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I assume everybody is already watching Happy Valley? ;)

And having had my reviews both ways, time for me to add my thanks to Alastair for making all this happen.

@Hazelwood Brewery That is my Centennial Brown Ale. Pleased to see yours travelled OK, all mine of that batch were a lovely colour and nice and clear. I was pleased enough to brew a second batch, but unfortunately that was nowhere near as successful! Hops were all Centennial, and no roasted...

And as I've remarked before, if I could get the same head as the parsnip on all my other stouts, I'd be a happy man! But that remains a bit more of a challenge.

@brewhaha The 'unconventional' stout was in fact my legendary parsnip stout! :D Here's the thing : last year, I thought it was a bit of a cheek to include this in the SS, what with it not being a 'proper' beer and all, but this year I thought, what the hell, why not? I make small batches of...

My second Secret Santa is this 7.2% Leffe Blonde. Well, this is a bit above my pay-grade! I don't even think I've ever drunk the Leffe you can buy in the supermarket. So, not a style I'm used to at all. But, even I can tell, this is a very good beer indeed. Carbonation spot-on, both aroma and...

Oatmeal stout is always a fave at Moto Towers, so thanks very much, Santa! A very nice smooth tasty pint.

It seems like real lottery this year. A friend sent me a parcel way back, I'd given up hope on it, it only arrived two days ago, and I've just checked my texts, it was posted on the 7th Dec!

I don't see any sense in trying to create some kind of linkage between Clarkson and Bridgen, other than to say that both have to take responsibility for their own words.

Leffe Blond and oatmeal stout arrived safely today, many thanks Santa!

Duh!

One Leffe Blond and one oatmeal stout arrived safely today, many thanks!

IMO buying empty bottles is bonkers when you can buy them full of beer for not a lot more. And why does it need to be swing tops? Ordinary beer bottles and crown tops are fine. And bottles shoulld *never* break during bottle conditioning. If they do, you're doing something seriously wrong. Or...

2 bottles sent off today.

So this morning I racked off my 15 litre batch of brown ale. Still got some life in it, but gravity was down to 1014, I thought it must be nearly done. Glanced round half-way throught the evening and it had frothed up into the airlocks. I just caught it in time before it started spilling all...

OK, thanks, done that, I think.

I've got to the point where the order shows as being in my cart?

Hopefully I've just added a 25 kg bag.

Another one for me today. Brewed another batch of parsnip, just like the 28 times I've already done it this year. All complete, hop boil done, just cooling the wort, and... noticed a pack of parsnips sitting unused on the side! So I only have two-thirds of the amount. The beer is going to be...

Yeah, I had one of those the other night and thought it was very nice. athumb..