What are you drinking tonight 2020.

[Clint]

A QC on my latest SAISON! to check things are going as planned...
Yep,its carbed..opened with a nice "psst"...nice spicy and a little floral on the aroma from the saaz and the HH..very clean tasting,I think I changed to pilsner malt for this one,soft spiciness and a dry finish. As I thought it's needs more time for the SAISON taste to develop..but it won't be long. I'll leave it another few days inside then it's off to the brew shed with it!
Hmmm...getting a lager/Saison thing going on with this as I drink it...

 

[Pennine]

I am really enjoying this one, deliciously malty a bit of dark inverted sugar and caramel with a slight bit of spicy pine on the finish. It's almost like Christmas in the bottle. I think I have been inspired for my next brew.

 

[strange-steve]

I am really enjoying this one, deliciously malty a bit of dark inverted sugar and caramel with a slight bit of spicy pine on the finish. It's almost like Christmas in the bottle. I think I have been inspired for my next brew.

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I'm a sucker for a Christmas beer. Never brewed one though. Is that one spiced?

 

[Pennine]

I'm a sucker for a Christmas beer. Never brewed one though. Is that one spiced?

No I don't think so, it's almost like they used saaz possibly? It's really nice, I think I am going to do something similar but hop with saaz and Simcoe to get the spicy pine thing.

I too am a sucker for Xmas ales they are usually really good too and I am usually not disappointed.

 

[strange-steve]

My next brew is a dark, malty, lightly spiced English beer. Using something like Old Tom as a base and it'll be a bit late for Christmas but looking forward to it.

 

[SamBrewster]

Brewdog day 6

 

[lupinehorror]

i haven't, knowingly, SAISON'd. think i want to.
on my triple IPA. have tomorrow off so the 9.4% is appropriate.
current ale batch should be ready to head into my very first PB tuesday.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Had a busy day today so my beer from day 6 of my advent calendar went down within a couple of minutes. It was nice and I was needy!

 

[Oneflewover]

My next brew is a dark, malty, lightly spiced English beer. Using something like Old Tom as a base and it'll be a bit late for Christmas but looking forward to it.

Out of interest what yeast are you going to go with?

 

[Fuzzy Growler]

"Gimmer Your C.V" 4.5% dry hopped with Citra and fermented with Verdant yeast.... It's come out really well, very juicy and tropical. Oh brewed by me

 

[strange-steve]

Out of interest what yeast are you going to go with?

I'd intended to use WLP013 but I'm taking the lazy and cheap route of using Nottingham.

 

[Oneflewover]

I'd intended to use WLP013 but I'm taking the lazy and cheap route of using Nottingham.

I guess it's mostly about the malts and spices, so the lack of yeast character won't be an issue?

 

[Pennine]

I guess it's mostly about the malts and spices, so the lack of yeast character won't be an issue?

That was kind of what I was tasting. Basically a belgian dubbel with very little yeast character like 001 or 007.

 

[strange-steve]

I guess it's mostly about the malts and spices, so the lack of yeast character won't be an issue?

I don't really know to be honest, but I don't like S-04, Windsor, or M15 so I didn't have too many other choices for a dry English yeast

Actually @Pennine's description is bang on, I've always gotten a bit of a Belgian impression from Old Tom.

 

[prog99]

local brewery , barrel aged imperial stout. It was rather decadent.

 

[Oneflewover]

I don't really know to be honest, but I don't like S-04, Windsor, or M15 so I didn't have too many other choices for a dry English yeast

Actually @Pennine's description is bang on, I've always gotten a bit of a Belgian impression from Old Tom.

I used liberty bell MJ M36 in a stout recently and thought it was a great dried yeast

 

[Clint]

Azacca pale...picture inspired by Fuzzy Growlers quirky posts...although my bag of bread rolls and small knife aren't that festive...

 

[LesTom]

Sharing this absolutely amazing stout with my wife, it's got a beautiful sharp flavour of dark cherries...epic

 

[Pennine]

I used liberty bell MJ M36 in a stout recently and thought it was a great dried yeast

Seems like that one is similar to s-04, although I have never tried it. If so it definitely should make a good stout.

 

[Clint]

Her glass has more in it....or is it yours?