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  • Bitter_Dave
    Bitter_Dave reacted to Leon103's post in the thread Guinness with Like Like.
    I had 3 pints of the black stuff in my local last night. Lovely stuff. Plus only £4 a pint
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    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Guinness.
    Yes, well that is Quite ****, I'll give you that! Never been served a pint like that tho
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    Theakston's Best Bitter on cask is decent, in my opinion. Not sure if that counts as a small brewer.
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    I find it harder to find a pint of bitter these days, let alone a spectacular one. But that might just be related to where I live now...
  • Bitter_Dave
    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Is cask beer this simple?.
    I know the discussion has moved on, but I broadly agree with this. I used king kegs for years, and found them to be great if you get...
  • Bitter_Dave
    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Guinness.
    I know that we are all supposed to look down on pub Guinness, but I quite like it. And if it didn't exist what would I drink when you...
  • Bitter_Dave
    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Kits I Wouldn't Brew Again.
    Really was not impressed with Festival Hooks Best Bitter. Sounded lovely: "Boasting a complex aroma profile of slight fruit, vanilla...
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    Bitter_Dave reacted to stripeyjoe's post in the thread Greggs vegan sausage rolls with Like Like.
    Maybe they like enjoy the taste and texture of meat but without killing. With plenty of meat substitutes and, to a lesser degree, lab...
  • Bitter_Dave
    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Greggs vegan sausage rolls.
    It's not that funny or hard to understand. People who don't want to eat meat for ethical reasons but still think it is tasty. I don't...
  • Bitter_Dave
    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Greggs vegan sausage rolls.
    Yes, and I'm afraid I wasn't a big fan. The first bite seemed decent, but it tasted a bit synthetic tasting to me after a few bites. But...
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    The OG is unlikely to have been 1035 with the 1.8kg kit and the fermentables you've added. More likely to be 1045 if you filled it to 21...
  • Bitter_Dave
    Dead easy to measure half a teaspoon of sugar and put it in the bottle via a funnel. Get some cheap measuring spoons. Works for me.
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    Bitter_Dave reacted to Sneedhearn's post in the thread R.I.P Thread. with Like Like.
    Kris Kristofferson has passed away. Not only a musical legend in his own right but he discovered and introduced the late great John...
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    Bitter_Dave replied to the thread Hoptimum beer kits.
    Clearly Muntons made kits, as others have said - they have the Muntons yeast. 1.8 kg kits are Connoisseurs kits rebadged. About the same...
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    After five years or so of using a plastic lidded fermentation bucket and brewing highly hopped NEIPAs on a regular basis I decided to...
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