What are you drinking 2024.

[531Man]

At the pub now having lunch with the grand-children before we take them to the cinema (Despicable Me 4). I’m drinking cask Pedigree.

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Marston'S Pedigree?
That takes me back to a student beer cellar in Bristol docks. A flavour revelation, if a little sweet.
When working in Manchester a few years later, I asked for it as a post prandial (colleagues were on shorts by then) in the working man's luncheon diner.
"Ask for it yourself, that's a dogfood isn't it!?" was the reply.
Luckily I'd seen the handpump on the bar, so I did.
Their faces!
That's because they were dyed-in-the-wool mild'n'bitter Lancastriians.
Happy days!

 

[LesTom]

A cracker of a fruit beer

 

[531Man]

I’m stuck in London for another night.
Consoled myself by going to Book Of Mormon this afternoon and I’m off to Lucky Cat in about an hour.
I’ll be rolling the Negroni dice and wishing for no more flight cancellations tomorrow.

Book of Mormon!?
So funny I wet myself.
Well, nearly.
Best of luck with the flight out.

 

[531Man]

First this evening.
Clearing...... Camden Pale Ale.
Soooo tasty, and much paler leaving out most of the Crystal malt.
My mistake ordering Munich malt instead of PALE Munich malt.
So good I had to try the 2nd cask, just to check you understand!

 

[Tanglefoot]

Vienna lager going down well in the warm weather.
First one I've made, forward malt balanced with hoppy bitter finish.
All Tettnang, cold fermented with MJ84, used up some odds and ends of malt - Pale, Light Munich and Vienna.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Marston'S Pedigree?

Yes, that’s right. It was a dog food too but I managed to never get them mixed up!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Home now and back on the beers from Windsor & Eton. This one was a duplicate in the pack so see yesterdays post for further information!

 

[Alastair70]

Book of Mormon!?
So funny I wet myself.
Well, nearly.
Best of luck with the flight out.

I’m still laughing.
Back on topic, decided not to roll the Lucky Cat dice and had a Corpse Reviver No.2 instead.

 

[NotSure]

Bought a beer kit from Wilko (aka The Range). £16.43 (kit and sugar) for "20 litres of Lager", plus I got cash back on TopCashBack. Sounds too good to be true, so I tried it. The 20 litres was a bit much for a keg, so I shorted the water slightly for 19 litres since I didn't want to bother with bottling. The ABV came up short, but no worries as kits do this.
Easy kit, but I gave the fermentation time. Kegged it, carbonated it, and now tried it. Here's the verdict:

Pros:

• Cheap
• Easy to make
• Good for a beginning brewer
• Tremendous potential for an environmentally friendly way of killing slugs in the garden

Cons:

• Taste
• Not really a Lager
• Waste of time

3 August 2024 Edit: I filled two slug traps with this beer and left it in the garden overnight and nothing. I've caught plenty of slugs before with Corona, but even the slugs won't drink the MYO Lager

 

[RichK]

No, No, No!

Experimental brew. No sparge. No boil. No chill.

Brewed whilst "working from home" so minimal input required.

A simple golden ale with lots of Harlequin hops. 14L batch & 100g Harlequin mash hopped only.

It's OK. A bit cloudy. OG was a bit low so hot hit with some golden syrup to boost it to about 4%

 

[531Man]

Then with the pizza, a glass of my older Amber Camden Ale. Full flavour and bitter this.
And pinging clear.

And as the sun set in the northwest, time for a glass of my Darkish hoppy bitter.
A pity it's so dark you can't see just how clear it is.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I didn’t post these last night. The stout was OK but had nothing much to distinguish it from other stouts. The pale ale though was lovely, I’d have that again - probably my favourite beer from this brewery so far. Mind you, I’ve saved what I think will be my favourites until the end!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It’s waaay too hot to not be drinking a cold beer. This one was brewed to celebrate the wedding of William & Kate. It’s nice but I much preferred the Shout pale ale, above.

 

[Alastair70]

Looks like I’m finally getting home today!
The check in person apologised for a 6 minute delay on the departure. Of course, it’s really 2 days and 6 minutes. Having a glass of fizz to celebrate.

 

[Sneedhearn]

Looks like I’m finally getting home today!
The check in person apologised for a 6 minute delay on the departure. Of course, it’s really 2 days and 6 minutes. Having a glass of fizz to celebrate.

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Safe travels.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

One of the beers I was looking forward to trying is this Guardsman best bitter. From the write-up on the can this should be quite similar to my own best bitter but although there are similarities they are not the same. Nice though.

 

[531Man]

Son's birthday lunch, shared a few beers.
Full of Hoppy goodness, even when fridge cold.

 

[obscure]

I’ve recently being developing a real fondness for White Côtes du Rhône, with a mix of Viogner, Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc (supposedly) but it makes for a really nice easy to drink summer wine.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Westie next. Again a nice beer and apparently the winner of 14 awards including 9 golds. For me it’s maybe still the session pale in pole position.

 

[obscure]

Not bad at all desert wine from Tesco.