ale_crowe_holic

My brother is living in the Lakes at the moment and he sent me a box of his favourite WC IPA from Fell Brewery.. Lovely and bitter old...

I'm 71 now so not one of those high speed lycra young dudes who race along at top speed. More like someone who smells the roses, stops...

Yeah it could be but the taste isn't great either 😞

Can't say exactly what I've been up to in the last few months. You can be assured that whatever was happening I did manage to get a few...

Ah, oh well, as you say maybe it is the whole batch. I would have thought the lack of condition, if not due to cap/washer/seal leak...

Both bottles tasted the same. Not sure why one wasn't carbonated as it was batch primed and both came from the same cupboard (2 weeks...

Half of this before it went down the sink. Something changed between bottling and opening it. Definitely oxidisation, likely to me...

Never used little Stella bottles, but I've used the 660s for lager and they've been fine. Remember these are pretty rubbish bottles...

This was decent. One too many of my Belgian Tripels last night. Probably a bad idea putting some into 500ml bottles 😂

I may be in the minority about this but as soon as I see cartoon style/weird colourful designs on a can of beer it's an immediate no...

Tbh, they are a very good brewery and the beers I've had have been superb. They have probably made a Helles due to Oktoberfest and...

As the weather is a bit miserable I’m cooking a beef stew in a couple of pints of my porter. While that’s in the oven another taste of...

In keeping with the fridge finds my last bottle of tropical stout. I will miss this one

Opened early but a Belgian Tripel which I made.

Measured over the last couple of days. Going to check Tuesday morning as I'm going away for 2 weeks from then so hoping to bottle before...