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Dude, that's fantastic, congratulations 😁👍💪🍻

AG#108 "Why did I start this?" Double Decoction Czech Pils 🤣 OK, it really wasn't that bad... This is a re-brew of my recent AG#105 Czech Pils but I decided to do a decoction mash for comparison and, well, because it seems like one of those things you've got to do once (but probably only...

Chinook Porter... what, wait, did I miss something? Did you win a competition?

Kitchen Chemistry: AG#106 Flat Spin IPA I've had this on tap for a couple of weeks now. It's good but could be better - there's bitterness, flavour and aroma there that you'd expect of an AIPA, but it's got this sweet, slightly cloying note - not bad, just could be better (and certainly fine...

Hmm... Not sure I like the association of my beer with the most deadly and destructive device ever used. I mean, I know my beer sometimes misses the mark but I don't think it's ever killed anyone. Not yet at least 🤞😬

AG#107 Liberator IPA When I ordered the hops, Steve at Crossmyloof asked me if I was making a big US hop bomb. I said yes and then thought to myself... "if I already have a Mustang AAA and a Thunderbolt ABA then surely a big US hop bomb has to be named after a WW2 US bomber... Liberator IPA...

And here's how it turned out...

AG#104 "Thunderbolt" American Brown Ale I hadn't made one of these before but was inspired by the recent ABA appreciation thread. Not as black as it looks in the pic, actually dark brown like Coca-Cola. It's got a really nice chocolatey aroma and flavour, but not at all roasty like Porter or...

AG#106 Flat Spin IPA This is basically the "Green Flash IPA" recipe from the AHA website, modified a bit to suit my style. A few challenges: First, my AG#105 lager is still fermenting in the brew fridge so I'll need to go old school and ferment this one at room temperature. Second, I bought...

AG#105 "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Saaz" Czech Pils I originally planned this as a double decoction mash after being inspired by The Malt Miller's recent video series with Budvar. But life keeps getting in the way (I haven't brewed for a month!😱) so the decoction mash will have to wait...

Sorry to hear about both your car and beer dramas mate ☹️ Can't help with the former but on the latter, my initial thought is it's like a strong Belgian Witbier, but using buckwheat (heard of it but don't really know what it is) instead of wheat. GH uses coriander seed & bitter orange peel in...

Not too bad. Must just be me that's cursed when it comes to brewing with rye ☹️

1kg rye? How many boil dry warnings did you get from the Klarstein?

22 batches, each one about 11.5L, so that makes 253L for me... Total 16,742L

Beer52 Day 23: "Have you heard about the Brindle whippet" American Porter from Double Barrelled I think I maybe expected too much from this. It was good but not amazing. Still, I should make an effort to try more of their beers since they're fairly local and I believe Elusive brew summer of...

Beer52 Day 22: "Spacial Frequency" Simcoe super pale from Turning Point They claim to love Simcoe, and I'm certainly a long time fan. This is everything a APA should be that's different from AIPA - enough bitterness but not OTT, a celebration of hops with enough pine and citrus in there without...

Beer52 Day 21: Orbital Movement Hazy IPA from somewhere in Denmark I don't have a problem with hazy IPAs but it's not a style I rush for. This one doesn't really do it for me. It's got quite a sticky resin pine thing going on which would be ok in isolation, but then there this orange juice feel...

Beer52 Day 20 - "Pump up the Jam" jam doughnut pale ale from Tiny Rebel What they've done is very clever and probably very skilled technically - even my Mrs sitting next to me (not a beer lover) said it smelled like a Greggs jam doughnut! But somehow that strawberry flavour in a beer like this...

That's surprising to hear as Elusive's beers are generally excellent (Andy, the head brewer, is also a thoroughly good bloke). Not so much that I'm a local fanboy, but since I'm very local I wonder if the beers I get from them are very fresh??? All that said, when I tried Oregon Trail I found...

Beer52 - Haven't posted these for a few days so strap in..... Day 15 - Grapefruit pale ale - pretty good, the grapefruit made it a bit more interesting than some of the other fruity pales. Day 16 - Extra Stout from 71 Brewing Co. Excellent! Nothing fancy or showy, just covered all the bases...