Homebrewer and craft beer lover from Denver (the OG Beer Mecca)! We have another homebrew/beer group that I manage, but it doesn't get a lot of traffic. I can only post so much before my feed starts to look like a liquor store ad!



I don't have a favorite style or brewery, I can't pick just one.

On tap at home right now I have an amber ale, and a chocolate porter going on this weekend.


Currently aging a Stone Ruination clone.


One completely wrecked Amber that I will be adding fruit to in hopes of saving it for the future. Long story short I didn't sanitize my whole hops (Cascade) before pitching dry... left them on for a little over 10 days, and ended up with 1] a wild yeast of the brett variety, and a grassy taste and aroma that knocks you on your knees. So, aging for about eight months now hoping the grass falls out, will sanitize and add a fruit that I think will complement the flavour at the time of addition, and then another decent length age. I will probably attempt the fruit some time next month.

Thanks for the invite! Maybe this group will be more active than the other. I drink. Mostly beer. Occasionally a red wine, sometimes a white if my wife wont finish her glass. Lately I've been getting into scotch/whiskey/bourbon. But beer is still tops. Not a brewer, don't really have the space in my home to even store the equipment, but maybe some day. for now, I can get what I want at the liquor store. Living near Chicago, lots of microbrewers distribute here, plenty to choose from!

I don't use untappd, but you can find me on twitter @denverbeerchick -- I talk about brewing and local beer on occasion.

Hi BigDog and everybody. I'm a beer and scotch drinker. I do enjoy ciders and good wine as well. You can pretty much expect that I end the night with a nightcap of some sort.

I tend to favor the trappist and belgian style ales most, but also love a good IPA or porter. I've probably tried 200 or more beers over the past few years.

Life's too short to not fit a good brew into my macros.

Greetings all ... I'm a home brewer currently hanging out in the suburbs of Boston, MA and checking out all the groovy breweries in New England. Glad to see how active this group is. This weekend I'm planning to sample the Honey Amber I bottled a few weeks ago.

Also wanted to mention that there's a Real Ale group on the boards too. You may want to check that out.

Hello Everyone! what a great idea for a group, I am glad to be here! I live in Southern California, near San Diego. There are so many good brewery choices within a 90 minute radius from me. My favorite spot to visit is Stone Brewery in San Marcos. I am a big fan of their super hop forward IPAs. If you are ever in the area the brewery and restaurant is a "must" visit.

No one invited me. I just showed up cuz I heard there was beer.

I love good beer. My favorite styles are Imperial Stouts and Belgian Quads and Tripels but I don't discriminate too terribly much. I'm not a fan of IPAs or overly hoppy beers but I'm working on that and have found a few that I like. It bothers me that there is an entire style that I don't like and I can't really have peace in my heart with that kind of burden.