Show us your beer.

[Cwrw666]

Just to offer some counter weight to all the good looking beers, here's a pic of one of my hazier efforts... It it was NEIPA it'd be absolutely spot on! As it is it's a British golden ale... lmao

Call that cloudy? - you can nearly see the other side of the glass!

 

[AdeDunn]

Call that cloudy? - you can nearly see the other side of the glass!

But, but, but, that's the cloudiest beer I've made! I don't think I can make on cloudier! Heck, my wheat beer was tons clearer.... lol

Full disclosure though, the last few haven't tasted quite so good. They seem to have developed a strange off flavour a bit like lubricating oil.... It's only very very slight, but it's there. Nothing else has had that flavour, or has that flavour, that I've brewed fortunately, and mixed with my fuggles smash the flavour disappears and it actually tastes delicious. Need to try the Endeavour hops either solo, or with a hop other than Magnum, see if it's that combination where the problem is.. Alternatively, could be that this was the one that took it's sweet time cooling the wort... lol

 

[svenito]

But, but, but, that's the cloudiest beer I've made! I don't think I can make on cloudier!

Have you tried adding edible glitter?

 

[AdeDunn]

Have you tried adding edible glitter?

The last time we had that stuff in the house, my wife kept covering her hands with it, then slapping her hands on me so it left a glittery handprint.... I'll leave it to your imagination where her main target was........

 

[pvt_ak]

My Calypso Pale Ale.

Session ale me thinks.




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[-Bezza-]

Young's American Pale Ale

• -Bezza-
• Mar 29, 2018

Young's American Pale Ale from the kit, after 4 weeks conditioning - needs a bit longer as it has quite a harsh bitterness about it. Pours a bit flat bit but get good head with the syringe trick.

 

[Clint]

youngs new world saison kit....

 

[dad_of_jon]

Good head though!

I daren't post a picture of my beers. It would be like seeing Susan Boyle in a Victoria Secrets catalogue.

can't like that post.

 

[dad_of_jon]

The last time we had that stuff in the house, my wife kept covering her hands with it, then slapping her hands on me so it left a glittery handprint.... I'll leave it to your imagination where her main target was........

glitterdick?

 

[AdeDunn]

glitterdick?

I just showed her this, she's given herself cramp laughing....

Unfortunately, she also remembered that she'd squirrelled some away......

Sigh...

 

[Clint]

...just remember. ..no one likes a show off!
Dirty boy....

 

[Horners]

Got tempted to test a Highland Heavy even though it is a couple of days off minimum conditioning. It smells of bananas - i lost control of fermentation temperature but as long as you dont sniff it first its passable for a third brew. Lovely and clear though and nicely carbed. And im enjoying the pint so onwards and upwards - lots of grains and dmes to try a few different GW extract versions over long weekend.

 

[Clandestine]

not meaning to spark controversy here..

if it pours without an appreciable head then so be it? why would you go to the effort of using a syringe to pump a head onto it.

i know head keeps o2 out, but at the rate i tend to drink my pints its never a huge issue til the end. im drinking a hammer of thor (bulldog) lager atm with little head. i wouldnt risk reducing the carbonation for the sake of a finger of foam.

granted there are issues with my brews bigger than head retention. just cant understand why you would mechanically produce head for the sake of head.

 

[dad_of_jon]

not meaning to spark controversy here..

i just cant understand why you would mechanically produce head for the sake of head.

can u re-phrase that, I've laughed so much tonight i'm physically aching all over

 

[AdeDunn]

not meaning to spark controversy here..

if it pours without an appreciable head then so be it? why would you go to the effort of using a syringe to pump a head onto it.

i know head keeps o2 out, but at the rate i tend to drink my pints its never a huge issue til the end. im drinking a hammer of thor (bulldog) lager atm with little head. i wouldnt risk reducing the carbonation for the sake of a finger of foam.

granted there are issues with my brews bigger than head retention. just cant understand why you would mechanically produce head for the sake of head.

Agree or disagree, I find that a head can change the perceived flavour, and texture, of the beer you are drinking. The Watch is a perfect example, as drunk without the head it just tastes flat, give it a pump though and it becomes really creamy. The same reason as Guinness (and Caffreys) is supposed to be poured the way it is, promoting a smooth creamy drink.

I also tend to find that the foam of the head often tastes slightly more bitter, so when you drink the beer through it you again get a different experience than just drinking the beer.

I was born, and raised, in the Midlands though, and we like a head on our beer.

There's also the aesthetics, much like clarity. A beer with a decent head on it just looks nicer. Couple of pics of my Gloden Glow to illustrate:-

Barely any head on it:-



With a nice head on it:-



I didn't cheat on this one though, just poured it with a little less care.

If you have enough carbonation, you don't need tricks to get a head to form anyway, pouring will do it.

 

[LarryF]

A Coopers IPA bottled 1st Nov 17, 6.2%, beefed up with North Downs.

 

[Clint]

That's a trifle man!

 

[MickDundee]

I’m aware it looks like I couldn’t find a toilet, but this is a sample of my golden ale straight from the FV!

Same beer 3 weeks later. Not fully conditioned but very promising. I’ll put them in the shed tomorrow in an attempt to keep it “out of sight out of mind”.

 

[Ajhutch]

Same beer 3 weeks later. Not fully conditioned but very promising. I’ll put them in the shed tomorrow in an attempt to keep it “out of sight out of mind”.

Cool glass :smile6:

 

[MickDundee]

Cool glass :smile6:

Thanks. Treated myself when I was at Disneyland Paris last week. “But you have loads of beer glasses” said Mrs Dundee. “Yes, but I don’t have one with a handle! British and German Ales taste better from a glass with a handle”.

It wasn’t cheap (€16) but the quality is superb. Very heavy and the base especially looks very well crafted.