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To borrow one of my brother’s exclamations of surprise…. “Stoat the Ba!” (He’s a very bad man, but admittedly not in Huw’s league)

It’s our last night in Dubrovnik. Mrs70 and polished this off on our balcony while looking at this view Back to glorious NI tomorrow, 15 degrees drop in temperature and a significant chance of some rain 😥

🤣 We decided to save Montenegro for another time. No one wants to leave the spot we’re in now, it’s like paradise.

That’s the lager. The 33 degree heat didn’t lend to a good showing on the flight. I’ve drank a lot of it out here, it’s a fantastic recreation of a classic Munich Helles.

Had a very pleasant tour of the Dubrovnik Beer Company, which isn’t a whole lot bigger than my garage! The milk stout was the surprise winner on they tasting flight.

Another Negroni, this time made with Hendricks, at the bar mans suggestion.

Cheers mate, really glad you enjoyed it. The dark grains were added in the last 10 minutes of the mash which tempered any astringency. It really came good after 12 months in bottle, but I’m not sure how much patience I’ve got for producing long turn beers.

After a very agreeable morning spent exploring the Old Town and touring the city walls, it’s time for some more day drinking. The Hilton Imperial in Dubrovnik does a rather fine Negroni.

Pre-flight bubbles in Heathrow, next stop Croatia.

2020 Lytton Springs from Ridge, Sonoma County. A bit outside my normal price range, but it’s really good.

Lovely to hear from you again. I’m sure the Dubbel rejects will help take the edge off your canning trials. I’m envious of your chosen homeland and I’m well overdue a trip to Scotland. Cheers from a fellow Celt 🍻

A big part of me hopes it was liquorice shoe laces

A handstand And then I toppled.

Happy Friday. The suns out (enough). Time to pour a beer and light the BBQ.

Who’d have thought that a 25yr old Black and Decker Workmate would have proved to be the ultimate brew tool 😂

Back on the Chocolate Block. So here’s a snap of the Salsa Verdi instead. Around 50% of the ingredients came from the garden. The rest came from M&S and Sainsbury’s. It was delicious.

A pair of French 75’s (the garlic is for a salsa verde that I’ll be knocking up in a bit)

I managed to squeeze in a user upper brew day today. Hoping to turn a pseudo lager around in 4 weeks for No.2 son's send off to Oz. Code named Kölsh-ish, it's nothing like a kölsch! Soundtrack: Paulo Nutini, Cigarettes After *** Water Ca 67, Mg 6, Cl 50, SO4 70 Fermentables (21L batch) 4kg of...

Post brew-day bevvie. Vocation Life & Death

My last ever bottle of Imp Mask and it’s superb. @phildo79 is in possession of the only other one that’s left. Enjoy mate🍻🍻