What are you drinking tonight 2020.

[Hazelwood Brewery]

trying out my recent stout, it's very young and only been in the bottle for about 4 days. this one is going to be good chocolate and coffee roast goodness.

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Looks nice for 4 days, getting a bit impatient?

 

[dave_77]

Long day at work today. Don't drink Lagers often but thought tonight seemed a good time to crack this one open...chicken shish now please

 

[marshbrewer]

Anniversary of a good friend, and excellent drinking partner's death today, so I shall be having a few despite it being a non drinking night for me usually. First up;

 

[Pennine]

Anniversary of a good friend, and excellent drinking partner's death today, so I shall be having a few despite it being a non drinking night for me usually. First up;

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Yum need to get my hands on a couple bottles of those.

 

[Pennine]

Looks nice for 4 days, getting a bit impatient?

Very definitely still green and acrid. I will wait a couple weeks or so for the next one.

 

[strange-steve]

This IPA from a New York brewery I've never heard of. It's not bad, lovely hop flavours but a little thin. Would be a great lawnmower beer.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Very definitely still green and acrid. I will wait a couple weeks or so for the next one.

Probably a good idea, especially for a nice dark beer like that. My brown ale was not very nice for a couple of weeks but is coming into its own now. I normally don’t expect much from a stout for 2-3 months (actually, that’s not true, I expect far sooner but put up with waiting! ).

 

[marshbrewer]

Now I'm warmed up, and have also realised it looks like are wedding, which we rescheduled for March 2021 might not now happen, thanks covid (again), it's time for my English IPA's .....

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Vienna lager clone

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Now I'm warmed up, and have also realised it looks like are wedding, which we rescheduled for March 2021 might not now happen, thanks covid (again), it's time for my English IPA's .....

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That’s a real shame mate. This pandemic is such an arse!

 

[marshbrewer]

That’s a real shame mate. This pandemic is such an a**e!

Was meant to be July this year, rescheduled for March 2021 but looks dicey now. It's all a bit pants really.

 

[marshbrewer]

First up the Shipstones. An IPA from their Heritage Range. With great excitement I open the bottle and pour.

The aroma hits my nose.

Sigh.

I should have read their website, as 'Heritage' means cascade and centennial.

Sigh.

It's a nice beer, really it is. But I'm disappointed as I had expected something different. Heritage, to me, means something different, in a sort of not relatively recent hops kind of way.

Sigh.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Was meant to be July this year, rescheduled for March 2021 but looks dicey now. It's all a bit pants really.

It is pants, your wedding day is a big deal and stressful enough when everything goes to plan. I feel for you.

 

[Jim Brewster]

Finally got one in the right glass
Not overly keen though

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Finally got one in the right glass
Not overly keen though

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I quite like Blue Moon but wait... Mango?!

 

[marshbrewer]

Next up. Ta da! A proper English IPA, brewed with an interesting yeast. Perfect.

Here are my expert level tasting notes;

Yummy. Yum yum.

 

[marshbrewer]

More expert beer analysis.

My favourite English IPA at the moment. The reason I rate it so highly is,

Yummy yum yum yum.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

OK, it’s time...

This beer is from @Pennine and weighs in at 6.2%.

Slight fobbing as the bottle was cracked and nicely effervescent through the pour leaving a good head which collapsed to a thin covering but then fully lasted to the bottom of the pint - nice retention! A nice dark toffee colour, quite hazy in appearance.

Aroma is all hops, quite a nice a nice balance of Azzaca and Mosaic. I know there is Citra in there and so I can smell it but had I not known I’d have been less confident about this one (we’ve had discussions about how Citra is just “less“ at the moment). There is a slightly malty backbone but the hops definitely win out.

Flavour is most obviously Mosaic and is nice, Azzaca is a little less pronounced than it was on the nose but still notable.

Bitterness is fairly assertive but not excessive. It tastes quite dry and slightly pithy though not at all astringent.

 

[Pennine]

OK, it’s time...

This beer is from @Pennine and weighs in at 6.2%.

Slight fobbing as the bottle was cracked and nicely effervescent through the pour leaving a good head which collapsed to a thin covering but then fully lasted to the bottom of the pint - nice retention! A nice dark toffee colour, quite hazy in appearance.

Aroma is all hops, quite a nice a nice balance of Azzaca and Mosaic. I know there is Citra in there and so I can smell it but had I not known I’d have been less confident about this one (we’ve had discussions about how Citra is just “less“ at the moment). There is a slightly malty backbone but the hops definitely win out.

Flavour is most obviously Mosaic and is nice, Azzaca is a little less pronounced than it was on the nose but still notable.

Bitterness is fairly assertive but not excessive. It tastes quite dry and slightly pithy though not at all astringent.

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So comp worthy? I always forget how overpowering mosaic is, need to remember to use it at a much lower amount than citra.

 

[foxy]

Tonight I am drinking my Les Howarth clone of Bolt Maker from Timothy Taylor, and very nice too.